RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoTlaib Demands Blinken Resign Over Failure to Hold Israel Accountable for Gaza Genocidewww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: israelpalestine@jlai.lunews@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldpalestinepalestine@lemmygrad.mlusa
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 · 2 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: israelpalestine@jlai.lunews@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldpalestinepalestine@lemmygrad.mlusa
minus-squareloathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months 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-up24·2 months 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-up8·2 months 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.