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dionysus

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11. Well, lying and crooked have negative connotations, nobody thinks the shopworn word

Reply to Feeling the Bern (Reply #10)

Sun Jan 22, 2017, 04:06 AM

Jan 2017

"Riled" has anything to do with violence. In todays terms it silply means fired up. Surely you know this... nobody thinks riled up means they're gonna smashbwindows or flip over cars...

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Elizabeth Warren riles up crowd at Womens March in Boston [View all] TomCADem Jan 2017 OP

Riles? Riles??? Language, Boston Globe. . .Riles means incites to anger and violence Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #1

Oh come on. "Riling up the crowd" and its variations is an old, quote common, figure of speech. dionysus Jan 2017 #8

Controlling the language and setting the tone puts you at an advantage Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #10

Well, lying and crooked have negative connotations, nobody thinks the shopworn word dionysus Jan 2017 #11

When someone is riled up, they are angry. Or maybe this is just a regional interpretation of the Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #13

I agee with your earlier notion of how languague counts. For headline writers especially. mpcamb Jan 2017 #14

The crowd was estimated at 125,000. Sen. Ed Markey fired up the crowd listing all FailureToCommunicate Jan 2017 #2

So proud of my home state fountainofyouth Jan 2017 #7

I agree, but I so see this as a whitewash of a lot of the bad MA as done Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #12

"this is a whitewash of a lot of the bad MA as done" FailureToCommunicate Jan 2017 #15

I guess hanging women on trumped up charges, executing two italians who weren't even in Boston Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #16

We need Warren in 2020. Oneironaut Jan 2017 #3

I agree! llmart Jan 2017 #17

Go Elizabeth Warren! burrowowl Jan 2017 #4

Yep, way to go Senator Warren. Keep it going, we need more like you. nt iluvtennis Jan 2017 #5

Is She Old Guard or New Guard? otohara Jan 2017 #6

Let us ask The Clash... dionysus Jan 2017 #9

Swoon! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #18