COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY DIANE FRANCIS IN THE
GUARDIAN
This is a pretty silly column.
A poll showing what groups of Americans think on any subject
has little substance and certainly has little to do with journalism.
The last time I looked, close to half of Americans believed
Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction still hidden.
The fact is the press, acting much like one big advertising
campaign, weekly swings and colors American opinion, and, as I think it clear,
the press, which is just one more large corporate special interest in America,
does not like Donald Trump. In fact, it attacks him relentlessly.
Truly, misogyny is one of those words writers should use
carefully. Cheap name-calling, something again we have truckloads of in
America, isn't pretty, and it isn't journalism.
By all accounts Trump's family relationships are warm and
affectionate. His wife is a very intelligent woman who, apart from other
accomplishments, speaks four languages. I find it hard to credit that she lives
with genuine misogyny.
Trump does have a problem with his mouth, but it is not
exclusive to the subject of women, and the fact is that he is part of the
fabric of an entire country which has serious mouth problems. America is a
rude, often uncouth, and violent place, full stop.
The President says stupid things regularly, as do many of
the chief politicians in Congress.
I just love that closing with "...he responded with
characteristic self-delusion." So, Ms. Francis also is a psychiatrist?
The Guardian seriously needs to up its game on publishing
opinion pieces.
