Hmm. You could model press conference discourses as a sort of game of taboo. You must answer all questions without using words or phrases that the outgroup uses as its shibboleths, since usage means you accept the frame being invoked, which means they win.
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There is a certain childishness to wanting leaders to say things, or disambiguate what they said to confirm your wishful reading.
You’re not a child. A leader is just another adult in a position of power. That power exists via your consent. If you disagree, withdraw that consent
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