• Malfeasant@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    It’s as good an analogy as any other… It’s wrong to expect an analogy to fit the situation perfectly, because that would not be an analogy, it would be the thing you are talking about. The purpose of an analogy is to compare things that are not identical, but have some similarities.

    • WrenFeathers@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      It’s creating a false scenario where a different weapon was used, and then saying that the outcome would be different so that it fits a narrative with no understanding of how these things work- and then arguing against anyone that points out how flawed it is.

      Which is perfectly reasonable considering where it was posted.