Well there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between what I think he said and what he really said now is there.
Well, I think you and I can agree that might be the case, but if you are going to discuss it with someone who might disagree, I would suggest starting out on solid ground.
There is literally a difference between abandoning something and destroying it, both in meaning AND intention. You and I both would likely make the argument (and I think correctly so) that in this case, abandoning free market principles DOES destroy it by default, but that is not a given to everyone, especially our opponents.
Don’t just hand someone something to take issue with that they will use to obfuscate the point.