Reply #74: just in case you thought you got away with something

[iverglas]

I would like to live in a society where there were no firearms--iverglas

It cannot possibly be villainous to believe in something (in the sense Obama used the term) and not villainous to desire it.

The "sense <in which> Obama used the term" believe has fuck all to do with anything.

It is WHAT he said he believes in: he believes in doing something, i.e. he advocates doing something.

And if you can't see the difference between someone saying "I would like X" (followed by the disclaimer you omitted, acknowledging the plain absurdity of the preference) and someone saying "I think we should do Y", where "X" is a noun and "Y" is a verb ... well, professor, I am sorry, but I cannot help you.

But hey, lemme try.

I would like a pizza. Now, is that different from saying that I think we believe in stealing pizzas?


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Oh, btw -- I'm sure you realize this was all just for the sake of argument and to try to help you improve your reasoning skills, since Obama didn't say he believed in what you allege you said he believe in, of course.