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milestogo

(22,795 posts)
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 05:51 PM Sep 2017

Great quote on Trump written by Jelani Cobb in an article in the New Yorker -

But Trump, we will assuredly understand, is a small man with a fetish for the symbols of democracy and a bottomless hostility for the actual practice of it. - Jelani Cobb

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-louis-armstrong-to-the-nfl-ungrateful-as-the-new-uppity
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Great quote on Trump written by Jelani Cobb in an article in the New Yorker - (Original Post) milestogo Sep 2017 OP
Well stated and this hostility is shared by anyone and everyone who votes GOP. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #1
He was just on the Ari Melber show....I was really impressed with him. spanone Sep 2017 #2
He just made a great point on safeinOhio Sep 2017 #3
I will never understand why people ask why sports are being politicized malaise Sep 2017 #5
This quote will be part of his legacy. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #4

malaise

(294,165 posts)
5. I will never understand why people ask why sports are being politicized
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 06:09 PM
Sep 2017

As a major institution in society, sport has never been separated from politics.

HBO had a great documentary in 1995 called Field of Fire. Sport has long been used by political interests.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. This quote will be part of his legacy.
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 06:06 PM
Sep 2017

It is such a perfect description of him. I think it will follow him through history.

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