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You're arguing against my position by challenging the metaphor... by saying the two entities are not the same. Honey that's what metaphors are used for. To compare two different things. This is tragic.
They aren't challenging the metaphor at all with their statement. They're showing you that the entire premise is garbage, because within your metaphor, "Abolish the fire in my house" ≠ "Put out that one fire in my house".
The metaphor is... Ok, I guess, if not a gross oversimplification, but your post and energy in the comments just scream "debate me bro" when it doesn't seem like you've got the maturity for even a normal conversation. Like you maybe just found your first Ben Shapiro video or something.
How does that challenge the premise? I'm saying that the unequalness of the two entities support the premise. Understand?
No, I don't. Because the unequalness does NOT support what you're saying, at least not to anyone else. It comes across as a huge red flag that you're making up a false equivalency to back up the ideal you're trying to get people to argue with you on. Nobody's gonna debate you on a topic that you can't even seem to frame fairly.