As @MZHemingway suggests, it's true that viewing Trump through a hyperliteral interpretative lens leads to absurdityhttp://thefederalist.com/2016/08/12/6-problems-with-medias-hysterical-reaction-to-trumps-isis-comments/ …
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You can condemn his calling BHO "leader of ISIS" without insisting that he meant Obama is literally the leader of ISIS. Comes off as dense.
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Hyperliteralism leads to absurd situations where Serious fact-checkers shriek: "ACTUALLY, al-Baghdadi is the leader of ISIS, not Obama."
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What journalistic purpose does such shrieking serve other than to impress fellow savvy journalists? None. It's all an in-group love session.
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I've been trying to do this for months, but people sure love their orange, apocalyptic monster without a measured analysis.
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