Fun With Similes: A Tutorial for ESPN Writer Jemele Hill in lieu of her Hitler-Sympathizer Comparison

Even if you read this now-edited article by ESPN writer Jemele Hill, you still get a pretty good sense of how she feels about the Boston Celtics.
One paragraph begins, “Rooting for the Celtics is like supporting inflation, unemployment and locusts.” (No comment from the Locust Union yet, but the edit is still fresh).
But the jawdropper is the pre-edited line that originally appeared: “Rooting for the Celtics is like saying Hitler was a victim.”
Ouch, yikes, and tsk-tsk on so very many levels, Ms. Hill. (Quite apart from our Celtics fan status).
We get the rivalry/still-hurting-about-the-Spurs-losing bit. But the choice of eek-inducing words is …read more