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Originally Posted by bainsey
It's only hyperbole when you don't mean what you say. I do.
And Snaqs, sometimes, we have to give a damn what people infer. Perhaps not in rule enforcement, but in the grand scheme of things, simply being nice and classy makes things smoother between us and the rest of the basketball world.
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Hypocrisy is saying something you don't believe or act upon.
Hyperbole is making more of something than it is.
Saying that referees who dislike shaking hands with players are demonstrating poor sportsmanship is an exaggeration and therefore hyperbole.
Personally, I think it gives the impression of currying favor with the officials, not of sportsmanship.
Not everyone is going to take it the same way. (Which is also why you can't worry too much about how it appears to people because it will appear exactly opposite to two different people more times than not.)