No. It's the same hyperbolic and emotive language that is used in these discussions. It adds nothing and riles people up, which I'm going to guess is the desired result. The way it is delivered is basically pseudo-intellectual bullshit.

I suppose that's a fair point. My perspective on people getting unnecessarily riled up by the use of metaphor is usually that those people need to re-examine the level of maturity with which they're approaching the discussion. But to your point, the fact that it's someone else's "fault" doesn't change the fact that using language like that can provoke emotion that derails the conversation.