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Many politicians compared to Hitler

I can barely bring myself to comment on the flap over The Collegian at Fresno State publishing an editorial comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, because it’s so hard to choose between laziness, idiocy and plagiarism when describing the piece.

Since I began voting in 1980, here are a list of presidents who’ve been described as Hitler: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. In other words, everybody.

In every case, the comparisons were absurd, as is the comparison to Trump.

Michael Der Manouel Jr., Fresno

This story was originally published February 26, 2016 at 7:51 AM with the headline "Many politicians compared to Hitler."

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