Following a discussion elsewhere, I'm thinking that explaining a concept using an analogy may require that the two elements of the comparison have a similar level of emotional implication for both interlocutors. 
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I'm not referring to the "nazi" interlocutor but to the other people involved in the discussion who may not understand.
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