I agree wholeheartedly with what you have written here. I haven't used current POTUS's name for years! Not allowed in my presence. The energy required to counter all the hate, vitriol and tearing apart of our social and civic fabric is depleting. I wonder what civic and community-based arenas we can occupy -- beyond the election booth -- that help to show the world and each other how many of us are committed to a more equal, inclusive and hopeful future.
His greatest of all tricks was that only he could restore American greatness, restoration of past glories in other words. Problem is it’s all the worst parts with the best parts mocked and ridiculed. This has been equally unleashed on the international front as the domestic one, and there are many historical examples of maga’s mendacity in both spheres.
I agree wholeheartedly with what you have written here. I haven't used current POTUS's name for years! Not allowed in my presence. The energy required to counter all the hate, vitriol and tearing apart of our social and civic fabric is depleting. I wonder what civic and community-based arenas we can occupy -- beyond the election booth -- that help to show the world and each other how many of us are committed to a more equal, inclusive and hopeful future.
Spike Lee gets around saying the name by calling him Agent Orange.
His greatest of all tricks was that only he could restore American greatness, restoration of past glories in other words. Problem is it’s all the worst parts with the best parts mocked and ridiculed. This has been equally unleashed on the international front as the domestic one, and there are many historical examples of maga’s mendacity in both spheres.
Concerning the individual currently POTUS is only to reference him as Mob Boss Trump presenting as POTUS.