"If you hope to be held in esteem as president, then show some respect for the current one."

[Contrary1]

Thoughtfully written article...well worth a read.

[font size=3]Trump turns America back to its shameful past[/font size]


The rhetoric of the 2016 election has turned into an overflowing toxic brew of anger and rudeness that is staining the fabric of America, and there's a simple word that best describes it.

That word is Trump.

An eponymous term derived from the name of a billionaire businessman, it's a five-letter verb that has evolved from its dictionary definition into a word with an entirely new meaning:

Trump (verb): To ridicule or demean another person as a way of expressing one's superiority; to express the opinion that I'm better than you, I'm smarter than you, I'm richer than you and I'M MORE AMERICAN THAN YOU.

To trump is to bring out the worst in us. It enables us to demean Latinos and women, to mock people with physical disabilities, to advocate discriminating against immigrants on the basis of their religion, and to bully and belittle those who don't agree with us by labeling their decency "political correctness."

More: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/opinions/trump-turns-america-back-to-its-shameful-past-potarazu/?iid=ob_article_footer_expansion&iref=obnetwork

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Good article - but don't read the comment section.

Somebody recently suggested that Trump is the "comment section" made flesh...

[malaise]

2. The author really does not understand who he is dealing with - these ReTHUGs

are not interested in 'esteem'. They want to bomb the shite out of any country or people that dare to challenge their control of this planet.

[joeybee12]

3. It's not just Trump...it's all Repukes

Against all Dem presidents going back as far as I can remember.