No, I got the point. My reason for pointing that out is that even innocuous statements like "a server from Benghazi" can be used to de-legitimize the conversation. People don't want stuff like this to be true, so pointing to even a tiny, minor thing such as that and saying "That didn't happen. Fake news!" or "That didn't happen! Conspiracy theory!" or something like that can easily be used to turn people's brains off from this kind of stuff.
Good point. We do need to be accurate in our language because the naysayers (and co-conspirators) are leaping on everything in order to ridicule the idea and discredit it.
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IceDagger316 ago
There was no "server from Benghazi". The American based server was surrendered as part of a subpoena during the Benghazi investigation.
LaDonnaRae ago
You completely missed the point.
IceDagger316 ago
No, I got the point. My reason for pointing that out is that even innocuous statements like "a server from Benghazi" can be used to de-legitimize the conversation. People don't want stuff like this to be true, so pointing to even a tiny, minor thing such as that and saying "That didn't happen. Fake news!" or "That didn't happen! Conspiracy theory!" or something like that can easily be used to turn people's brains off from this kind of stuff.
LaDonnaRae ago
Good point. We do need to be accurate in our language because the naysayers (and co-conspirators) are leaping on everything in order to ridicule the idea and discredit it.
IceDagger316 ago
Exactly. They'll latch onto the tiniest little error or mis-wording in our phrasing and use it to try to invalidate the entire conversation.