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Local woman convinced that misogyny is no longer a problem thanks to man shouting "Not All Men" every time she talks (chaser.com.au)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Hyperbole is a reasonable conversational flourish. Not every statement has to be overqualified and watered down into lukewarm correctness

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Conversely, in this day and age speaking hyperbolically and without qualifiers opens a person up to being shouted down for being bigoted.

Not sure why this particular topic gets a pass.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

When such hyperbole becomes commonplace, some people start actually believing that.

And then all sorts of problems begin to arise