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minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoHow is this a metaphor for “don’t put weak men in charge”??
minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoBecause they create bad times? How is this a fucking difficult concept?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoBad people create bad times, it’s pretty simple. People might consider Jimmy Carter a “soft man,” but did he “create bad times”?
minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoThose people are not defining ‘soft’ correctly, then. Also the original expression isn’t “soft”, it’s “weak”. Sure, Carter might not have had muscles, but only a vile piece of trash would call him weak. Edit: Interesting how you edited your post to read very different after my response… Almost like you realize you were spouting shit at first.
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoSo you think saying “x causes y” directly is a metaphor for “x causes y, so dont do x”. Huh. What do you think a metaphor is?
How is this a metaphor for “don’t put weak men in charge”??
Because they create bad times? How is this a fucking difficult concept?
Bad people create bad times, it’s pretty simple.
People might consider Jimmy Carter a “soft man,” but did he “create bad times”?
Those people are not defining ‘soft’ correctly, then. Also the original expression isn’t “soft”, it’s “weak”.
Sure, Carter might not have had muscles, but only a vile piece of trash would call him weak.
Edit: Interesting how you edited your post to read very different after my response… Almost like you realize you were spouting shit at first.
So you think saying “x causes y” directly is a metaphor for “x causes y, so dont do x”. Huh. What do you think a metaphor is?