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Dennis Gorelik (
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2022-05-25 02:54 am (UTC)
Figure of speech
>> "no one" claim is incorrect
> Can you take a figure of speech?
Yes, usually I take a figure of speech as an indicator of a sloppy reasoning.
> We could narrow it down to "no one of consequence",
Nope.
Boris Yeltsin took Ukrainian independence seriously.
Yeltsin was a consequential figure.
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Figure of speech
> Can you take a figure of speech?
Yes, usually I take a figure of speech as an indicator of a sloppy reasoning.
> We could narrow it down to "no one of consequence",
Nope.
Boris Yeltsin took Ukrainian independence seriously.
Yeltsin was a consequential figure.