• Cowbee [he/they]
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      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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          Gotcha, so me saying you hate all Leftists is rhetorically fine and just “hyperbole?”

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            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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              Then I disagree with your understanding of rhetoric, that doesn’t make any sense.

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

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                  In what manner? Questioning the existence of DPRK worshippers and those preferring Trump to Harris among Marxists?