I'll skip past your childish and perfectly in-character ad hominem abuse and go to the odd pulsating heart of your argument:
"deciding against playing the crooked game is the metaphor for complaining"
Deciding is the metaphor for complaining? Abstract = abstract is a poor pattern for a metaphor. But there's still the question of what "crooked game" means in this context. There's no way it can't refer to the Hugo-award process if the Hugo awards are actually what's under discussion. The fact that US elections were used as a comparison really underscores this. That's a process, well worth complaining about.
A metaphor isn't a "get out of responsibility free" card. Metaphors have meanings; otherwise no one would use them. One may legitimately object to a meaning conveyed by a metaphor.
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"deciding against playing the crooked game is the metaphor for complaining"
Deciding is the metaphor for complaining? Abstract = abstract is a poor pattern for a metaphor. But there's still the question of what "crooked game" means in this context. There's no way it can't refer to the Hugo-award process if the Hugo awards are actually what's under discussion. The fact that US elections were used as a comparison really underscores this. That's a process, well worth complaining about.
A metaphor isn't a "get out of responsibility free" card. Metaphors have meanings; otherwise no one would use them. One may legitimately object to a meaning conveyed by a metaphor.