What kind of linguistic forms are we talking about? Implied “all” claims – overgeneralisations regarding classes of people – seems to be one of the worst. This type of overgeneralising forms the semantic basis of bigotry and hate speech, as it reduces human beings to mere units of group identity. Amplification of implied “all” assertion is one of the ways in which social media algorithms statistically reinforce the most extreme aspects of political ideologies.
