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Originally Posted by friscomom  Extreme words like atrocity are generally (mis-)used in effort to express and convey a huge amount of violent emotion safely. Where there is moderate emotion there will be moderate words which folks can respond to more readily and deal with the actual issues without hysteria. That's why there are moderators. |
Exactly, I think certain emotionally charged words are used to manipulate people's feelings, and they start thinking emotionally instead of logically. When people use these words, I try to throw on the breaks, because I'm actually a very emotional person, and I try to figure out how they are trying to manipulate me, and why.