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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-24-07 06:54 PM
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Just like you know what the person is and what is coming when someone says "I'm not a racist, but.."
Same now with "I'm not a protectionist, but..."
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spoony Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-24-07 06:59 PM
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1. Um...context?
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-24-07 07:00 PM
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2. I am pro-choice, but...
Can be used for a lot of things.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-24-07 07:01 PM
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3. "But" usually means the first part of the statement will be negated or qualified
to one degree or another.
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Wiley50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-24-07 07:11 PM
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4. Sorry, but I don't buy that line of prejudice
Sometimes a person is just perceptive enough to see
that some would immediately see an opening and jump their ass
when they were actually misinterpreting where the speaker was going.
and so they preface it that way.

Sometimes it's like what you are alluding to
but sometimes it really isn't.

So your blanket "Gotcha" just doesn't wash

Sorry
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