i am more than willing to engage on any positive claim you want to make (i probably agree with a lot of them). what i’m not willing to do is tolerate personal attacks and dogpiling.

no, it’s either true or false, but even a false usage isn’t hyperbolic, it’s just wrong

no, it can’t. hyperbole means to exaggerate, to a great degree. descriptors like “round” or “soft” can’t be hyperbolic.

voting is like one day a year. you can agitate, educate, and organize every day.

if we don’t agree about this, we can’t discuss consent at all

it’s the definition of consent. if we don’t agree about this, we can’t discuss consent at all

consent must be informed. since cattle cannot be informed, they are identical to locks in matters of consent.

it’s is absurd to discuss consent from a cow. do you ask locks for consent before you force your keys in them?