Swede
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Wed Aug-11-10 11:06 AM
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pro·fes·sion·al (pr-fsh-nl) adj. |
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pro·fes·sion·al (pr-fsh-nl) adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession: lawyers, doctors, and other professional people. b. Conforming to the standards of a profession: professional behavior. 2. Engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career: a professional writer. 3. Performed by persons receiving pay: professional football. 4. Having or showing great skill; expert: a professional repair job. n. 1. A person following a profession, especially a learned profession. 2. One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional to decorate the house. 3. A skilled practitioner; an expert.
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Wed Aug-11-10 11:08 AM
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1. adj. 2 is the meaning Gibbs used |
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I think he meant that the people he was deriding are insincere in their advocacy.
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Wed Aug-11-10 11:10 AM
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2. That would be a problem if they are insincere. |
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Wed Aug-11-10 11:13 AM
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3. Gibbs is a mouthpiece. |
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A professional one.
Just saying.
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Wed Aug-11-10 11:16 AM
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4. It's a good thing you gave us the dictionary definition. |
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Otherwise, we fucking retarded, drugged, crazy people wouldn't have known what it meant, let alone how to say it.
I am a professional. I follow a learned profession: educating. I'm on the left.
I don't think that's what Gibbs meant, though. I think he's pissed that some on the left are skilled practitioners when it comes to evaluating the value of, and effectiveness of, this administration's policies, words, and actions.
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Wed Aug-11-10 12:12 PM
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5. There's always "A skilled practitioner; an expert." Yeah, I like that one. |
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On the other hand, "conforming to the standards" just doesn't cut it -- since when did we "professional leftists" ever conform. ;-)
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