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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 182: Vesuvius of Mendacities
red sox 777 06/27/18 2:51:42 PM #210:	Mr Lasastryke posted... red sox 777 posted... You can't make language non-threatening simply by adding a disclaimer that you don't really mean what you say. it's not that she didn't mean what she said, it's that she phrased it in a hypebolic/generalistic way. how is this so hard to comprehend? whenever trump gets criticized for something he said you always pop up here going "HE WAS OBVIOUSLY BEING HYPERBOLIC GUYS GEEZ" - not sure why you're having so much trouble with hillary's statement. and as someone who hates hillary, i 100% agree with her comments about "deplorables" and i'm glad she made them. you can take your "BUT IF YOU SAY THAT YOU WON'T WIN" spiel and shove it. i'd rather "lose" than win by turning a blind eye to racism, homophobia and sexism. doing that is NEVER acceptable. Loads of people have problems with Trump statements despite the signs of hyperbole. Loads of people have problems with this Hillary statement despite much the same thing. Hyperbole and downplaying modifiers create ambiguity, which doesn't do much to alleviate threateningness. It does do a lot to convince people not afraid of the statement to start with that it doesn't mean anything bad. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! <cite>red sox 777 posted [p:904068552] in Politics C... [t:76746634]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mr Lasastryke posted...</cite> <quote><cite>red sox 777 posted...</cite> <quote>You can't make language non-threatening simply by adding a disclaimer that you don't really mean what you say.</quote> it's not that she didn't mean what she said, it's that she phrased it in a hypebolic/generalistic way. how is this so hard to comprehend? whenever trump gets criticized for something he said you always pop up here going "HE WAS OBVIOUSLY BEING HYPERBOLIC GUYS GEEZ" - not sure why you're having so much trouble with hillary's statement. and as someone who hates hillary, i 100% agree with her comments about "deplorables" and i'm glad she made them. you can take your "BUT IF YOU SAY THAT YOU WON'T WIN" spiel and shove it. i'd rather "lose" than win by turning a blind eye to racism, homophobia and sexism. doing that is NEVER acceptable.</quote> Loads of people have problems with Trump statements despite the signs of hyperbole. Loads of people have problems with this Hillary statement despite much the same thing. Hyperbole and downplaying modifiers create ambiguity, which doesn't do much to alleviate threateningness. It does do a lot to convince people not afraid of the statement to start with that it doesn't mean anything bad. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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