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That's really pretty ridiculous. You can try to speak precisely. Why should we all concede that hyperbole is acceptable in an argument?
If you want to argue about student loans you could: approach it from another side or focus on elite/private law schools. Overstating your case only works when preaching to the choir. Then, it misinforms and makes you less credible to others.
This seems like the perfect place for the person making the claim about student loans to make a concession (demoting their "always" to "almost always") thus making their debating partner more comfortable to listen to the meat of their argument; but it is also necessary not to take that demotion from "always" to "almost always" as defeat of the entire argument.
I basically agree, and in this situation my response would be something like "I concede that not all law schools charge ridiculously high tuition but I think my basic point stands.