(08-12-2018, 09:18 PM)jj82284 Wrote:

(08-12-2018, 09:00 PM)mikesez Wrote: AOC said that Shapiro's invitation was like a catcall, not that it literally was a catcall.  It's a simile.  A comparison that is not meant to be perfect.  Jacksonville public schools typically teach about similes during middle school.

Trump said that the government of Mexico was deliberately sending us rapists and drug dealers. I don't think he was using simile or metaphor there.

I never said that was A PERFECT COMPARISON.  I said it had an explicit derogatory implication.  A simile or a metaphor can be used to make an insulting or derogatory comparison.  But u knew that.  

And the Mexican government does both encourage illegal migration and release prisoners with the intent that they migrate.  

Lol.  Info see what flsportsgod was talking about.  U must have drawn a mean straw man in middle school.  Lol.

So we agree that she did not intend to make a perfect comparison.  So if we list things that are true about catcalling, some of those things will also be how AOC feels about the invitation, but some of them won't be.  For instance, we know that catcalling is (a) annoying (b) sexist and © not worthy of response.
AOC explicitly said in the tweet that the invite was (a) and ©.  Whether we think she meant (b) or not is left open for interpretation.

Meanwhile, Trump used no art or ambiguity when he said the Mexican government is deliberately sending their most dangerous people to us.

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