Devon Reesse “Accountability Matters”: Terms and Conditions Apply

In case you don’t believe Reese said “accountability matters” we provided where to listen during the Reno City Council meeting.

Calling a statement like “accountability matters” an oxymoron depends less on the phrase itself and more on the speaker’s perceived credibility.

The words “accountability” and “matters” are not opposites, so linguistically it is not an oxymoron. An oxymoron is something like “deafening silence” or “jumbo shrimp,” where the terms directly contradict each other.

However, people sometimes rhetorically label a politician’s statement as an oxymoron if they believe the person’s actions don’t align with the message. In that sense, someone criticizing Devon Reese might say it feels like an oxymoron to them — but that’s really opinion, satire, or political commentary, not a true grammatical oxymoron.

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