[troad]

> They’re using hyperbole to illustrate the point; don’t miss the point or deliberately try to derail the conversation.

Hyperbole is by definition false, its use illustrates nothing beyond the speaker's willingness to stretch the truth.

In this case, to make political claims. Ought we organise our societies on the basis of political claims 'illustrated' by bombastic falsehoods?

[fifticon]

We are already so high up this tree you can no longer see the ground. There, one more hyperbolic falsehood for you.