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Don Gates's avatar

Amanda's piece was great, but I do have one small request, and maybe it will start a trend in journalism generally. Whenever quoting a Republican referring to the "Democrat Party," maybe publish the quote with a (sic), like "Democrat (sic) Party." These Republicans intentionally botch the term because A) They're assholes and B) They delight in the performative disrespect (see A). Democrats don't routinely misname the Republican Party, because they're not children, and they don't view their voters as petulant little schoolyard imps.

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Far from ignoring Trump's latest cleansing rant, it is both appropriate and even necessary to play it up and confront the people of America with it, right between the eyes and ears.

Politics, racism, and stupidity aside -- I know, I'm asking for a lot with that -- there are blatantly obvious signs that the man is mentally ill and unstable. The problem is getting worse, not better. A parent of mine was diagnosed not so long ago with severe dementia, and Trump exhibits so many of the same behavioral tendencies. I'm no doctor, and never even played one on TV. But I know someone when I see him/her who is not in control of the self and cannot be trusted to make decisions for himself/herself any longer, much less for the nation and the world.

It is time for America to have this talk. Openly, not privately. Loudly, not in whispered tones. We simply cannot allow someone clearly and visibly mentally impaired to have control of the fate of everyone else either for being loathe to offend people or out of fear of how they will react. The stakes are way too high to sit this out, decide that it is someone else's problem to deal with directly, and assume that some way, somehow everything will work out okay in the end. It will not.

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