Hyperbole is often (successfully) used as a literary device to express sentiments. Is there a sentiment expressed in the parent comment you don’t agree with? Then let’s talk about that instead of the form of the argument.
Hyperbole is for good storytelling, not nuanced discussion or argument.
They will drive us to the absolute edge of torches and pitchforks and keep us there, forever.
Hardly an exaggeration to call this doomsaying.
You seem very petulant.