Re:Zuckerberg defends not suspending ex-Trump aide Bannon fr...
by mopsi on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:51PM
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> Do we all really believe that Bannon was actually, literally saying he would be-head these people and put their heads on spikes...or as adults do we realize he was using hyperbole?
Book reading has been in decline for a long time, and the loss of high level literacy and the ability to sense nuance and figurative language is a sign of that.
A lot of people indeed can't understand how the quote could have other meanings besides the literal one, because they've rarely encountered such use of language before.
Book reading has been in decline for a long time, and the loss of high level literacy and the ability to sense nuance and figurative language is a sign of that.
A lot of people indeed can't understand how the quote could have other meanings besides the literal one, because they've rarely encountered such use of language before.