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    1 day ago

    Social media really sucked the meaning out of words, didn’t they? Goddamn.

    I’m not sure I understand this comment. Do you think this Trump supporter doesn’t actually know what he said?

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        4 hours ago

        That doesn’t change my assessment of the sincerity of his comment nor that he’s using the words the way they have traditionally been used.

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        23 hours ago

        I haven’t seen any behavior on the part of vocal Trump supporters to make me think those words weren’t meant.

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        That’s something we will never know, but I would place my bet on desensitizing or trying to deliberately shock the reader, rather than on not meaning what they said.