Another one to file under the category of "pure delusion"... Dennis Marks (AKA dmarks) thinks Al Gore actually claims to have invented the internet. No, I'm not joking. The delusional nutter actually makes this case (on multiple occasions), even though the claim has been debunked by Snopes.
What follows is an example of the nuttery I speak of...
| Dennis Marks: Gore said he "created" the Internet. He lied, because it already existed before he even got to Congress. As for the rest, Snopes got this wrong. Check the thesaurus. Gore used the word "create"... a synonym [of invent]. (3/28/2012 at 4:47am). |
Nice try, Dennis, however, While it is true that "create" and "invent" are synonyms, Dictionary.com defines a synonym is as "a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the [English] language". In the context of Al Gore's quote, the meaning is not exactly the same, only nearly the same. There is a difference in this context, as Snopes points out...
| Snopes: Al Gore did not claim he "invented" the Internet, nor did he say anything that could reasonably be interpreted that way. The "Al Gore said he 'invented' the Internet" put-downs were misleading, out-of-context distortions... |
Exactly. Al Gore used the word "create", in that he helped bring about the internet as we know it today, which HE DID. He didn't invent it, which is why he did not use that word, you lying idiot, Dennis!
(Note: See here for my expanded commentary on the subject).
Update, 3/5/2014: Dennis deleted his comment about Al Gore. Clicking on the link above will take you to a comment on the "Contra O'Reilly" blog that says "This comment has been removed by the author". But the comment is still viewable via the Google cached page. Also, I have preserved the entire comment thread here. See comment #17.
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