• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      But doesn’t that hyperbole get in the way of a desire for Left Unity? If someone says “Harris and Trump serve similar interests” and someone interprets that as “Trump is better than Harris, actually,” that fundamentally changes the point the person was making. Hyperbole is only useful as long as the quantitative change in a claim doesn’t change the fundamental equation, if it does, it becomes strawmanning.

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            4 months ago

            I think that would be a great use of hyperbole, actually. The venn diagram is hilariously accurate, and I think you’re being obnoxious.

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                4 months ago

                How can you come to that conclusion without knowing my honest opinion of leftists?

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                4 months ago

                Congratulations on being a perfect example of the bullshit the op was complaining about.