• CarlsIII@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    28
    ·
    1 year ago

    I’m getting pretty sick of people saying shitty things because they’re bad at metaphors. People who are bad at metaphors should just not use metaphors.

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      1 year ago

      He didn’t use an inept metaphor. It was exactly the metaphor he meant: that women are objects, property to be exploited by his administration.

    • pinkdrunkenelephants
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      If a devil’s advocate has to use a linguistic argument to justify a bad choice, the devil’s advocate is not actually needed.