Please! I am begging. I am. We are writers. Our words are or should be chosen with precision.

Stop for just a moment and consider the term dumpster fire. Define it.

Dumpster: large metal container used to hold garbage.

Fire: combustion or burning producing heat, light and smoke.

In other words: a dumpster fire is the burning of garbage within a metal container that may or may not produce noxious or poisonous smoke. They are generally easy to put out and not likely to spread.

Dumpster fire is in no way a metaphor for the current events the term is often applied to.

What is burning is not garbage. The fire is not easily put out. The harm is not minimal.

Stop it.

Use your words correctly.