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Sunday
Nov252018

Mean Metaphors

     There seems to be no end to human creativity when it comes to ascribing pejorative names for those we fear.  Hillary's "basket of deplorables" sparked a race for substitute metaphors yielding "halflings" and "catfood coalition", (District Nine Movie),  my personal favorite and many others. If the clever ones were only as skilled at reducing the  class spectrum, we would all be happier.

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