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The country has cancer (Original Post) edhopper May 2017 OP
Good metaphor. SHRED May 2017 #1
My father died from cancer. GaYellowDawg May 2017 #5
Both my parents also SHRED May 2017 #6
My wife is currently dying of ovarian cancer GliderGuider May 2017 #7
Our country is being destroyed by a malignant tumor Generic Other May 2017 #9
Oh, I am so very very sorry to hear that. dixiegrrrrl May 2017 #11
Thank you! GliderGuider May 2017 #13
Sorry for yours, too. GaYellowDawg May 2017 #10
My Mother as well edhopper May 2017 #8
Already metastisized... 2naSalit May 2017 #2
Rick Perry called Donald Trump a cancer. dalton99a May 2017 #3
We will be approaching stage 5 terminal cancer if this idiot isn't removed very soon. democratisphere May 2017 #4
My father also died of cancer. Aristus May 2017 #12
This one is curable! roamer65 May 2017 #14
But that is like saying edhopper May 2017 #15

GaYellowDawg

(4,446 posts)
5. My father died from cancer.
Thu May 11, 2017, 09:55 PM
May 2017

So did two of his siblings. I've also lost very good friends, including a personal and professional mentor. I hate cancer as a metaphor. Cancer is cancer. Nothing else is.

 

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)
7. My wife is currently dying of ovarian cancer
Thu May 11, 2017, 10:02 PM
May 2017

It's a perfect metaphor for what's happening to America.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
9. Our country is being destroyed by a malignant tumor
Thu May 11, 2017, 10:07 PM
May 2017

one healthy cell at a time.

My family also has had a history of cancer. I agree. The country has cancer.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
11. Oh, I am so very very sorry to hear that.
Fri May 12, 2017, 01:37 AM
May 2017

Can only imagine the stress and fortitude it takes for both of you to get thru each day.

GaYellowDawg

(4,446 posts)
10. Sorry for yours, too.
Thu May 11, 2017, 10:11 PM
May 2017

Since you've suffered those kinds of losses, and you know how it feels, then I guess I can't really object after all.

edhopper

(33,543 posts)
8. My Mother as well
Thu May 11, 2017, 10:07 PM
May 2017

It feels like that to me in this country.
I don't know we will survive.

Sorry for your loss, sorry the post offended.

2naSalit

(86,496 posts)
2. Already metastisized...
Thu May 11, 2017, 09:51 PM
May 2017

just look at Congress.

Could be terminal if we don't oust them before the end of summer.

dalton99a

(81,426 posts)
3. Rick Perry called Donald Trump a cancer.
Thu May 11, 2017, 09:52 PM
May 2017

But that was before Trump put Perry in charge of nuclear physicists

Aristus

(66,307 posts)
12. My father also died of cancer.
Fri May 12, 2017, 01:42 AM
May 2017

I'm not offended by the metaphor, and I don't think he would be, either.

This country has a nasty, painful disease, and how it will end, no one knows...

edhopper

(33,543 posts)
15. But that is like saying
Fri May 12, 2017, 09:00 AM
May 2017

someone needs surgery and chemo. But they just lost their health insurance.

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