being on this forum has really crystallized that one of our country’s biggest problems is people can’t understand basic rhetorical language.
“one person’s socialism is another persons neighborliness”
translation: you call free school lunch socialism, i call it being a good neighbor
not: i love socialism
”build a 25 foot wall and i’ll invest in the 30 foot ladder factory. that’s not how you stop this.”
translation: if you build a wall, they’ll build ladders (or tunnels, etc…). it won’t solve the problem.
not: i want to build ladders so immigrants can climb the wall @mspart