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minus-squarecockmushroom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·5 days agoYou can choose to ignore subtext, but it really doesn’t make any sense to hold reality to your whims.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoDo not conflate your interpretation with objective reality
minus-squarecockmushroom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoYeah, i’m just interpreting that baguette as an assault rifle …
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIt’s clearly an assault rifle. You interpret that as meaning they are enemy combatants. I would interpret it as placing blame for the war on them.
minus-squarecockmushroom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoYeah, that’s why the gun had to be there.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWhat visual metaphor would you have used instead?
You can choose to ignore subtext, but it really doesn’t make any sense to hold reality to your whims.
Do not conflate your interpretation with objective reality
Yeah, i’m just interpreting that baguette as an assault rifle …
It’s clearly an assault rifle. You interpret that as meaning they are enemy combatants. I would interpret it as placing blame for the war on them.
Yeah, that’s why the gun had to be there.
What visual metaphor would you have used instead?