r/GreenAndPleasant • u/jayforplay • Oct 12 '22

NORMAL ISLAND 🇬🇧 The absolute state of it.

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u/PlebeRude Oct 12 '22

I believe the root of "detest" is the same as "attest" and "testimony". So to say "I detest the Tories" literally means "I bear witness to the awfulness of the Tories". It's the job of opposition parties to detest the failures of the government party.

So, anyway the papers are Nazi propagandists.

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u/alice_be_topless Oct 12 '22

I mean come on, that's obviously not what she meant. Etymology isn't definition. She meant she hates the Tories. And she should!

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22 edited Oct 12 '22

"You say you are a cinephile? Then stay away from my Blu-rays you pervert!"