💥😳Here’s shiffty telling everybody Trumps getting reinstated! (Hypothetically?) 😳😳😳
(twitter.com)
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Thanks for sharing your view. However, my view differs.
Reinstate: def: restore (someone or something) to their former position or state.
Very commonly used in cases where the removal of someone was illegitimate, and the restoration is achieved by execution of authority, etc, but not exclusively.
ie. One thesaurus says: Synonyms of reinstate (verb give back responsibility) bring back. reelect. reestablish. reintroduce.
Indeed words matter. But as someone who is trained in and works with words and language professionally, I know that levels of ambiguity can exist and that without close attention, may go undetected.
Besides, the premise here is that Schiff believes that DJT will be restored to the presidency by an act of .... the military? He may or may not believe that, but can he know it? I mean, we don't know it, and anyone who says they know it is confusing belief with knowledge.
Anyway, you can think about it in a bicameral manner: him saying this MIGHT be because he thinks DJT is going to be restored before 2024, but he also might be saying this because he thinks the patriots are going to try to get DJT back to the white house for a second administration.
The language itself ("reinstate") supports BOTH interpretations.
Indeed words matter, but so does critical thinking.