And how’s it working?

That’s right. And thus my suggestion.

How to Spot Propaganda 101

What if you eat with your butt

From the article: “…identify hidden similarities between two different ideas. Metaphors are usually meant to create a likeness or an analogy”

This is why education is important :)

Why not? This thread is achieving the desired outcome; discussion about the topic, exploration of solutions and critique, and attentiveness to the issue. If you don’t like the way it’s phrased because of some arcane rule you can piss off and participate in another thread.

I want your users to be angry because until now their position on overpolicing has been an echo chamber: “we need to make gradual improvements to the existing system and hope for the best”.

The purpose of your community is to generate discussion and thought-provocation, which I’ve accomplished.

This post is “not essentially rage bait” and the suggestion is offensive. ALL revolutionary ideology is rage-inducing. We got to this point because of decades of abuse, how could a person not be enraged by it?

Do you think I feel strongly about this issue and want people to change their minds about it, or do you think I came here to make people mad for fun? Do your job and stop the grandstanding.

No friendo, that is the point of metaphor; to compare two dissimilar things. I can forgive you for not knowing this, but I can’t forgive your educational institution for not teaching it to you. I would request a refund if I were you, assuming you paid for it.

Police and prisons are a crisis raging out of control; they are hurting innocent people, consuming a great deal of resources, stealing away the happy productive lives we were promise, and making us fearful of defending ourselves from abuse. It’s exactly like a fire. Again you’ll need to contact the facility that trained you to comprehend language because they’re failing and should be made aware. Stay in school.

Ibuprofen? Sorry but please focus, I’d like you to respond to the message, not your immediate emotional reaction.

within your metaphor, “Abolish the fire in my house” ≠ “Put out that one fire in my house”.

How does that challenge the premise? I’m saying that the unequalness of the two entities support the premise. Understand?

Thank you for sharing an opposing viewpoint respectfully. I’ll check out your articles.

You’re arguing against my position by challenging the metaphor… by saying the two entities are not the same. Honey that’s what metaphors are used for. To compare two different things. This is tragic.

This person is suggesting that if we abolish the fire that’s burning the house down, we won’t be able to heat up food or stay warm in winter.

… Which is the entire point of the post. It is literally a parody of this style of rhetoric, in which the subject of abolition is compared to something strictly necessary, and shown to be not necessary, and often harmful. I don’t know if this person struggles with reading comprehension, but they read and recited the metaphor without any comprehension of its meaning. Stay in school kids

Incorrect use of metaphor, but ignoring that, how do you feel about the comparison to rampant police/prison abuse?