Trump is a jerk. He’s the kind of dude I’d kick out of class. This isn’t about his politics at all. He just isn’t a great person. The way he behaved in that debate showed a man who felt that he was above everyone else in the room and could talk down to and talk over them. I really wanted to tell him to shut up and let someone else speak. His manner is juvenile and drips with privilege.
You govern the way you act. He acts like an ass.
I’m watching CNN try to break down the debate and it is making me sick. Why? It is so sadly clear that the station is painted in stereotypes. Here is their token republican:
She fits right in with the Fox News bunch below:
Here is the token democrat:
Need I say more? I will. The blonde, Kayleigh, sounds a lot like Tomi Lahren of the Blaze and fits a rather specific stereotype of the forceful rightwing blonde. It is as if they are recruiting versions of people in order to create the illusion of diversity.
Some Thoughts:
- I’m tired of people who have never ever had to worry about being stopped and frisked tell me how effective it was. Effective for who? For what? Effective for those who feel like the problem is young minorities? Because the effect it had on people like me is to further alienate us and harken back to a day of Jim Crow Laws.
- If you call it a ‘Spin Room’ then you are openly admitting that everything spoken within those walls is bullshit.