Comment by Dylan16807

> What's the "equivalent" of repeatedly ripping their sign out of the ground and stealing it?

I thought you were talking about the sexual acts.

Stealing the sign is just theft. The equivalent is also theft.

> I've seen people on HN used the word rape to describe how they feel about something done to them against their will by, say, Facebook.

Yes, but they will readily admit that it is hyperbole, not what they actually think about the act. If they treat it as a serious comparison, that will get strongly argued against.

You are saying that the actual definition of rape is fitting here, which is in a different ballpark from hyperbole.