Sinclair is a cancer on journalismhttps://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1053662120758263808 …
Bad. Dangerous. Threatening. Any word that is literally not a disease that physically affects human beings. We wouldn’t accept “X is AIDS,” because it’s offensive and inaccurate. I reject “X is cancer” on the same grounds.
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Your argument seems to be against metaphors in general. "The boss flooded our emails," contains as a metaphor a type of disaster that kills people. Not saying you're wrong. Not saying you must continue in my pedantic discussion, but interested in your reply if you do
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My argument is against using a disease that is literally killing me as a metaphor for anything else.
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A disease that indicates a corrupting / perverting of one's very own cells to kill from within.
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So. You’re trying to explain cancer to a cancer patient. Please leave me alone now. Thanks.
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Just a point about Harwood's metaphor. Sorry to aggravate
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