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To: don-o
How is that not a personal attack?

Observing that the sky looks ugly is not a personal attack on the sky.

Nor is observing that someone is obnoxious, when they are.

I'm obnoxious at times, and I'll freely admit it.

252 posted on 01/21/2016 12:56:09 PM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: kiryandil

“You” is a personal pronoun.

“Are” is an intransitive verb that can indicate a state of being. (The weather is cold.)

“obnoxious” is a predicate nominative which renames, identifies, or defines the subject of the sentence. (You)

So when you link the disparaging word (obnoxious) to the personal pronoun, you have made a personal attack. And that is against posting rules.


258 posted on 01/21/2016 1:09:09 PM PST by don-o
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