> I had to read that a few times to figure out what the heck happened. <
Me too. That one sentence about the gag order contained three negative words: denied, forbidding, and defying.
I’ve read that shorter sentences are, in general, easier to comprehend. I guess the authors of this article disagree.
I am absolutely not, not, not, not, not, not happy about this.
Double negatives should be avoided. At least that used to be the rule. These here guys just ain’t got no good grammar.