Monday, March 9, 2020

Dear New York Times, It's called bullying. It's an act of aggression. It has nothing to do with strength of character. Best, Retiring Guy


Eyeroll headline of the day (highlight added)


The only reference to bullying in the Peter Baker article is a paragraph 17 mention of Melania Trump's transparently phony #BeBest campaign.

Text source:  Psychology Today

Related reading:
Trump’s words, bullied kids, scarred schools.  (Washington Post, 2/13/2020)
The president’s rhetoric has changed the way hundreds of children are harassed in American classrooms, The Post found.  

Related posts:
March 2020
Coronavirus point/counterpoint, starring a grumbling Donald Trump,  (3/9/2020)
Dear New York Times, It's called bullying. It's an act of aggression. It has nothing to do with strength of character. Best, Retiring Guy.  (3/9/2020)
GET ME REWRITE: Sean Duffy's daughter ridiculed for parroting inane GOP talking point. (3/9/2020)
Worldometer tracks the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.  (3/7/2020)
Dear Mike Pence, How's that coronavirus messaging stacking up? Best, Retiring Guy.  (3/5/2020)
GET ME REWRITE: To combat the coronavirus epidemic, Iran's leaders choose a terrible idea.  (3/4/2020)
GET ME REWRITE: Trump fumes as coronavirus tanks stock market, sends re-election campaign strategy off a cliff.  (3/2/2020)
GET ME REWRITE: Pence offers disturbing example of White House's disciplined approach to coronavirus messaging.  (3/2/2020

February 2020
The company he keeps: the Alex Azar connections.  (2/28/2020)
Meet Russell Vought, the 'acting' GOP hack that Trump installed at OMB.  (2/25/2020)
Dear Trump loyalists Richard Shelby and Bradley Byrne, There's this other kind of flu goin' round. Best, Retiring Guy.  (2/24/2020)

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