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The last two years have revealed a low in the American political spectrum. While civility and manners in a political contest have always been open to debate, the sheer ugliness of this contest have revealed a side of America that most find abhorrent. While neither candidate is blameless, it is false equivalency to say that they are the same, have committed the same disregard of mannered speech, or are equally bad. It is rare that any politician has disparaged a neighboring nation such as Mr.…

In the last week of May 2017, comedian Kathy Griffin leaked a photo that stirred up controversy, turmoil, and a lot of opinions against her. This photo was a replica of our President Donald Trump’s head, severed dripping with blood and was held by the comedian herself, Kathy Griffin. With this picture leaked, President Trump was highly offended along with his family that were not only offended but also traumatized by such action. Trump even tweeted to the world “Kathy Griffin should be ashamed…

“5 Political Myths Trump Is Exploding” exposes Trump’s colorful agenda used in order to sway voters and gain popularity. On March 28, 2016, Emily Thorson published an online article that grabbed the attention of its readers during the peak of political madness. Thorson is a political scientist. She understands the agenda behind Trump’s prominent, living disproof of the most well-known American political myths. To appreciate the reality of these myths, one must understand how Americans vote and…

Hello. Now that Donald Trump is elected-president, some people are wearing safety pins for those who will be hurt under Donald Trumps rule. You wear the pin to make yourself feel less guilty because you think it’ll make a difference. I feel that the safety pin movement is an empty gesture because it doesn’t have any positive outcomes for the people who would be affected. Oluo argues about the white people expecting the pins to make a difference and she’s right because they are expecting it to…

I want to preface my discussion with firstly expressing gratitude for being one of several news outlets that strive to keep the audience informed during the presidential race. This year has been without a doubt an exciting one for both news consumers and journalists alike. Never before have we witnessed what is arguably one of the most influential positions in the world be challenged by two individuals that are not particularly liked by many people. New York Times has not only been one of my…

Felipe Maramba ESLW-310 Prof. Smedley Donald Trump will be a good president In January 2017, Donald Trump is our newly elected commander in chief and the president of the United States of America will be residing at the white house and taking command of the oval office. He is the people choice to make “America a great nation” once again. He attracted a lot of blue collar workers who voted for him that he is the man that could pull it off. Moreover, to…

egocentric blindness is the tendency not to notice the information in the first place. To help illustrate egocentric blindness here is an artificial scenario, there is a supporter of Hillary Clinton and a Donald Trump supporter who become locked in a political argument. The Hillary supporter accuses Donald Trump of cruel business practices and being arrogant beyond belief and the Trump backer goes after Hillary for the email scandal and the Benghazi incident. Regardless of one’s personal views…

and write. Language can be dangerous. The dangers in language do not cause physical harm, but the damages can ruin reputations, hurt people’s feelings, cost people their jobs, or even cost someone the presidency. In the most recent election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, many different things they have said in the past are being brought back up. The things that are being brought back up caused some damage to both of their campaigns. (Lindhout, Paul and Ben J. M. Ale) studied language…

The results election of 2016, has shocked many citizens in the United States. It is incredible how Donald Trump was able to win the election, after everyone thought he was just fooling around. He has caught so much attention to the media, which has helped him increase more supporters. Nonetheless, half of the United States remains unsatisfied with the results for not many people went to vote and acted wisely. Because of this, America will be stuck with a president that will pass laws that…

not have) didn’t even desire to discuss the election. In my opinion that is the epitome of selfishness. Even if this election does not affect you personally, the amount of hate and disunity that has spread like wildfire in this country since the day Donald Trump has announced this election should awaken even the most ignorant of us. I am proud to know that students of the Ivy League schools, where individuals are deemed to be upper class, were visibly affected by this election. I too wish I…