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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Mon Mar 28, 2022, 10:36 AM Mar 2022

---I remember when a "gaffe" was saying something wrong or socially inappropriate.

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I am SO old--- (Original Post) Atticus Mar 2022 OP

It was no gaffe. It was intentional and Joe meant it. brush Mar 2022 #1

My feeling exactly...intentional "gaffe". patphil Mar 2022 #4

I'm older than dirt, lol secondwind Mar 2022 #2

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1. It was no gaffe. It was intentional and Joe meant it.

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 10:56 AM

Mar 2022

He said the quiet part out loud and left it up to others to make the obligatory moves to distance themselves from it. But they're glad he said too.

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4. My feeling exactly...intentional "gaffe".

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 11:10 AM

Mar 2022

Message sent.

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5. Exactly. He wasn't stating a US policy. He was calling out a despotic was criminal.

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 11:11 AM

Mar 2022

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2. I'm older than dirt, lol

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 11:01 AM

Mar 2022

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3. It is not nearly as important what the American people think about what was said

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 11:02 AM

Mar 2022

as it is what Putin, and the Russian people, think about what was said.

It wasn't a gaff, it was a clear threat. Psychological diplomacy.