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Mr. Cook, tear down that wall (www.spacebar.news)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I didn't, the article did by paraphrasing Reagan. And hyperbole is a perfectly valid figure of speech anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It is one of Reagan's most famous (and lucid) statements. The connection is fairly obvious to anyone familiar with the history.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

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?