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I think most people know he doesn't literally mean it, but many people fear that he uses language like this to create a world in which he could actually mean it
by scandox 6y ago
I think most people know he doesn't literally mean it, but many people fear that he uses language like this to create a world in which he could actually mean it. That I think is why violent language upsets people: he's floating a wild idea, of course it's just a metaphor and ten years later it's just business as usual at the guillotine.
- ceilingcorner 6y agoI agree that the violent metaphors are bad, but the comments in this topic / the media at large is reporting his comments as literal. There are only two options here: they’re incapable of understanding nuanced figures of speech, or they are cynically opportunistic. Neither is a good thing. If Bannon was banned for using “unnecessarily graphic rhetoric”, that’d be one thing (and something I’d probably agree with) - But that isn’t what happened.
- koolba 6y agoIf you want "unnecessarily graphic" look no further than the left's paper of record, the New York Times. For a tweet linking to their 2017 review of late night hosts roasting Trump advisor Stephen Miller they created their own image of his severed head on a pike: Original: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/831483401467265024 https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/831483401467265024 Archived: https://archive.is/tqfYU https://archive.is/tqfYU