May I say “I’m sure you’ll be allowed to say that!?”?

by time news

It is the admittedly aging and somewhat flabby martyr among rhetorical figures. Anyone who uses the sentence “I suppose one can still say that!?” (only with a combination of exclamations and question marks) shows a willingness to throw oneself into the fight for the good cause of freedom of speech. He raises the previous argumentation to a meta-level, which does not want to bring anything new in terms of content, but is only intended to underline the legality of what has been said.

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