Biden: We Yield Our Rights to the Government

[abbey1227]

[Prometheus]

English Teacher (and dictionary) to the rescue!

verb (used with object)

to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
to produce or furnish (payment, profit, or interest): a trust fund that yields ten percent interest annually; That investment will yield a handsome return.

verb (used without object)

to give a return, as for labor expended; produce; bear.
to surrender or submit, as to superior power: The rebels yielded after a week.

Do you see the difference?

[abbey1227]

Jun 17, 2021 2:37:49 GMT Prometheus said:

English Teacher (and dictionary) to the rescue!

verb (used with object)

to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
to produce or furnish (payment, profit, or interest): a trust fund that yields ten percent interest annually; That investment will yield a handsome return.

verb (used without object)

to give a return, as for labor expended; produce; bear.
to surrender or submit, as to superior power: The rebels yielded after a week.

Do you see the difference?

And you believe he's referring to some voluntary exchange of rights to the Govt?

Sorry, I hear someone that's ignoring the entire point of the Constitution

[Prometheus]

Jun 17, 2021 13:03:09 GMT abbey1227 said:

Jun 17, 2021 2:37:49 GMT Prometheus said:

English Teacher (and dictionary) to the rescue!

Do you see the difference?

And you believe he's referring to some voluntary exchange of rights to the Govt?

Sorry, I hear someone that's ignoring the entire point of the Constitution

And I hear someone that doesn't understand "used with an object."

[abbey1227]

Jun 17, 2021 14:21:21 GMT Prometheus said:

Jun 17, 2021 13:03:09 GMT abbey1227 said:

And you believe he's referring to some voluntary exchange of rights to the Govt?

Sorry, I hear someone that's ignoring the entire point of the Constitution

And I hear someone that doesn't understand "used with an object."

I did a double take/check to see that's what it said, too

Still don't understand how that means what you think it means?

[Prometheus]

Jun 17, 2021 15:01:22 GMT abbey1227 said:

Jun 17, 2021 14:21:21 GMT Prometheus said:

And I hear someone that doesn't understand "used with an object."

I did a double take/check to see that's what it said, too

Still don't understand how that means what you think it means?

What it means is that we have rights but that we naturally give over some part of them to government.

I'll give you a simple example:

You have the natural right to live wherever you want but you have yielded that right to the government in return for the protection of your property.

How about this one:

You have the right to defend yourself and your property but you have yielded the right to make war.

Joe used some old school language and it's no wonder that people without an education in political science would be confused.

I hope that you are less confused now... but something tells me that you're still going to blather on like Clinton being confused by "is."

[abbey1227]

Jun 18, 2021 0:40:20 GMT Prometheus said:

What it means is that we have rights but that we naturally give over some part of them to government.

I'll give you a simple example:

You have the natural right to live wherever you want but you have yielded that right to the government in return for the protection of your property.

How about this one:

You have the right to defend yourself and your property but you have yielded the right to make war.

Joe used some old school language and it's no wonder that people without an education in political science would be confused.

I hope that you are less confused now... but something tells me that you're still going to blather on like Clinton being confused by "is."

Nope, I'll just blather on about how spin is a great skill in debate........but it really doesn't do much to convince me that some people will lie and cover for their preferred agendas.

[Prometheus]

Jun 18, 2021 0:46:38 GMT abbey1227 said:

Jun 18, 2021 0:40:20 GMT Prometheus said:

What it means is that we have rights but that we naturally give over some part of them to government.

I'll give you a simple example:

You have the natural right to live wherever you want but you have yielded that right to the government in return for the protection of your property.

How about this one:

You have the right to defend yourself and your property but you have yielded the right to make war.

Joe used some old school language and it's no wonder that people without an education in political science would be confused.

I hope that you are less confused now... but something tells me that you're still going to blather on like Clinton being confused by "is."

Nope, I'll just blather on about how spin is a great skill in debate........but it really doesn't do much to convince me that some people will lie and cover for their preferred agendas.

My only agenda is for you to understand the usage of the word "yield."

[abbey1227]

Jun 18, 2021 1:10:10 GMT Prometheus said:

Jun 18, 2021 0:46:38 GMT abbey1227 said:

Nope, I'll just blather on about how spin is a great skill in debate........but it really doesn't do much to convince me that some people will lie and cover for their preferred agendas.

My only agenda is for you to understand the usage of the word "yield."

Then I yield to your prodigious knowledge/expertise and will acquiesce to your opinions on all matters from this point henceforth.

[Prometheus]

Jun 18, 2021 1:18:42 GMT abbey1227 said:

Jun 18, 2021 1:10:10 GMT Prometheus said:

My only agenda is for you to understand the usage of the word "yield."

Then I yield to your prodigious knowledge/expertise and will acquiesce to your opinions on all matters from this point henceforth.

See?

You used it correctly!

You don't have to acquiesce to my opinion, but you should acquiesce to the dictionary.

[abbey1227]

Jun 18, 2021 1:37:19 GMT Prometheus said:

Jun 18, 2021 1:18:42 GMT abbey1227 said:

Then I yield to your prodigious knowledge/expertise and will acquiesce to your opinions on all matters from this point henceforth.

See?

You used it correctly!

You don't have to acquiesce to my opinion, but you should acquiesce to the dictionary.

The English language and ambiguity are the Devil's volleyballs

[Prometheus]

Jun 18, 2021 2:04:28 GMT abbey1227 said:

Jun 18, 2021 1:37:19 GMT Prometheus said:

See?

You used it correctly!

You don't have to acquiesce to my opinion, but you should acquiesce to the dictionary.

The English language and ambiguity are the Devil's volleyballs

That was downright Shakespearean!

[abbey1227]

Jun 18, 2021 2:07:59 GMT Prometheus said:

Jun 18, 2021 2:04:28 GMT abbey1227 said:

The English language and ambiguity are the Devil's volleyballs

That was downright Shakespearean!

I sorta stole it from Emo Phillips

[Prometheus]

Jun 18, 2021 2:15:31 GMT abbey1227 said:

Jun 18, 2021 2:07:59 GMT Prometheus said:

That was downright Shakespearean!

I sorta stole it from Emo Phillips

"Phillipian" doesn't have the same swag....