• solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    self-flagellation

    do you maybe mean auto-fellatio?

    also, repetition of a word or phrase is a common rhetorical device used to drive home a point–in this case, “republicans are fucking stupid”

    which they are, and IMO, it can’t be repeated enough how fucking stupid they are

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      2 months ago

      No, with respect, I mean self-flagellation. It’s like beating off one’s own ego in the sense of masturbation, not performing oral on one’s self in auto-fellatio.

      I get what you mean about repetition, and again, I agree with the sentiment (I live in the southern United States; I’m steeped to the point of drowning in stupid Republicans,) but after a handful of paragraphs of repetition, it doesn’t have as much impact. Less is more IMO