If you can’t make your point without moving the goalposts over the horizon, you don’t have an actual point.
I made my point, twice even. That final example is what’s know as hyperbole, trying to make the point get across to you by over exaggerating. You ignored two examples (stalkers and burglars), to focus that. Moving the goalposts is an entire different thing.
hyperbole
Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
If you can’t make your point without moving the goalposts over the horizon, you don’t have an actual point.
I made my point, twice even. That final example is what’s know as hyperbole, trying to make the point get across to you by over exaggerating. You ignored two examples (stalkers and burglars), to focus that. Moving the goalposts is an entire different thing.