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Ben Carson: The biggest fan of Nazi metaphors in politics (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/09/ben-carson-the-biggest-fan-of-nazi-metaphors-in-politics/Carson likes to talk about Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. A lot.
Nazi comparisons, of course, are a staple of politics. Often, the metaphor-maker will quickly back off said metaphor. Carson, though, in both his volume of Nazi comparisons and his refusal to back down from them, is the exception. He simply doesn't shy away from holding up Nazi Germany as a dire warning of the slippery slope America is on.
Nazi comparisons, of course, are a staple of politics. Often, the metaphor-maker will quickly back off said metaphor. Carson, though, in both his volume of Nazi comparisons and his refusal to back down from them, is the exception. He simply doesn't shy away from holding up Nazi Germany as a dire warning of the slippery slope America is on.
Carson talks about Hitler on the campaign trail so much that his campaign is apparently trying in vain to get him to stop. Campaign manager Barry Bennett told ABC News they'd rather Carson find another go-to-analogy....Bennett at the same admitted that Carson has been talking about Hitler for years to make his case.
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