[lijok]

There’s one comment as of the time of your post that makes this assumption - you could have replied to them directly.

[manwithnoplan]

It is implicitly implied in many comments.

[wwalexander]

“Implicitly implied” is redundant. Either of these phrasings would suffice:

> It is implicit in many comments.

> It is implied in many comments.

[darkwater]

Well, it's called "tautology" and it's a perfectly valid rhetorical device.

[wazdra]

A tautology is a sentence vacuously true. This is called a pleonasm.

[gizajob]

Was about to post the same thing. It is indeed the under-appreciated pleonasm rather than a tautology.

[darkwater]

Yes, mixed the two. Point stands though.

[lijok]

Links?