An interesting analyses. It certainly matches what we've seen. His attacks on the standard list of people is moderately pathetic, and quite predictable.
SaltSong
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He's never told the truth in his life. How hard would it be to say "no, of course not."
The government should be obligated to shield them from the causes of climate change. But I suppose that ship had sailed.
Context is as important to language as syntax.
Context is important to the message, yes. But if I need the context to understand a particular word, I would understand the message just as well without that word.
Yea. Not helpful.
I'm aware of the existence of contranyms. None of the examples you gave apply, as they just have different meanings, or the same leaving with different connotations.
Wasn't he introduced with a story of pulling off a miracle to escape the Gorn? Or am I not remembering properly?
Right, that's "speaking figuratively." There are rules for that.
But a word that means the opposite of what it means is not a useful word.
I'd hate to find a box in my lab marked "inflammable."
Trouser Python. Technically true, and no-one is going to check.
No research needed. Getting back to the routine, after a suitable period that varies from person to person, is important. But it is not, in itself, healing, and someone who didn't miss a day of work is not doing well.
Oh certainly. But it's treating a symptom, not the actual problem.
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Insufficiently painful is what it is.