heqt1c [he/him] to the_dunk_tank • 4 years agoAndrew Quomo: I listen to [the dismal] science [of economics].imagemessage-square20 fedilinkarrow-up189file-text
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minus-squareass [he/him,comrade/them]hexbear12·4 years agoi think there's some rhetoric coach who instructs these people to add those little pivot phrases like "but we must do it smartly and safely" at the ends of statements makes it sound like they're just reasonable pragmatists making compromises link
minus-squareMagisterSinister [he/him,comrade/them]hexbear8·4 years agoIt's also important to drop this at the end of the statement because then you don't have to get into what smartly and safely is supposed to mean. link
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i think there's some rhetoric coach who instructs these people to add those little pivot phrases like "but we must do it smartly and safely" at the ends of statements
makes it sound like they're just reasonable pragmatists making compromises
It's also important to drop this at the end of the statement because then you don't have to get into what smartly and safely is supposed to mean.