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garbage_world@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI hate this phrase. I mean, it ain’t false, but this argument has the same logic as if I would say: “Saying grass is green is like saying sky is blue”.
This phrase cleaverly relates 2 unrealted things to manipulate the recipient.
TWeaK@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
The clever part is drawing the parallel between two unrelated things, to draw on the recipient’s emotions about one of them and entice them to compare why they feel differently about the other.
Somewhat manipulative, perhaps, but only in the way that explaining things manipulates someone into understanding.