how strange is it, how contrary to expectations, that our most literate presidents lived in the 18th century; our most recently elected 21st century president is barely literate, with the vocabulary of a three-year-old & the atrophied prefrontal cortex of a nasty person who has outlived his time.
How this vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior has become normalized in the United States is something our descendants will study in school, to the shame of our generation.
The least appreciated part of freedom of speech is that freedom of speech allows people to show you who they really are. It's under-appreciated because the results can sometimes be unpleasant, but it's knowledge we need to have. It is how we come to the Adulthood of the Human Mind.
Donald Trump after mass shootings of children, students and educators: “We have to get over it” and “Things can happen.”
Donald Trump after the death of someone who disliked him:
Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered. I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White House staff will just ignore it because they’re afraid? I challenge anyone to defend it.
Both sides do it.
On the left, various randos you've never heard of posted offensive things about Charlie Kirk.
On the right, the president of the United States...
Everything about this wockaflocka is small. He makes everyone around his ass small. Ask yourself if he's made you smaller too. It ain't too late to stand.
Every (laudable) effort to have the big bipartisan conversation about political violence and rhetoric always gets rendered ridiculous almost immediately because it requires pretending the president doesn’t exist. Someday it will be possible again.
Braxton Jennings. 5th string tailback. Freshman. Walk-on. Ready when his name was called. Next man up. 120 rushing yards with 11 minutes left against the team down the road. Smacking them too. @LouisvilleFB#WalkOnPride