Sensitivity of Hitler Metaphor Is Questioned
I know that not every metaphor can “sing,” but I was truly sickened by the inappropriate Hitler simile in Jim Murray’s column May 21. (“Giving Magic the basketball is like giving Hitler an army . . . “)
Fifty-three people in my extended family lost their lives to Hitler’s madness. I’m sure I speak for many others when I say I don’t appreciate having Nazi barbarism analogized to the grace of a Laker fast break. Why not Richard Ramirez with his weapon of choice, or the Stockton schoolyard killer with his AK-47?
A little sensitivity, please.
MARK GIMPEL
South Pasadena
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