• ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’s purposefully hyperbolic to illustrate a point. You think that Finland is seriously making all ice cream free?

    I would not be the least bit surprised if all the Abbotts and Thomases and Trumps and Desantises (Desanti?) announced tomorrow that they would no longer be supporting the ADA’s immoral drain on commercial profits governmental budgets.

    And before someone points it out, gutting a system that he has personally benefited from to fuck over Texans is exactly the kind of thing Abbott would do.

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      10 months ago

      My point is that it’s not a good illustration.

      Just read through some of the responses I’ve gotten. Some people think it’s a good illustration because it’s very plausible. Some because it’s not at all plausible.

      I’m saying it’s not a good illustration because it’s not at all plausible.

      • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        I don’t think it makes much difference whether or not it is plausible. It’s just trying to communicate a message. I guess it has to be plausible enough that a reader can understand what it is even talking about; but not so plausible that the reader is led to believe this specific case is actually happening.