▲ 671 ▼ After blocking hundreds of promotions, Tuberville said the US has 'the weakest military than we've probably had in my lifetime' (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/politics@lemmy.world 144 comments fedilink hide all child comments Tuberville failed to mention that he's personally prevented hundreds of officers from being promoted because he disagrees with a 2022 Pentagon policy.
[+] aidan@lemmy.world -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) the statement was encouraging a voting position the phrasing didn't indicate that. "Should never win an election" would be much more clear than "should not be allowed" which implies prohibition. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) the phrasing didn’t indicate that the phrasing certainly didn't indicate that they wish for the abolition of the GOP, you came up with that on your own "should not be allowed” which implies prohibition. you're thinking of "shouldn't be able" bud, at the end of an election there can only be one party allowed into office permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago you're thinking of "shouldn't be able" bud Actually, I view it as the opposite. Really this is subjective language differences. But should not be allowed to me implies there is rules prohibiting, where's shouldn't be able to implies that they should just fail to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) the phrasing didn’t indicate that the phrasing certainly didn't indicate that they wish for the abolition of the GOP, you came up with that on your own "should not be allowed” which implies prohibition. you're thinking of "shouldn't be able" bud, at the end of an election there can only be one party allowed into office permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago you're thinking of "shouldn't be able" bud Actually, I view it as the opposite. Really this is subjective language differences. But should not be allowed to me implies there is rules prohibiting, where's shouldn't be able to implies that they should just fail to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago you're thinking of "shouldn't be able" bud Actually, I view it as the opposite. Really this is subjective language differences. But should not be allowed to me implies there is rules prohibiting, where's shouldn't be able to implies that they should just fail to. permalink fedilink source parent