shifts and kind of writing in bad english tweets that did have an impact, right. now think about where we are six years later and eight years later for the 2024 election, and it will be, you know, already we can see a future where there will be a much more sophisticated ability by whichever country, not just russia, right, it will be sort of the democratizing effect where any country can get involved. i don t think it s buying into the hype or buying the threat to see that this will have a real impact. it makes it much easier for any nation or private actors to do the sort of disruption and sort of peddle election misinformation. and the very thing that makes us who we are, the porous nature of our information flow, the first amendment, frankly, makes us more challenged perhaps than others to push out the bad stuff. i mean, do you see since 2016 any there s no water marked
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In her book, “Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English," Valerie Fridland argues that many maligned verbal tics play useful roles.
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