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MineralMan

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15. Maybe, but the poster went on in the body of the text

Reply to GJGCA (Reply #14)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:52 PM

22 hrs ago

as though what he said was true. Now, I'm sure it was just a mistake, but it was a major mistake.

Language can do a great deal if used correctly. If used incorrectly, it can do a great deal of damage.

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Someone Has Posted that the Epstein Files Have Been Released in GD [View all] MineralMan 23 hrs ago OP

I interpreted the post as a "what happens when" they have been released? kentuck 23 hrs ago #1

That is not what it said, though. MineralMan 23 hrs ago #8

Here's a link to the 20k documents that have been released. Is this what you're referring to? TheRickles 23 hrs ago #2

I'm not referring to anything. MineralMan 23 hrs ago #13

They didn't say they have been released. I read it as a what if trump is involved what is Autumn 23 hrs ago #3

I read it exactly as MM did obamanut2012 23 hrs ago #4

I found nothing confusing about it. I knew they had not been released. nt Autumn 23 hrs ago #6

"Epstein files are released" is the post's headline. greatauntoftriplets 23 hrs ago #7

I read past that so I understood what the poster was talking about. It's not big deal. Autumn 22 hrs ago #17

The title was a simple declarative sentence. MineralMan 23 hrs ago #9

Only possible defense (and I'm not defending it)... GJGCA 22 hrs ago #14

Maybe, but the poster went on in the body of the text MineralMan 22 hrs ago #15

Not everybody reads like everyone else. I understood it clearly. Autumn 22 hrs ago #16

Lets say the Epstein Files Have Been Released leftstreet 23 hrs ago #5

If that was what it said, then I'd agree. MineralMan 23 hrs ago #11

That's true leftstreet 23 hrs ago #12

The OP has corrected their headline MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #18

Good. MineralMan 22 hrs ago #19

Thank you MustLoveBeagles 23 hrs ago #10