So, when americans say that someone "compared" A and B — do you guys, like normal people, mean that (1) said someone (in this example, Scott Adams) performed an operation of comparison, which may or may not have resulted in presenting some similarities between A and B?
Or do you mean that (2) said someone said that A and B are the same in some ways?
Because if you're using definition number 1, I don't see any problems with comparing anything to anything. But if you're using definition number 2 — well. To be frank, I can only call this definition stupid and idiotic, and if that's how you understand it, then yes, you do have really bad reading comprehension. And it's clear from quoted Adams text that he "compared" these groups of people as in 1. Not as in 2.
I don't know if you intentionally missed my point.
In his writing he describes how hypnosis can indirectly form associations between two things. This method also gives him plausible deniability, which allows him to say people have bad reading comprehension.
So, I googled the issue you apparently were talking about, and I have a general question.
http://comicsalliance.com/scott-adam-sexist-mens-rights/ (That's it, right?)
So, when americans say that someone "compared" A and B — do you guys, like normal people, mean that (1) said someone (in this example, Scott Adams) performed an operation of comparison, which may or may not have resulted in presenting some similarities between A and B?
Or do you mean that (2) said someone said that A and B are the same in some ways?
Because if you're using definition number 1, I don't see any problems with comparing anything to anything. But if you're using definition number 2 — well. To be frank, I can only call this definition stupid and idiotic, and if that's how you understand it, then yes, you do have really bad reading comprehension. And it's clear from quoted Adams text that he "compared" these groups of people as in 1. Not as in 2.