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Subject: Re: P.S.


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Date Posted: 15:06:34 04/10/08 Thu
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In reply to: Jimmy 's message, "Re: P.S." on 13:36:52 04/10/08 Thu
 >I merely attributed that one
>of the three key words you referenced wasn't used by
>Obama and that Hitchens was applying them to the
>reverends and the press.

I already explained why it's implausible to think that Hitchens was criticizing reporters for using equivocal words.

But let's shelve our brains for the moment and assume you're right: the word inflammatory was a quote from the reporters and/or clergymen, the other two words straight from Obama's mouth.

That still doesn't help Hitchens. Even if you ignore inflammatory, he still falsely suggested that Obama described Wright as merely controversial and incendiary, without using stronger words to condemn him. This is an outright distortion of Obama's speech, which explicitly stated that Wright's remarks "weren't simply controversial" but "expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country."
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