also, it’s not the exact same article. it’s a different article by a different author. you can tell if you bother to read it instead of just googling around until you found another article with a similar click-bait headline...

do you often lie to make your point, or is this a new experience for you?

[–] meth_dragon@hexbear.net 53 points 1 year ago (15 children)

sorry, i thought native english speakers would be more familiar with the concept of hyperbole. i will take the time to write a brief summary of relevant semantic techniques used in subsequent posts to help out the more rhetorically challenged members of our community.

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[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you know what hyperbole is, or exaggeration? Of course it's not the exact same article. Come on. The point is that multiple sources collaborate the main point, that opium production has fallen under the Taliban.

[–] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Do you know what hyperbole is, or exaggeration?

Yes, and I know when someone is lying but just says it’s “hyperbole” when called out on a lie, which is obviously what’s happening here.

Of course it’s not the exact same article.

so you even admit that they lied

The point is that multiple sources collaborate the main point, that opium production has fallen under the Taliban.

so what? there’s a famine right now, and there are obvious reason to shift production to a viable food source. twisting yourself into knots just to blame the US is absurd and not supported by the facts.

[–] xXthrowawayXx@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Before 9/11 they had banned poppy cultivation. After America leaves, they ban poppy cultivation. During the occupation, lots of poppies are cultivated and processed into opium.

America consumes 80% of the world opium supply on average.

What conclusion do these facts support?