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Kyle Rittenhouse said he will write in Ron Paul for President because Trump is not strong enough on the 2nd Amendment. (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think “vilify” might be a more common word for that purpose, although “villainize” does sound more fun.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm a native speaker and I like to use unusual words once in a while. But I somehow never actually got around to using villainize. And when it comes to the lib mindset - vilify lacks panache.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm a native speaker and I like to use unusual words once in a while. But I somehow never actually got around to using villainize. And when it comes to the lib mindset - vilify lacks panache.

Then, I say to you this, be like Marx - understand some other languages, and basically calque up any foreign phrases of interests...

That goes without saying - is English one for "cela va sans dire"

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