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Appropriating stories from fiction to make a political point is nothing new.

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Of course, dignifying any of this with more attention is silly.

), and a wall is necessary to keep them away from civilized society.

But if you put any pressure on that metaphor, its also silly from the liberal point of view.

Its a bad metaphor!

It makes no sense for anyone to use in this context.