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What kind of "human being" puts "grandmother" in quotes?!? (Original Post) bluewater Aug 2019 OP
...an asshole would do that. Dennis Donovan Aug 2019 #1
Someone who doubts she actually has a grandmother in Israel? mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #2
Watch for that message to be taken down. Wellstone ruled Aug 2019 #3
I notice that in many re-telling of this, the quotes are eliminated. Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #4
well qazplm135 Aug 2019 #5
A syphlis-addled illiterate who regularly misuses quotation marks. GoCubsGo Aug 2019 #6
Some people use them the Igel Aug 2019 #8
Impeach the motherfucker already. dalton99a Aug 2019 #7
A dotard. I mean, THE Dotard. nt raccoon Aug 2019 #9
A fucking psychopath, that's who. Initech Aug 2019 #10
In unrelated news, Mike Pence visited his "mother" Blue Owl Aug 2019 #11
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Watch for that message to be taken down.
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 01:50 PM
Aug 2019

Think about the repercussions that message has with his White Nationalist Base. That is a shot at their Grannies.

Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
4. I notice that in many re-telling of this, the quotes are eliminated.
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 01:51 PM
Aug 2019

On twitter, in discussions online.

GoCubsGo

(32,078 posts)
6. A syphlis-addled illiterate who regularly misuses quotation marks.
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 01:55 PM
Aug 2019

This asshole is always randomly putting words in quotes. Same shit. Different day.

Igel

(35,293 posts)
8. Some people use them the
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 04:54 PM
Aug 2019

way I use *, to really *emphasize* something.

Not as quotes that are the orthographic equivalent of "so-called" or, as in this sense, to call attention to the words as citations and not actually part of the compositional meaning of the sentence.

But one thing we humans do is find the best possible interpretation for acts and words of those in our group and the worst possible interpretation for acts and words of those outside of our group. So the only possible use, even if it's an uncommon one with Trump, is that it's equivalent to "so-called."

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