But you've got to admit, that's a pretty violent and over-the-top critique of someone who makes comics you have a criticism of.
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Replying to @AlexandraErin
It's not regarded as violence, though, because it is recognized as hyperbole.
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But you know how many people *aren't* accorded the use of hyperbole? How many people's hyperbole gets called lies, delusions, or threats?
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It really is a question of privilege. Specifically, who is regarded as inherently "safe" and inherently "reasonable" enough to pull it off.
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Off the top of my head, I can think of at least five people labeled "abusers" for things like telling someone to go die in a fire.
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The first time I saw that one, it stunned me, because I've been in communities where everyone uses that kind of language.
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This needs to go die in a fire, that needs to die in a fire, kill it with fire, he should go die in a fire, etc. Hyperbole.
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It's only when someone runs afoul of the wrong power dynamic that suddenly these words are taken as deadly serious.
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You know, there are internet hate sites devoted to picking apart their favorite victims in a way that makes the tormentors feel like heroes.
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And the selective recognition of hyperbole is one of the ways they pull off that trick.
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@alexandraerin @popelizbet internet conjugation:
i am making a funny joke.
you are being abusive.
they are making terroristic threats.
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