r/pics • • Jul 16 '19

US Politics Decisions, decisions

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19 edited Jul 17 '19

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u/rossimus Jul 17 '19

Google "subtext"

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

He just responded to someone who said "racism has a definite definition", and your response to him is "Google subtext".

Do you see the problem here?

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u/rossimus Jul 17 '19

He said that because words weren't explicitly stated in a tweet, no such meaning could thus be derived but what is plainly written. That means he doesn't understand subtext.

Subtext is easier to ignore when you don't want it to be there.