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But you can't actually take someone's humanity with a word. That's hyperbole. Knife-point robbery is not. "You cannot, sir, take from me anything that will not
by ebcode 9y ago
But you can't actually take someone's humanity with a word. That's hyperbole. Knife-point robbery is not.
"You cannot, sir, take from me anything that will not more willingly part withal – except my life, except my life, except my life." -- William Shakespeare
- leggomylibro 9y agoWell no, I can't. But a demagogue sure can. I guess it would be more accurate to say that they take humanity from a lot of people who belong to certain classes with a lot of words, but that's a messier metaphor.