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Peaceful Dave's avatar

With the absolute demonization of "others" the temptation to resort to hyperbole is becoming too hard to resist. And then that demonization is driven by the hyperbole which is the purpose of it.

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Steve QJ's avatar

I completely agree. And once you convince yourself that the person you're talking about is evil incarnate, it's easy to justify ignoring them or attacking them or lying about them. This seems to have become a habit for some people.

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