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Red-Flag Rhetoric

When you hear someone pontificating and they preface their conclusion with: ''If I understand it correctly…'' or ''if memory serves…,'' 90 percent of the time the person talking doesn't have a clue what they're talking about. You'll find many examples on popular talk radio, which serves as an echo chamber for minds that haven't had oxygen in quite a while.

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