John Kerry Makes the Most Incredulous Claim About Coal

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndCsBfGG3jw
Published: Nov 17, 2021
Author: staff
Post Date: 2021-11-17 18:56:46 by Horse
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No coal by 2030. No natural gas by 2035.

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#1: StraitGate    To: Horse (#0)

Incredible is the word. Not incredulous.

StraitGate posted on 2021-11-17 20:50:53   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Lod    To: StraitGate (#1)

looked'em up

Incredible means "too extraordinary to be believed," whereas incredulous means "skeptical." They come from credible and credulous, respectively, as credible describes something that is believable, while credulous describes someone who readily believes or is not skeptical.

Kerry is incredible, and I'm incredulous.

Lod posted on 2021-11-17 21:07:30   Reply   Private Reply

#3: StraitGate    To: Lod (#2)

I have a malapropic friend who says funny things such as "for all intensive purposes". I'm pretty sure that incredible and incredulous are interchangeable in his North Carolina dialect.

StraitGate posted on 2021-11-17 21:55:07   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Lod    To: StraitGate (#3)

Excellent

Lod posted on 2021-11-18 07:55:15   Reply   Private Reply

#5: StraitGate    To: Lod (#2)

From Patrick Henry's 7 June 1788 speech opposing Virginia's ratifying the proposed US Constitution:

"Gentlemen strongly urge its adoption will be a mighty benefit to us: But, Sir, I am made of such incredulous materials that assertions and declarations, do not satisfy me. I must be convinced, Sir. I shall retain my infidelity on that subject, till I see our liberties secured in a manner perfectly satisfactory to my understanding..."

www.let.rug.nl/usa/docume...k-henry-(june-7-1788).php

StraitGate posted on 2021-11-19 23:44:24   Reply   Private Reply

#6: NeoconsNailed    To: Horse (#0)

Incredulous

How on Earth did that slip through-- Franchi has to know better.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-11-20 06:43:12   Reply   Private Reply