“Fake news” and the license to be ignorant
Ignorance used to be something to be ashamed of. Now we seem to celebrate it. It is anti-elitist. It proves our connection to the common man.
Ignorance used to be something to be ashamed of. Now we seem to celebrate it. It is anti-elitist. It proves our connection to the common man.
We have learned that the same rules apply to everyone. It does not matter if you are a homeless person or the former president of the United States.
There never was an “elite strike force team.” Nor was there any significant election fraud. It is hard to believe that this second-rate lawyer once had the ear of the President.
I spend a lot of time on the Acela. So too do other people I have encountered over the last year or so: Tony Fauci, Matt Gaetz, Elise Stefanik and others.
It is almost as if our former President intentionally peppers his unhinged and whiny tweets with spelling and grammatical errors. He wants to show his devoted followers he is just like they are.
Like Oedipus, the classic tragic hero who was felled by his excessive pride and self-righteousness, Trump has been done in by his own personal failings. I am convinced, for example, that but for the fallout from Trump’s narcissism, he would have gone down in history as a successful two-term president.