"Air quotes" are still quotes!

But I *do *agree with the sentiment in quotes there. Wholeheartedly, in fact.

Edited to add: And the larger context made clear that the person talking on the podcast (Julia Turner, Slate’s editor-in-chief) clearly *did *agree with the sentiment, and included herself as aligned with the “some people” she referred to. (And there again, I used quotes, just to, you know, *quote *her, and I wonder how people interpret that…this is crazymaking stuff!)

Sorry - to the part about the old, good internet. And it wouldn’t be scorn, just distancing yourself, not 100% advocating it. This only applies to air quotes, not written quotes, for the reasons I gave before.

Heh. Nope. He’s Lightning. Good catch. :smiley: