They shouldnt be doing that, but those are literal fireworks. Fireworks are to explosions as butter knives are to bladed weapons. It is technically the case, but institutionally speaking, the extremeified version of the language is used to disempower people. Gun? Assault rifle->legislation. Butter knife? Bladed weapon->legislation. Protester? Terrorist->legislation. Critique? Hate speech->legislation. When I notice this lingual effect, I consider it to be a red flag for manipulation, and somehow it is always in the same direction, even when I get caught up in some situation and convince myself that it's not- it is.

They shouldnt be doing that, but those are literal fireworks. Fireworks are to explosions as butter knives are to bladed weapons. It is technically the case, but institutionally speaking, the extremeified version of the language is used to disempower people. Gun? Assault rifle->legislation. Butter knife? Bladed weapon->legislation. Protester? Terrorist->legislation. Critique? Hate speech->legislation.