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Thread #113667 Message #2420336
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
22-Aug-08 - 05:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: McCain/Lieberman v Obama/Biden
Subject: RE: BS: McCain/Lieberman v Obama/Biden
What determines whether something is an insult is the intention of the person who uses them.
That's why an expression like "do-gooder" counts as an insult, even though ostensibly it should count as a compliment.
It seems to me that "Black Messiah" as used there by pdq was pretty evidently intended as a sneer.