[Ads-l] condone = 'condemn'

[Laurence Horn]

I guess "sanction" was pretty lonely hosting two contradictory meanings in
this domain, so it's gracious of "condone" to join it.

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 10:51 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> https://www.yahoo.com/news/nikki-haley-trump-exposes-gop-135849687.html
>
> "Nikki Haley refused to condone Donald Trump for saying that people he
> doesn’t like should be killed, a chilling sign of how the Republican Party
> is starting to embrace authoritarian violence."
>
> Just a slip, right?
>
> JL
>
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