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that's a huge presumption on your part. What you're essentially saying is that you know what the internal motivation of Alex Jones is, and that his metaphor is

that's a huge presumption on your part. What you're essentially saying is that you know what the internal motivation of Alex Jones is, and that his metaphor is definitely what he actually believes. I don't think even he knows what his internal motivation is, and to suggest that you know he's secretly harbouring these murderous thoughts is ridiculous. plausible deniability is clear in cases where someone makes an actual argument for something then pulls the "haha I was only trolling" argument, but to say for example to be ready for battle, in the context of politics, should not be immediately taken as a call to start tying the lynching ropes. People use references to war, battle, fighting and so on all the time in the context of political conflict.

mcphage 8y ago
> should not be immediately taken as a call to start tying the lynching ropes Is that what happened? I guess I'm behind on the news; I had heard his twitter account got suspended, I didn't realize he was lynched! Or is that just hyperbole? Why do you feel the need to resort to hyperbole in this situation, instead of discussing what actually happened? I find interesting the transformations you use in your language—"get your battle rifles ready" becomes "be prepared", but "twitter account suspended for a week" becomes "tying the lynching ropes". [this was edited, btw, since you responded while I was editing it]
- beaconstudios 8y ago
  That's just my poor writing skills - I meant that someone calling for political battle may not actually be inciting lynching or shooting the media or whatever, but speaking in metaphor.