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Israel/Palestine

99th_Monkey

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11. My question was 100% rhetorical

Reply to leftynyc (Reply #10)

Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:01 AM

Jun 2016

rhetorical question
noun
a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer: the presentation was characterized by impossibly long sentences and a succession of rhetorical questions | Is nothing sacred? That's a rhetorical question, BTW.

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You mean besides Bernie? n/t 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #2

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Did not say Bernie was "the only one" 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #6

Uh - no leftynyc Jun 2016 #10

My question was 100% rhetorical 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #11

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