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=== US case law === Rhetorical hyperbole is defined as "extravagant exaggeration employed for rhetorical effect" for [[First Amendment]] purposes. [[Greenbelt Cooperative Pub. Ass'n v. Bresler]] (1970), [[Letter Carriers v. Austin]] (1974) and [[Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.]] (1989) are notable cases. In [[Watts v. United States]] (1969) the defendant was absolved of federal anti-threat punishment for saying "the first person he would put in his scope is [[L.B.J.]]"; the court found this to be "political hyperbole".<ref name="hudson20">{{cite news |last1=Hudson | first1=David L. Jr. |title=Rhetorical Hyperbole |url=https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1796/rhetorical-hyperbole |agency=The First Amendment Encyclopedia |publisher=Middle Tennessee State University |date=14 April 2020}}</ref>
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