Interfering with ideas, one might argue, is not in the same category as destroying precious objects, and elected officials tinkering with legislation cannot be compared to militants whose other activities include hacking off the hands and heads of innocent people. Anyone making such comparisons might seem to have fallen victim to the irrational political rhetoric that is already pervading America’s presidential election campaign.
这样的比喻可能貌似有些夸张。或许有人会说干涉思想和破坏珍贵文物不同，民选官员干预立法不能与砍掉无辜者头颅和双手的武装分子划归一类。作此比喻的人似乎已经成为充斥美国总统竞选的非理性政治言论的受害者。