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  • No. Double negative rules apply to modifying a negative, but in this context the first DNI should not be considered a negative but a noun in its own right.

    First DNI: Men, do not interact with me.

    Second DNI: Do not interact with me, misandrists.

    The second is not literally the same thing as “men, interact with me” but it can be assumed to mean “I don’t have a problem with men interacting with me.” It is still is not a request for the interaction itself which is what double negative rules would imply.

    Tl;Dr double negative rules in English simply aren’t the same as they are in Latin which is why it’s a fake rule, even beyond the usage for emphasis in casual speech.













  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule Your Herd
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    4 days ago

    Gun-fetishizing fascists like to pretend they’re the “sheepdogs” protecting the flock from the ethnically ambiguous wolves. Or transpeople using public restrooms.

    It’s a whole thing, got popularized by American Sniper but Eastwood was just repeating some established propaganda.

    https://www.quotes.net/mquote/971176

    It’s dangerous and quite frankly patronizing rhetoric that fits right into that whole 3%er/Moron Abe mindset.

    https://loadoutroom.com/thearmsguide/im-not-sheepdog-shouldnt-either/

    You’ll note the author of that piece, even when trying to be rational and self effacing, just slobbers all over boots as he does it. I’m not going to hold it against a guy who gets it just enough to recognize something that’s toxic and dangerous when he sees it, but that’s also very typically the kind of guy I see at my range and they most definitely do not get it.