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In reply to the discussion: Eric Adams: "You can only question me if you wore a bulletproof vest" [View all]wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)99. No, his exact quotes are in the post
While the Title contained the paraphrase, which is a common thing to do when printing interviews in publications. Don't know why we have to be precious about quote marks.
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Eric Adams: "You can only question me if you wore a bulletproof vest" [View all]
wellst0nev0ter
Dec 2021
OP
Why, didn't you watch the video? He'll be a great Mayor, better than many of his predecessors.
George II
Dec 2021
#62
But what was portrayed in the OP isn't what Adams really said. I agree though, a good way to start.
George II
Dec 2021
#53
It was well known that this guy is a right wing authoritarian before he was elected
tenderfoot
Dec 2021
#2
A few Brooklyn-based party activists need to explain why he was the best choice
wellst0nev0ter
Dec 2021
#7
He wasn't elected by a few Brooklyn-based party activists, he was elected by the people of NYC....
George II
Dec 2021
#82
Mayor-elect Eric Adams got 73% of the votes. A big reason why it was a "low turnout election" is....
George II
Dec 2021
#118
I mentioned the primary in the post you responded to. He won that primary in the first round AND...
George II
Dec 2021
#130
Which article is that? "This is really not as complicated as you make it seem."
George II
Dec 2021
#136
I did see that, but it was irrelevant to this discussion. Michael Rothfeld is a cheerleader for...
George II
Dec 2021
#142
If I still lived in NYC I would have voted for him. Despite the slings and arrows he's facing....
George II
Dec 2021
#163
No, that's not what he said. On this issue, 29 mostly NEW members sent him an obnoxious letter....
George II
Dec 2021
#183
And your "quote" was incorrect. That's deceptive. Purely accidental I'm sure.
NurseJackie
Dec 2021
#31
It's can be tough to admit being wrong, but it's a sign of honesty and integrity.
Torchlight
Dec 2021
#38
He paraphrased a partial quote and then put quotation marks around it as if it were an actual quote.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#198
What he said is in the OP's tweet, and it is entirely different from the OP's subject line. Why?
George II
Dec 2021
#36
It's in the tweet and in the video. You posted it, surely you know what he said, right?
George II
Dec 2021
#37
You put "quotation marks" around it, meaning it's a direct quote of Mayor-elect Adams, even though..
George II
Dec 2021
#194
Fact remains, he never said "You can only question me if you wore a bulletproof vest"....
George II
Dec 2021
#207
Why would anyone invoking "[publishing] industry truth", be unaware of the correct reference tool
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#206
Did you watch the video? What did he say, your quote or the tweeter's quote. There is only one.....
George II
Dec 2021
#43
The text is in the tweet that you included in your OP, and also in the video. Suggest you watch it.
George II
Dec 2021
#52
So why are you changing what he really said? As for repeating it, it's in this thread....
George II
Dec 2021
#60
Well, it's common sense. And I don't play golf so don't call me "Tiger", okay?
George II
Dec 2021
#73
Drop Dead wasn't enclosed by quotation marks. What you presented was, so it wasn't....
George II
Dec 2021
#90
Whatever, you've already misrepresented (and misquoted) what Adams said, so do what you want....
George II
Dec 2021
#97
It's not the truth. It's farce. Anyone who has even bothered to read this far...
NurseJackie
Dec 2021
#112
AP Stylebook: Single quotation marks for headlines that are direct quotes. N/T
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#200
He initiated "the whole journalism thing" with references invoking publishing industrstry standards.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#208
No. Only the great and embarrassing lengths that some take in their quest to defend the indefensible
NurseJackie
Dec 2021
#203
"I see you have still not edited your OP. You should." --- Don't hold your breath.
NurseJackie
Dec 2021
#204
Actually it says MORE (and not in a good way) about anyone who denies reality...
NurseJackie
Dec 2021
#201
Not even close to being the same. But the second half of your post is very much what he said....
George II
Dec 2021
#184
Not all 29 are new, but many of them are. I don't know the actual breakdown.
George II
Dec 2021
#187
TY 👍 Bookmarked. Will read later, or Fri Lotsa of errands and cleaningto do!
electric_blue68
Dec 2021
#190
Bazinga X 2! Yes, they love him. He'll be the first Mayor who grew up on the streets....
George II
Dec 2021
#58
He may have won the votes of the inmates he is protecting from violent assault by other inmates.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#210
I'm really impressed with him. He's the first really hard-ass Mayor I've seen since.....
George II
Dec 2021
#49
By saying he'll reverse the current policy against solitary confinement.
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2021
#92
He used criminals as an excuse to dismiss city council members' concerns about solitary confinement
wellst0nev0ter
Dec 2021
#63
What exactly did he say? I don't think he said he'd "ignore certain constituents", did he?
George II
Dec 2021
#76
That's not in the subject line of your OP. Clearly he said a lot more than those few words.
George II
Dec 2021
#85
No I wouldn't, especially since newspapers don't edit quotes and then print them in quotes....
George II
Dec 2021
#103
No you didn't, but whatever. BTW, I'm not your "dude", or "sparky" or any other disrespectful....
George II
Dec 2021
#123
That type of behavior is a tell-tale indication of when someone knows that they're...
NurseJackie
Dec 2021
#127
You didn't and we won't. You clearly have a problem with the duly elected DEMOCRATIC Mayor....
George II
Dec 2021
#138
Democrats are united. Period. What do "hippies" have to do with it? The last time....
George II
Dec 2021
#143
And yet he still led in all 8 rounds and won the nomination and the general election.
George II
Dec 2021
#132
I don't like the idea of solitary confinement and I think it should be used sparingly at most.
PTWB
Dec 2021
#153
All prisons should remove solitary confinement as a punishment for petty violations.
PTWB
Dec 2021
#158
Solitary confinement doesn't mean "in a cage by themselves next to other people's cages."
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2021
#165
Almost like being a cop and having an authoritarian personality have some sort of relationship!
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2021
#181