I agree, it is not silly at all. It is worse, it is pandering. It is selling an agenda. Conflicts are part of social interactions. The fact we use war metaphor

I agree, it is not silly at all. It is worse, it is pandering. It is selling an agenda. Conflicts are part of social interactions. The fact we use war metaphors doesn't mean we use violence, it is the opposite, we are replacing old-fashioned violence with social interactions.