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Alton

Posted: Jul 16, 2010 - 15:21

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Matt Wrote:

Why?

That accomplishes nothing but making people ignore you.

Try being honest instead. Hyperbole is intellectually dishonest and I don't trust anyone who relies on it to make their point.

Like what I mentioned in another post above, the more people become irresponsible and not mature on their own, and the more they allow authority to do so, it can lead to "everything" like a fascist state. That's the point of the hyperbole not to be dishonest or misleading

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Edward L Winston

Posted: Jul 16, 2010 - 16:19

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Alton,

I started another conversation for us:

http://conspiracyscience.com/forums/topic/lets-talk-about-ultra-free-markets</p>

Please move all free market related discussion to that thread =D

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Agent Matt

Posted: Jul 16, 2010 - 16:36

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"That's the point of the hyperbole not to be dishonest or misleading"

Well it doesn't work the way you intended it to.

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Alton

Posted: Jul 16, 2010 - 22:16

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Depends on the details supporting the argumentation and the reader.

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Agent Matt

Posted: Jul 16, 2010 - 22:39

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Okay, well this reader doesn't appreciate you trying to elicit knee jerk emotional responses with hyperbole. What's next, death panels?

The Glenn Beck model of discussion is not one I particularly enjoy.

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Alton

Posted: Jul 17, 2010 - 17:16

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If the hyperbole is clarified with details behind it to note that it is something happening in a major way, don't you think the reader would know the "everything" term is not to be taking literally, but as language implicating a huge capacity?

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Agent Matt

Posted: Jul 17, 2010 - 17:29

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If the herf derf what?

Are you really rationalizing why you need to use hyperbole in your arguments?

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Alton

Posted: Jul 17, 2010 - 17:45