Actually I was trying to bridge a gap, let bygones be bygones and move forward. I am not in agreement with your “most people” thesis
[[I am not in agreement with your “most people†thesis]]
Are you suggesting most people are deep careful thinkers who parse their words precisely before they make a statement? Do you honestly think Ted felt that everyone in NY is a godless creep?
You may not agree with my ‘thesis’ but the fact is most people talk in generalities- it’s what we do because we’re lazy- that’s a fact- we speak rapidly and in generalities- you hear it all the time when you listen to conversations- This isn’t some novel ‘thesis’ I’m making up- it’s fact- We’re programmed to think and speak quickly, to take shortcuts- to generalize-
Now- of course what I just said is a generalization- obviously NOT everyone speaks generally- there are some of course that weigh each word out before speaking to see if it will offend anyone or not- but most people are not like this
[[I am not in agreement with your -most people- thesis]]
If you are suggesting that -most people- don’t recognize that people speak in generalities, then these -most people- you refer to are in denial because as I stated above, most people do ifnact speak in generalities- much more than they admit
But I suspect -most people- do infact know that Ted was speaking in general and not about specific individuals within the state-