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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat doesn't matter
tweeted by, Nate Silver @fivethirtyeight
What matters: 1) who did it; 2) how they did it; 3) why they did it. What doesn't matter: what we call it.
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What doesn't matter (Original Post)
bigtree
Apr 2013
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clarice
(5,504 posts)1. defining times call for defining terms. IMHO nt
. . . for politicians and pundits
clarice
(5,504 posts)3. Or to those who lost people in Boston.nt
bigtree
(85,919 posts)4. semantics?
doubt that
semantics ---- language used (as in advertising or political propaganda) to achieve a desired effect on an audience especially through the use of words with novel or dual meanings
clarice
(5,504 posts)6. Are you anti-semantic ??? Sorry, couldn't resisit.
sadbear
(4,340 posts)5. Agreed.