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To: Bilow who wrote (986926)

12/11/2016 1:24:11 PM

From: koan

Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1570691

I see what your problem is. You do not seem to understand the rhetoric of our culture, colloquial speech. It is common knowledge that when a person says the worst possible person for the job, they are speaking figuratively. It is a type of speech.

A figure of speech is a word or phrase that has a meaning something different than its literal meaning. It can be a metaphor or simile that is designed to further explain a concept. Or, it can be a different way of pronouncing a word or phrase such as with alliteration to give further meaning or a different sound.

Figure of Speech Examples - YourDictionary

When you call it a lie, then you are taking a literal (simplistic) translation to try and pull me down. It is hard for me to believe you don't know this. It is impossible to have a conversation with somebody who doesn't understand the colloquial rhetoric of the culture. And I will quit trying if you are nothing more than a gotcha poster.

Very few people would ever call that a lie. We use that saying all the time e.g I just ate the worst breakfast I've ever had. That person wasn't saying that was the worst breakfast they ever had, they were saying it was a terrible breakfast. And 99% of our population would know that. So you are in the 1% that has not figured that out.

If you can't figure out that much, then I can see why you are Trump support. Most of his supporters cannot figure out easy stuff. Because Trump is a pretty easy person to read as being a horrible person.

And you even start out your post with this friendly gesture, hi koan and then launch right into accusing me of lying.

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Hi koan; Re: "Trump just appointed the worst possible person to be secretary of labor as far as the worker goes and you just blow it off.";

As usual, your statement is a lie.

There are billions of people on this planet. Do you really think that Trump's choice is the "worst possible"? That would be quite the miracle, Trump picking one guy out of 6,000,000,000.

Your lies show that you're thinking emotionally, not logically. You don't understand numbers or logic.