The “Online Commenters’ Campaign” 2
Peter St. Onge once dismissed Trumpery. As he considers how wrong he was, he struggles to understand its appeal and finds inspiration in what happens in newspapers’ online comment sections, where unleashing ugly is ubiquitous.
Racism and bigotry, I believe, play a larger role than he seems to imply in this short piece. White folks like me often fail to perceive the pervasiveness of racism in this society. We forget ignore that racism doesn’t necessarily wear a hood and announce its presence; it also wears formal evening dress and sips its cognac most delicately in the parlor, while speaking in dulcet tones of the opera and the art exhibit.
Nevertheless, I think he does accurately describe part of the elephant (I’ll leave it to you to determine which part). Follow the link and give it a read.
March 18, 2016 at 8:56 pm
If the comment section came to life as a human, you’d get Trump.
March 19, 2016 at 9:57 pm
ROFL.