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If you've got something to say to me, say it in private. And if privacy doesn't permit itself, then bite your fucking tongue.
— Ramsey · Crimson Tide
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker demands that anything addressed to them be said privately, then orders silence if privacy is unavailable. The forceful language makes the condition absolute. It reads as an insistence on controlling the setting of the exchange, with no public alternative offered to the listener.
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