(07-11-2023, 02:01 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(07-11-2023, 01:56 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Well, sure. I guess if you changed your statement to be more factual, it would be less hyperbolic. I guess I never thought of it like that. All future hyperbolic statements have now been rendered moot, thanks to sound logic.  

Seriously, though, I understood what point you were trying to make and threw out a comment about not needing hyperbole because the facts are sufficient. I don't like this particular type of hyperbole because, while you are certainly smart enough to know what you said isn't factual, there are a lot of people who say that very same thing who genuinely believe that people were being strung up in the 60's. Factual history and context are not often present in modern day discourse, mostly because we have an ignorant society. Additionally, you, being a very smart guy, shouldn't assume that the stupid among us won't repeat your hyperbole as fact, without the background or capability of verifying or challenging that information. That's why I called it out. 

Again, I get your point. I didn't disagree with it. I just said we shouldn't resort to hyperbole, which is a fair critique of your statement. It's not needed, and there is a narrative associated with race that runs rampant in this country by people who, intentionally or unintentionally, exaggerate the truth. The truth is sufficient, which is the whole of my point.

yeah - you still don't understand the definition of hyperbole but keep reaching for the stars

Well, enlighten me, dog. I'm assuming you're not a liar, which is why I called it hyperbolic. Suggesting blacks were being hung up in the streets in the 60's, is either a lie or it's hyperbole for effect. You've all but admitted you weren't being literal. So enlighten me. Maybe I'm just a literary dummy and there's some specific term that better explains a gross exaggeration. 

• I have a million things to do today. Hyperbole. I have 12 tasks to do before I can go home. Fact.
  
• This game is taking forever. Hyperbole. This game is the longest ever recorded. Fact.
  
• This jock strap is killing me. Hyperbole. My nuts are too big for this jock strap. Fact.
  
• Your brain is the size of a pea. Hyperbole. You are not admitting your statement was hyperbolic. Fact.
  
• Black folks were being strung up in the 60's. Hyperbole. Blacks were still being discriminated in the 60's in a way the Irish weren't. Fact.
  

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