Goldstein expounds delightfully on the nature of language and intent.*

* - I bring this up in the interest of engaging the debate about receivers of information being able to twist that information in ways the speaker did not intend and, do not intend**,  to imply any opinion or reference to the now infamous four fucking words of doom. 

As it applies to that, I will just say that there is a difference between linguistically, morally and politically good/bad/right/wrong and I think the event falls into different categories depending on which angle you're using.  It was almost certainly impolitic but definitely morally defensible and clearly linguistically acceptible. 

What's the term for that?  Inartful?  Maybe that.

** - Please ignore the fact that I've discussed this.  I just think it is important that J.G.'s battle against victim interpretation be successful.  If it is not, it won't matter what Rush said because we'll all be incapable of speaking our minds.  Hell, we already are to a large extent.

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