In high school, long long ago, I ran for class president. I was the only candidate who actually had a campaign targeted against me, complete with posters.
The posters, plastered all over the school, said “A vote for Charles Reichley is like a vote for Hitler”
Of course, i was on record as opposing the decrliminalization of marijuana, so the pot-heads were upset with me. But I didn’t picture them as so strongly motivated, although they did throw rocks at me when I rode past them on my bike in the morning.
LOL. I guess High School politics aren’t that different from regular politics after all.