@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoMr. Cook, tear down that wallwww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up189cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up189external-linkMr. Cook, tear down that wallwww.spacebar.news@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-21 year agoI didn’t, the article did by paraphrasing Reagan. And hyperbole is a perfectly valid figure of speech anyway.
minus-squarepbjammlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoIt is one of Reagan’s most famous (and lucid) statements. The connection is fairly obvious to anyone familiar with the history.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoI’m not op but the post was made in the context of the article. The article which had a title modifying this quote about the Berlin Wall “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” to refer to Apple’s CEO. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall! As far as I can tell, the hyperbole was already present before OP shared the image. …Or have I misunderstood your point?
I didn’t, the article did by paraphrasing Reagan. And hyperbole is a perfectly valid figure of speech anyway.
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It is one of Reagan’s most famous (and lucid) statements. The connection is fairly obvious to anyone familiar with the history.
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I’m not op but the post was made in the context of the article. The article which had a title modifying this quote about the Berlin Wall “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” to refer to Apple’s CEO.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall!
As far as I can tell, the hyperbole was already present before OP shared the image.
…Or have I misunderstood your point?