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arrow-up197external-linkMr. Cook, tear down that wallwww.spacebar.news corbin ( @corbin@infosec.pub ) TechnologyEnglish • 4 months ago message-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
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minus-square jmcs ( @jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink6•edit-24 months agoI didn’t, the article did by paraphrasing Reagan. And hyperbole is a perfectly valid figure of speech anyway.
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minus-square pbjamm ( @pbjamm@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoIt 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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minus-square UnbrokenTaco ( @UnbrokenTaco@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink3•4 months 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?
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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?