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Originally Posted by Hugh

that’s hyperbolics, up there with "subjugation" and "enslavement" (not things you’ve said, but others have).

I lived in West Berlin for 3 years at the height of the Cold War, and saw what a "Stasi state" was - use of terms like this in the article just use emotive hyperbolic statements to inflame passion and cause anger, thus making rational debate about real issues difficult.

Yes I agree it’s hyperbole. But it frames a scene succinctly. With the brains on this forum, I don’t see that framing as inflaming passion, etc.