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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by xapata on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:47PM (#13860323)
Yes, it's quite frustrating to try to discuss topics when people won't speak clearly.
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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by gozur88 on Monday March 13, 2017 @02:06PM (#13860577)
I meant on your part, obviously. Once you start assigning new meanings to other people's words you can make them into any kind of people you want.
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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by xapata on Monday March 13, 2017 @03:40PM (#13861576)
Not obvious at all. I thought we were sharing a frustration for the recent trend in politics to make implications rather than explicit statements.

I didn't think I was assigning new meaning, but only exactly what Bannon intended. I can, obviously, never be certain I've understood him correctly, so I just make my best guess. It's reasonable to expect that different people will make different guesses.

What is your interpretation of Bannon's words?

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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by gozur88 on Monday March 13, 2017 @07:29PM (#13863562)
>I didn't think I was assigning new meaning, but only exactly what Bannon intended. I can, obviously, never be certain I've understood him correctly, so I just make my best guess.

Why are you guessing at all? Why are you assuming he isn't saying what he means?

>What is your interpretation of Bannon's words?

What they mean in English.

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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by xapata on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @07:09PM (#13880785)
> saying what he means

> What they mean in English.

If I told you to "take a hike" would you believe I was encouraging you to walk outdoors?

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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by xapata on Monday March 13, 2017 @08:45PM (#13863974)
> What they mean in English

Let's pretend English is my second language. Could you paraphrase Bannon to help me understand him more clearly?

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