I disagree. Saying "this claim is more than a little ridiculous" also contains the connotation that the speaker must be out of his mind. And in case, we're doi

I disagree. Saying "this claim is more than a little ridiculous" also contains the connotation that the speaker must be out of his mind. And in case, we're doing a meta discussion on rhetorical semantics now, which is besides the point - because you can't argue away that saying "this claim is more than a little ridiculous" is just plain bad form.