The Vermin Libel And The Danger Of Forgetting
American memories may be short, but we're not doing all we can to lengthen them
By now you probably know the story.
First, Donald Trump threatened to “root out” all of us like “vermin.” He read those remarks from a teleprompter, which means he didn’t just blurt out something repugnant in the heat of the moment—he considered the repugnant idea at length and decided to run with it.
From there it fe…