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#MayoralDebate just now, @_MarkSutcliffe says to @cmckenney about her repeated accusation of “program cuts”; just repeating a lie doesn’t make it so … little swing at her buddy and endorser McKenna there 🇨🇦😂🤷🏼♀️ #LiarsLie
#GrandpaBob sticks to reading his notes when talking. Probably for the best 🤷🏼♀️😬
@cmckenney speaking fast, lots of buzzwords and catch phrases. Sounds like she’s saying something meaningful but when you break it down, she doesn’t. Lots of supporters in the crowd. Gave up my tix to babysit grandson. #smartnanny
Yang just said "Yeah, the mentally ill have rights, but you know who else has rights? The people and families of our city."
The mentally ill ARE people of our city, and they have families, too. #Mayoraldebate
The mentally ill ARE people of our city, and they have families, too. #Mayoraldebate
This rephrasing/spin/whatever-it-is just compounds the problem with the original statement. Again casts mentally ill people as a "them" who "we" need to get off of "our" streets.
Yang is so eager to avoid referring to mentally ill people as people that he ties himself into rhetorical knots—the "them" here refers back grammatically not to "people," or even "the mentally ill," but "mental illness" itself.
