I'm sorry, I'll say that again – the rhetorical trick of metanoia
"[Once] a thing is said, even if it is taken back immediately, it can’t be unsaid: the impression it makes on an audience remains, undiminished." So there. #link
"[Once] a thing is said, even if it is taken back immediately, it can’t be unsaid: the impression it makes on an audience remains, undiminished." So there. #link