• moistclump@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Double negative confused me for a second and I was sad. Opposes the ban! Want gender affirming care available. Excellent.

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      Oh I missed that entirely. Sloppy writing, it should be arranged “opposes bans on gender affirming care”.

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        5 months ago

        Gotta get them clicks tho. Maybe we’re at the beginning of a transition from, “shocking and attention-grabbing headlines,” to, “attention-grabbing but also poorly written in a way that it’ll agitate an even wider wash of readers”

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      Same! “Supports care” would have been an easier concept, though a little different from “opposes ban” I guess…

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      I find it quite common (and confusing) for certain news types like policy, eg “party A reverses the disapproval to oppose the once-unacceptable ban”