A human rights commission blasted the United States over allegations of torture. <\/p>\n
“For over 10 years US officials have twisted, turned, and abused metaphors in ways not humanly possible. It’s time for a reckoning,” read the report’s summary.<\/p>\n
President George W. Bush receives the most attention, with 314 counts of malapropism, 735 counts of misstated folk sayings and several thousand tortured metaphors.<\/p>\n
But President Obama did not receive a pass, receiving hundreds of counts of his own.<\/p>\n
“While President Obama’s soaring rhetoric has received high praise, we cannot overlook his occasional violence to the language,” the report stated.<\/p>\n
Obama came under harsh criticism for a particular kind of torture known as hard labor.<\/p>\n
“Making anything, including a word, work constantly without rest day and night, is not exempt from the title of torture,” the report mentioned. “Obama’s cruel and unusual use of the word ‘look’ cannot be excused.”<\/p>\n
The report was spurred by complaints to the UN by the union of similes who have found themselves also ill-used. Many are out of work.<\/p>\n
“We don’t like it,” said a Simile union representative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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