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Re: by ceejayoz on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:09PM (#34714153)
Don't be disingenous. "We will put an end to x" does not mean "we will blow x up", and is common political rhetoric.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=5567609899962902 "We will put an end to Abbott's attacks on educators, raise teacher pay, improve their retirement benefits, and fully fund our classrooms."

https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/larson-... "we will put an end to the decades of price gouging"

Again, "we'll bankrupt them with sanctions" easily falls under "we will put an end to them".

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Re: by swader999 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:24PM (#34714438)
Nobody uses that rhetorical construct in regard to physical entities. Your anologies are disingenuous.
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Re: by ceejayoz on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:38PM (#34714665)
Governor Abbott is not a physical entity? I suspect this is news to him.
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Re: by swader999 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:54PM (#34714951)
You quoted "governor Abbott's attacks". Are you seriously trying to suggest a group threatened the governor himself? You're working too hard on this angle.
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