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LanternWaste

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Wed Jun-30-10 07:27 PM
Response to Reply #91

97. It's not hyperbole if it's appropriate to the context...

Edited on Wed Jun-30-10 07:28 PM by LanternWaste

It's not hyperbole if the definition is appropriate to the context... that is in fact, the opposite of hyperbole.

You see a mob, I see people upset about child abuse. I imagine for the most part, we see merely that which better validates our opinions.

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