primitives should "listen" to their own advice

[USA4ME]

Donald Ian Rankin

Has anyone else noticed that "listen" is often used as a synonym for "obey"?

I've lost track of the number of times I've heard people saying things like "we've tried to talk to them time and again, but they just won't listen!", when what they actually mean is "but they still won't do what we want!".
 
Listening is a very modest demand, so presenting it as being all you're asking is a good rhetorical trick. But if it really is all you're asking, then don't be surprised if, having listened, the people you're talking to still don't change their minds. And if it isn't, why not say so outright?

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18 replies all in agreement.

I agree, too. Now when are you primitives going to start practicing what you preach?

When will you acknowledge that others have listened to your liberal rhetoric and have simply rejected it? When will you be able to accept that conclusion without turning to extreme measures when they don't agree?

When will you grow up?

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[franksolich]

When will you grow up?

Don't be a Pollyanna, sir; it'll never happen.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Don't be a Pollyanna, sir; it'll never happen.

Yes indeed; that, after all, is why they are Leftists...people who view government as a surrogate for their parents, which will take care of all their needs and give them unconditional love.  Neither of which it can deliver, of course.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

"National Dialogue" is code speak for "Shut-up you racist, fascist, homophobic, Bible-thumping, science hating, misogynist, warmongering baby killers and let me pass this law."

[freedumb2003b]

"National Dialogue" is code speak for "Shut-up you racist, fascist, homophobic, Bible-thumping, science hating, misogynist, warmongering baby killers and let me pass this law."

As "Reach Across the Aisle" (aka "Compromise") means: "Shut-up you racist, fascist, homophobic, Bible-thumping, science hating, misogynist, warmongering baby killers I am passing this law."