[Barrin92]

we had literal pirate parties as fairly legitimate political actors, I think the term has long been reappropriated

[Andrew_nenakhov]

You should probably learn the difference between 'literally' and 'figuratively'.

Literal pirate parties exist in Somali and prey on nearby shipping lanes.

[pessimizer]

If your political party documents and registration are under the name "The Pirate Party," you're quite literally the pirate party.

[Andrew_nenakhov]

And you plunder ships in high waters?

[Barrin92]

literally has been used as figuratively for rhetorical purposes for a long time my overly literal friend