i don't think this is click-baity at all. i was eager to find out what was the worm, and a little disappointed to find that it is some of my fellow humans, like Rumsfeld, i always knew he was a worm, but i don't think comparing these people to destructive parasites is deceptive in the least. i think the comparison is more than apt. i'm sorry some of the other commenters see it otherwise. the lies we are fed our whole lives are some of the most pernicious of parasites, the ones that live inside our minds. no scan can see them, no medicine can expel them, save the truth, and even that doesn't work most of the time. keep on helping others learn. if every good post were as "click-baity" as this, i would still upvote them all. i use metaphors and analogies all the time. i have no idea how this is different. i think some people are just nit-picky, and don't have anything else better to do.

thank you again.