When people say “everyone” in a context like this, they do not literally mean all 7,999,999,999 people on Earth speaking with a single unified voice. This is safe to infer because all 8 billion people having the same opinion about anything is not something that happens. They mean the majority of people, and they mean the people in their social sphere.
When people say everyone, they might only be thinking about the majority of people in their social sphere, but what they want to do is universalise that, and say that “everyone who matters” thinks the same way.
When you talk about politics, if you say “everyone” but mean “my friends” you’re either not making a point at all or you’re lying by that implicit universalisation.
So do you earnestly think a person who did not know who Charlie Kirk was before he died has an opinion on his death that should be treated with equal weight to the people whose lives he directly or indirectly impacted, or do you disagree that the majority of people who were talking about Charlie Kirk’s death were either celebrating or trying to profit off of it?
Right, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret.
When people say “everyone” in a context like this, they do not literally mean all 7,999,999,999 people on Earth speaking with a single unified voice. This is safe to infer because all 8 billion people having the same opinion about anything is not something that happens. They mean the majority of people, and they mean the people in their social sphere.
When people say everyone, they might only be thinking about the majority of people in their social sphere, but what they want to do is universalise that, and say that “everyone who matters” thinks the same way.
When you talk about politics, if you say “everyone” but mean “my friends” you’re either not making a point at all or you’re lying by that implicit universalisation.
So do you earnestly think a person who did not know who Charlie Kirk was before he died has an opinion on his death that should be treated with equal weight to the people whose lives he directly or indirectly impacted, or do you disagree that the majority of people who were talking about Charlie Kirk’s death were either celebrating or trying to profit off of it?