Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Politics@beehaw.org · 27 days agoMost US elections don’t countyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up110file-text
arrow-up110external-linkMost US elections don’t countyoutu.beChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Politics@beehaw.org · 27 days agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoYou’re being deliberately obtuse on this. “Everyone goes grocery shopping on weekends” is the same sort of construction, yet it doesn’t actually mean “everyone.” It’s referring to “everyone who votes.”
minus-squareyessikg@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoYou are reaching, I interpreted his statement as anybody who can vote, votes, which is nowhere near reality
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoIt was clearly being used idiomatically.
You’re being deliberately obtuse on this. “Everyone goes grocery shopping on weekends” is the same sort of construction, yet it doesn’t actually mean “everyone.” It’s referring to “everyone who votes.”
You are reaching, I interpreted his statement as anybody who can vote, votes, which is nowhere near reality
It was clearly being used idiomatically.