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Cheap_Coffee t1_iwl3es1 wrote

Reply to comment by coconutpete52 in What if Charlie Baker runs for President? by nebirah

He used the word "like". It was a simile.

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BlaineTog t1_iwl5t43 wrote

In that context, "like," just means, "for example." Comparing two politicians isn't figurative language, so it isn't a simile. The impression is that /u/BF1shY was considering Baker in a Democratic primary rather than a GQP one, though even if they meant, "we," to mean the GQP, it still wouldn't be a simile.

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