Worst analogies of the week: why marriage equality is like serving ‘bacon-wrapped shrimp’ in Jewish delis
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Worst analogies of the week: why marriage equality is like serving ‘bacon-wrapped shrimp’ in Jewish delis
In an age of terrible, hyperbolic, trivializing analogies, it takes a special one to really stand out. Here are the best, or worst, examples of terrible comparisons from the week.
Black people… they’re just like zoo animals. Benjamin Cole, a top advisor to Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) wrote the following about two Black people he saw outside of his Washington DC apartment: “So apparently the closing of the National Zoo has forced the animals to conduct their mating rituals on my street.” Cole, the former Baptist pastor and energy industry spokesman is not just a brilliant anthropologist/ zoologist/ racist, but a sharp political aid, because he posted these thoughts on Facebook. See other racist gems from Cole, here. Shock accepted Cole’s resignation on Thursday. So, we are now back to living in that post-racial world in which Rosa Parks ended racism and the President is Black.
Obamacare… it’s just like the Holocaust. Of course there was an Obamacare-Holocaust comparison because, it’s a week day. Michael Greve, a law professor and activist, is also the former head and a current board member of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). The CEI is “coordinating and funding” a case pending before the Supreme Court, which seeks to undo the Affordable Health Care Act. This week, Greve compared America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), which is participating in the Affordable Health Care Act, to the Nazis:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/worst-analogies-of-the-week-why-marriage-equality-is-like-serving-bacon-wrapped-shrimp-in-jewish-delis/
Black people… they’re just like zoo animals. Benjamin Cole, a top advisor to Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) wrote the following about two Black people he saw outside of his Washington DC apartment: “So apparently the closing of the National Zoo has forced the animals to conduct their mating rituals on my street.” Cole, the former Baptist pastor and energy industry spokesman is not just a brilliant anthropologist/ zoologist/ racist, but a sharp political aid, because he posted these thoughts on Facebook. See other racist gems from Cole, here. Shock accepted Cole’s resignation on Thursday. So, we are now back to living in that post-racial world in which Rosa Parks ended racism and the President is Black.
Obamacare… it’s just like the Holocaust. Of course there was an Obamacare-Holocaust comparison because, it’s a week day. Michael Greve, a law professor and activist, is also the former head and a current board member of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). The CEI is “coordinating and funding” a case pending before the Supreme Court, which seeks to undo the Affordable Health Care Act. This week, Greve compared America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), which is participating in the Affordable Health Care Act, to the Nazis:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/worst-analogies-of-the-week-why-marriage-equality-is-like-serving-bacon-wrapped-shrimp-in-jewish-delis/
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