Misspoken Is....
Well, I hadn't intended To bend the rules But whiskey don't make liars It just makes fools So I didn't mean to say it But I meant what I said ~ James McMurtry, "Too long in the wasteland" Let’s talk about the word “Misspoken.” I know. It’s been in the news too much. Maybe you are even tired of it. We get that way pretty quick, right. The news bombards us with a story until we are sick of it and shut down. But in this case the implications of shutting down rather than taking the time to really understand this holds significant implications for all of us. Hang in there. My daughter (and yes, this makes a mother’s heart proud) wrote, I have misspoken if my statement offends anyone and it compromises my popularity. In which case it is obvious that I have "misspoken" and those affected should suffer no offence as a result of my earlier statement. She gets it. In fact her quote actually started by calling the person most rece...