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KittyWampus

(55,894 posts) Thu Apr 13, 2017, 11:45 AM Apr 2017

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Trump Is The Jim Jones Of Healthcare... How Is That For A Historic Figural Analogy?

(This is in reference to comparing Trump to MLK).

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Trump Is The Jim Jones Of Healthcare... How Is That For A Historic Figural Analogy? (Original Post) KittyWampus Apr 2017 OP

My initial reaction was George Wallace. Fozzledick Apr 2017 #1

Yes- the Kool aide suicide analogy is spot on! bettyellen Apr 2017 #2

He's actually the Jim Jones of everything. dchill Apr 2017 #3

Incomplete analogy. Orsino Apr 2017 #4

Fozzledick

(3,860 posts)

1. My initial reaction was George Wallace.

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Thu Apr 13, 2017, 11:49 AM

Apr 2017

A bit more of a direct comparison.

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

2. Yes- the Kool aide suicide analogy is spot on!

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Thu Apr 13, 2017, 11:59 AM

Apr 2017

dchill

(38,502 posts)

3. He's actually the Jim Jones of everything.

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Thu Apr 13, 2017, 12:25 PM

Apr 2017

Everything.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)

4. Incomplete analogy.

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Thu Apr 13, 2017, 01:22 PM

Apr 2017

Jones took his own life rather than face the music. Trump will simply wander off, leaving a mess and a pile of bills for others to deal with.

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