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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by thaumasiotes on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @03:23PM (#44240430)
But, again, Ken White seems to be having trouble seeing it in retrospect. Is that not weird? The tweet is phrased to suggest that the Marines are using unusual terminology. They aren't.
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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by ceejayoz on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @03:52PM (#44240742)
You'll find Popehat is a heavily sarcastic poster.

Read it in the sense of "I told my toddler they can't have ice cream three times a day and apparently that makes me a meanie".

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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by CogitoCogito on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @03:39PM (#44240600)
"Apparently..." would have been the perfect way to describe my reaction. I didn't realize that "cover me" meant "lay down suppressing fire" to Marines. I guess it makes sense, but that's not the meaning I would have expected. So I would probably have been just as confused as the cops in the story. I wouldn't be surprised if most cops would have been similarly confused.

So yeah in conclusion, I don't really understand the point you're trying to make.

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