“…Not only do words infect, egotize, narcotize, and paralyze, but they enter into and colour the minutest cells of the brain.”
Articles to check out:
Politico: Trump’s Lies vs. Your Brain
The Guardian: Trump’s Lies are not the Problem, It’s the Millions Who Swallow Them Who are the Problem
Let’s take a moment to analyze this.
Donald Trump’s “real group” are the incredibly wealthy and influential people who can afford to be members of his golf club. The people who know he is an unsavory character (or, in his words, a “monster”), and yet have backed him from the beginning.
These are not the masses of ordinary people (many of them poor) who are struggling on a daily basis to thrive in America.
Oh, how I wish I could remove the spell and veil of illusion that D. Trump has placed on the many impoverished and down-and-out people who support him.
There are no easy answers and no easy solutions to the complex problems and challenges that are inherent in a democracy, and if a leader is claiming they can magically “fix” everything with a wave of their hands, buyer beware.
He may seem like a wizard to them right now, but it’s inevitable that Toto will eventually pull the curtain. And when Toto does, Trump’s average American supporters are going to be the ones who pay the price. (Along with the rest of us average American non-Trump supporters.)
Source: Politico’s Leaked Trump Tape: You are the Special People.
Please note: This has not been confirmed. The White House declined to comment.
Fellow Educators, it’s going to be up to us to instill the values of fairness, inclusivity, graciousness, respect, integrity, and kindness in our classrooms.
