• yildolw@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Hyperbole is a reasonable conversational flourish. Not every statement has to be overqualified and watered down into lukewarm correctness

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      7 months ago

      Conversely, in this day and age speaking hyperbolically and without qualifiers opens a person up to being shouted down for being bigoted.

      Not sure why this particular topic gets a pass.

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      7 months ago

      When such hyperbole becomes commonplace, some people start actually believing that.

      And then all sorts of problems begin to arise