“Agnostic Atheist Anti-Theist Foundation Sometimes Bill Maher hits the nail on the head. – JC”
Let’s break this down logically.
JC, apparently the (or one of the) head of AAATF, watches a long Bill Maher rant about religion being horrible, I point out how unbelievably redundant Maher is, and that’s the best support JC can respond with?
I mean, that’s approaching Das But territory: “If you go somewhere else, someone besides me…”
Really ummm…emotionally involved. And intellectually committed.
Because the statement “Sometimes Bill Maher hits the nail on the head” could mean anything.
Sometimes = more than 1 time
Bill Maher = some garden variety CA/A. Please…stop planting them.
hits the nail on the head = figuratively, of course. Meaning “gets something right”
So, the real statement being made (since they don’t believe in empathy, reading emotions, tone, context) is “At least 2 times in his life, a CA/A gets something completely right.”
PUPPY NOTE: “Correct” not used for possible further post advancement reasons.
I mean, I know he CAN’T (well…this is NOT strictly logical, so I dunno, but…) mean that, literally. He can’t mean “Bill Maher has gotten something totally right at least twice in his life”.
Because that would be stupid, not to mention imprecise. I mean, I’m sure Bill got a few questions right on his 4th grade math exam.
So what he’s REALLY saying is (in my subjective Puppy opinion) either: “I don’t believe anything he says here is right, but I want to support him anyway, so I’ll say something completely ambiguous”.
OR: “I believe some things he says here are right, but not others, and I don’t want to insult a fellow CA/A, so I’ll vaguely support him in a completely non-binding manner.”
OR: “I believe this entire video is absolutely correct and gets everything totally right.”
OR: “I believe Bill Maher gets things totally right sometimes, but I either haven’t watched the video or I’m too lazy to point out a thing in particular, so I’ll just use an ambiguous figure of speech.”
Brilliant!
-Puppy >.< Yip!