That was someone else. All i said was "I don’t care what “but” means in the real world nor in the world of English majors." Then i went on to show you the 25 words used by cruz out of the 3 minute speech to condemn the actions of violent, Marxist, protesters who have been claimed publicly by Moveondotorg as their own.
Now look at a transcript of a Trump speech and note that his use of but must negate what he has said about what he would do about immigration:
Since I'm not addressing the subject of "but" as used by grammar majors, politicians, or your everyday Joe Bob, I'll wait until those 25 words are discussed before moving on to the next topic.
Hey! Maybe you have a transcript of those 3 minutes and we can do a word count on it, then see what percentage of time cruz spent protecting our 1st Amendment during those 3 minutes.
You ARE using the but to mean that all that preceded it is negated.
And, if you had read my post that you were replying to, you would have found the transcript of Cruz’s words. Didn’t actually read it, huh?
The most important concepts are generally expressed using few words. The concept Cruz was expressing about the leftist thugs was not complex, so it did not need many words. The concept of Trump’s words and actions was more complex, needing more words in order to be explained.
Therefore, your claim that Cruz was more interested in talking about Trump’s responsibilities because he used more words is wrong conceptually.