Will this candle cover the stench or the malodor?

Comparisons:

MAHA was supposed to be a revolution. Instead, it’s a scented candle flickering inside a meth lab.

RFK, Jr. is '. . . balls-deep in deregulated sludge while his boss power-washes the EPA with bleach and lobbyist money.'

Six months into Trump’s second term and the EPA is officially a frat house for chemical lobbyists. No more climate threat designation. No more lead limits. No more mercury protections. And no more health scientists—fired en masse like they were waitstaff at Mar-a-Lago.

Let the coal plants puke into the water.

RFK, Jr. is ‘. . . sending strongly worded . . . STRONGLY WORDED letters while sipping kombucha and hoping no one notices that his entire movement is being slow-roasted in glyphosate.‘

RFK, Jr. has ranted ‘. . . about Big Pharma, Monsanto, and chemical warfare in the food chain—and now he’s working for the guy who’d let Exxon Mobil inject Mountain Dew into baby formula if it helped the polls.‘

It’s like Noam Chomsky signing up for Blackwater because he liked the uniforms and the dental plan.

MAGA government policy makers: ‘These aren’t public servants—they’re cigarette butts flicked into the river.‘

EPA head Lee Zeldin: ‘A four-term GOP goon with all the charisma of a tax lien.‘

Lee Zeldin is ‘. . . using the EPA like a mop to wipe up corporate footprints.‘

They’re [MAGA legislators] shoveling liability shields into the laps of companies who make poison sound like trail mix.

Zen Honeycutt and the Moms Across America crowd are sending desperate letters to his office like it’s a haunted house. They’re watching everything they fought for get bulldozed by the very people Kennedy now shares a conference table with—and all they’re getting back is public relations tofu.

To RFK, Jr.: ‘You’re not making America healthy again, Bubba. You’re burning the first aid kit.‘

While Kennedy writes white papers, Zeldin is handing out exemptions like Halloween candy—exemptions that will literally poison another generation of Americans before they hit puberty.

To RFK, Jr.: ‘Your movement is a placebo in a poison factory.‘

Thom Ryder's FB post in late July laced over a dozen non-literal comparisons (similes, metaphors, analogies) to express anger, dismay, and warning concerning the role of RFK, Jr. vis-à-vis policy decisions at the Republican EPA. Do you think it wise to use such a variety of comparisons? Do multiple comparisons guide or muddy the argument waters for you?

Sample Context:

"Let’s not waste time pretending this is complicated shit.

RFK Jr. joined the Trump freak show and thought he could yoga-breathe his way through a chemical war. Now he’s balls-deep in deregulated sludge while his boss power-washes the EPA with bleach and lobbyist money."

Citation:

Ryder, Thom. “The Scented Candle Strategy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.“ Facebook, 31 July 2025. Web.

(Image design by Lee Aigue; base image courtesy of Bing, August 2025.)