(Dodge City, KS) In its Election 2024 section, last Friday’s edition of the Wall Street Journal had a headline reading, in part, Trump Posts Disdain for Taylor Swift…. The article is attributed to Jacob Gershman but the headline editor must have been on an IV drip of phenobarbital to have dreamed up such a comparatively sedate headline. Disdain? Are you serious? Disdain is passive. Disdain is weak. Disdain is what George R. R. Martin feels toward his readers after they complained when he stiffed them out of the next installment of his epic fantasy saga Song of Ice and Fire.
In response to Taylor Swift’s public endorsement of Kamala Harris, Trump posted “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” This terse, three sentence missive was a follow-up to his four-sentence exclamation, “Run, Spot, run!”, so adroitly delivered during his debate debacle with Harris. The proclamation of his emotional state of mind toward Taylor Swift, IN ALL CAPS, followed by an exclamation point, presents an insurmountable challenge to anyone wishing to put lipstick on this pig. Even Sarah Palin demurred when offered a tube of Gucci Rouge de Beauté to undertake the task.
I consider myself somewhat of a wordsmith and the meaning of disdain, in my lexicon, is at least one order of magnitude removed from the meaning of hate. The former president has often been accused of hatemongering so, with the push of a ‘send’ button, he obviated the need for proof, with a public confession of, his guilt.
There simply are not enough law enforcement resources available in the country to protect all the people Trump has targeted as an object of his d…di…dis…hate! Let’s deputize the Kelce brothers, shall we?
Family saying "I don't know you well enough to hate you."
Not applicable to Defendant 45. On the other hand, "Hatred binds one to the hated object." Therefore, I don't hate. Not to mention he's "not worth the time and energy." From the philosophy of Mom. Love you, Mom ❤️❤️❤️
Trump seems to bring out the reverse of the usual journalistic reaction from MSM. Your piece brought to mind when I managed the boys track team in HS, I was cut from the girls track team (just pre-Title) because they had so few spaces. Track really? Anyhoo, so as part of my duties I wrote the articles of the meets for the local daily paper. My vocabulary of words such as trounced, creamed and prevailed increased exponentially. Journalistic hyperbole is expected, but not the reverse. But I guess if your subject is already the epitome of hyperbole, a writer does the reverse, human nature?