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Originally Posted by haertig
No thanks is needed, because I didn't say that at all.
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Actually, that is exactly what you said when you stated that his statement was not factually correct. Are you going to try to debate that making a factually incorrect statement is not an epitome of dishonesty? Trying to claim that his dishonesty was justified as a rhetorical technique does not make it any less dishonest.
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Originally Posted by haertig
Hyperbole is a literary and oratory technique to make a point, it has nothing to do with truth. Intentionally taking things too literally only works well if one is the straight man in a comedy duo. When it is used to belittle and accuse someone of being a liar, it only makes the accuser look obtuse. I have seen enough of your posts to know that you are certainly not obtuse, but yet you do something like this and belittle another member for a simple and harmless statement. Unfortunately, this is a very common tactic for several people on these forums. Masters of minutiae. I see no reason to take innocent and well intentioned comments and posts and blow them up into ... I don't even know what to call what they're being blown up into. It's not very nice. But it happens around here. A lot.
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Sadly, I regarded the discussion as a debate not as a political speech. Debates should be focused on facts. Hyperbole like many other logical fallacies does not have a place in a debate. Inventing untruths to support a contention is sceleris plenissime.
Anyhow, I think this discussion has been beaten enough times.
