Sunday, May 31, 2015

Antonyms

From White House spokesman Josh Earnest (via Legal Insurrection):

Even expressions that are offensive, that are distasteful, and intended to sow divisions in an otherwise tight-knit, diverse community like Phoenix, cannot be used as a justification to carry out an act of violence, and certainly can’t be used as a justification to carry out an act of terrorism.

Yet another sign of our degraded press corp that they can listen to the phrase “tight-knit, diverse community” without noticing, let alone pointing out, that “tight-knit” and “diverse” actually mean opposite things.

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