Friday, September 18, 2015

aesthetics

In its editorial today, our local daily newspaper gave Donald Trump a low grade, which he earned for his KKK-like racism. For emphasis, the final sentence of the editorial reads, "His eye-rolling and name-calling is getting old."  I want to congratulate the editorial board members, who decided to reinforce  their point about Trump's vulgarity by expressing it in substandard language.  The style mimics the message, and that is a powerful stroke we seldom see employed these days. Or maybe the paper should hire a grammarian. 


 

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