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arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkTlaib Demands Blinken Resign Over Failure to Hold Israel Accountable for Gaza Genocidewww.commondreams.orgRedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareloathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoFailure implies he tried. I don’t know why this phrasing is used in this context. Is there something I’m missing as ESL?
minus-squareYOuLibsWoulD [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoIf you’re asking this genuinely, it can also be in the context of a duty or obligation. If you’re meaning he didn’t do shit except actively cover for lies, you’re right.
minus-squareloathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoEven in the context of duty it makes very little sense. It’s like saying Derek Chauvin failed to protect George Floyd.
Failure implies he tried. I don’t know why this phrasing is used in this context. Is there something I’m missing as ESL?
If you’re asking this genuinely, it can also be in the context of a duty or obligation.
If you’re meaning he didn’t do shit except actively cover for lies, you’re right.
Even in the context of duty it makes very little sense. It’s like saying Derek Chauvin failed to protect George Floyd.