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Tutorials of Toxicity, Reprise 0
Charles Blow finds the lessons that Donald Trump is teaching through his behavior to be troubling (to put it mildly). Here are some of the lessons Blow sees:
He is teaching little boys that women’s bodies exist as playgrounds for privileged men and that there is no price to be paid if you are popular enough or rich enough.
He is teaching little girls that if they are ever victims of sexual assault by a popular, wealthy boy and deign to reveal it, they will likely come under withering verbal assault.
Follow the link for the rest of the curriculum.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
The Anointed 0
At AL.com, Dana Hall McCain meditates.
The Senders 0
In the aftermath of last week’s Trump rally in Greenville, North Carolina, Daniel J. Winarick wonders about the characteristics of persons who would chant, “Send her back.”
Geeking Out 0
The Plasma Desktop with the Glowglass theme on Ubuntu MATE. The wallpaper is from my library.
Tutorials of Toxicity 0
Will Bunch, in the course of a long column about the spread of the Trump toxin through our polity, notes a particularly distressing incident involving a young girl in the audience behind Donald Trump at last week’s rally in Greenville, North Carolina. He suggests that Trump’s rallies are training seminars for hate and the hate-full:
Follow the link for the rest of his thoughts.