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So, other than portraying Mexicans as rapists and Muslim as terrorists, other than portraying US politicians of color as un-American, other than his ethnic slurs, racist business practices, and negative stereotypes, other than having trouble distancing himself from white supremacists, Donald Trump is not bigoted at all.
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Trump is training these people to approve of the efficacy of lying, to favor falsehood over truth, and to disbelieve honest sources which contradict their leader’s lies. Since democracy depends on the ability of citizens to make rational decisions informed by a free press, an army of people trained to believe only their leaders undermines democracy.
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What is unique about Trump is his willingness to tell truly egregious falsehoods: statements that are clearly untrue or have no basis for believing them, and which would be shocking or amazing if they were true.
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Surely I don’t have to teach you this, because you are the one who taught it to me.
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As the virus slowly rolled through the sprawling territory of the United States, we had a unique opportunity to stop the virus, an opportunity we squandered.
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We need a humanist liturgy in which the supernatural is replaced by the super natural
Read MoreBarry’s Digest: I read an important but wonky report so you don’t have to. Here’s the summary.
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“It even uses the same color!” Maybe the new way of displaying data is on the verge of catching on?
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As Stanford biologist Michael Levitt put it, “Look, this really is a disease that’s going to affect old people.” But if we are willing to use this argument to overlook the deaths of old people, maybe we should consider another question: how much more is the life of the young person worth?
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How did people allow all those undemocratic rules against Black people in the bad old days? Ask yourself, because the same thing is going on now.
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