Literal eliminates all subtlety implication inference allusion figurative. It nails everything down and not only closes all doors but LOCKS THEM.
Why is that a great good in the minds of some? Why do they get all tantrum hissy fitty with anything else?
Literal has its place of course.
But figurative?
Imagine if all everything were literal. No poetry for one thing. "Something is happening here. What that is is not quite clear...." That would be gone entirely.
A world limited to black and white is seemingly easier for them to comprehend than a multicolor kaleidoscope that is ever changing.
More's the pity.
