Both Environmentalists and U.S. Presidents Need To Deal With Criticism
No one handles criticism with total aplomb, as much as we all would like to think we do. Of course, some of us have thinner skin than others.
Here’s a video that makes fun of environmentalists, of which I was reminded because of its hilarious reference to National Public Radio (that went on the air for the first time on this date in 1970). If you’re a tree-hugger, just take a few deep breaths and try to take it in stride.
While we’re on the topic of thin skin, the conversation about Trump’s famous inability to deal with dissension just got amped up a few more decibels, as he won’t attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He’s the first president in 36 years to skip that event; the most recent was Ronald Reagan, who was recovering from an assassination attempt.
From the original statement:
“While we’re on the topic of thin skin, the conversation about Trump’s famous inability to deal with dissension just got amped up a few more decibels…”
Wrong; it got amped up a few more bels. And, as you know, a bel is 10 times larger than a decibel.
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Craig,
Well, look at from Trump’s point of view, maybe he’s reluctant to step into a room full of assassins ! 🙂
But seriously, Trump is not the only one being petulant. CNN, Bloomberg, NYT , Vanity Fair and many others announced a boycott of the event if Trump attended.
The organizers had also received numerous threats to disrupt the event if the President attended. One senior journalist for a network announcing, “Trump should be ostracized and hounded out of all events”.
It would appear intolerance and hurt ego’s abound. Hardly Presidential, that’s true. On the other hand, it’s not only disgraceful for journalists to put their personal prejudices above the ethics of their profession in such an arrogant manner.
Of course some media, like NYT seldom never bother to attend, while Presidents like Jimmy Carter never bothered on occasion.
It is impossible to be sufficiently intolerant of Trumpet.
Years before running for president, Trumpet did all he could to raise doubts about Obama’s citizenship. He insisted that there was no proof that he was a U.S. citizen and qualified to be president. He intentionally made many naïve people think that Obama may have been born in Kenya and was a closeted Muslim. Had Trumpet actually had doubts about Obama’s citizenship, he would have checked the records in Hawaii, where Obama was born, and in doing so, he would have found that Obama was actually born in Hawaii and therefore was qualified to be president.
Trumpet’s intentionally and knowingly supporting lies about Obama’s citizenship and religion completely disqualify Trumpet from having any governmental position of authority, especially president. It is quite clear that Trumpet is not concerned with the truth and will stop at no lengths to discredit other people.
Trumpet’s complete lack of business ethics also disqualifies him from holding an important government position. One must understand that it is possible to be unethical and cheat others without doing anything which is actually illegal. One must also understand that there are ways to separate corporations from individuals then run corporations in a risky manner, causing them to go bankrupt, without going personally bankrupt, and causing monetary damage to others in the process. That is exactly what Trumpet did four times. He, or his businesses, have been sued many times for fraudulent behavior. Trumpet “University” is only one example of his fraudulent, damaging, and unethical behavior.
Trumpet’s attitude towards women is juvenile and exploitive; he has actually bragged about it. The fact that he has put a few women into responsible positions of authority in no way mitigates his irresponsible behavior and attitudes towards women. He actually stated that when someone is a star, women will permit him to grab them by the crotch. He has admitted making such statements and attempted to minimize the statements by asserting that they were no more than locker room talk as if that excused it.
Every single thing I have stated in this post can easily be verified by doing google sources to find reliable sources of information. Thus, they are not unsupported accusations which have been by irresponsible people.
No rational and ethical thinking person can support Trumpet’s unethical behavior.
I’m with you, needless to say.
There is one thing I should have included but forgot to do so.
During the presidential campaign, Strumpet continually referred to Mrs. Clinton as “crooked Hillary”. He did so over and over and over again during debates with her and in other circumstances as well. Regardless of what Strumpet thought about Mrs. Clinton, such blatant, egregious, and outrageous disrespect in public is intolerable.
I cannot recall even one other political candidate who exhibited such obnoxious behavior. Equally shocking is the fact that so many people support Strumpet in spite of behavior which would be more typical of a schoolyard bully who steals lunches from other children.
It seems that we have attained a new low in behavior which is deemed tolerable.
Frank,
So you don’t like Donald Trump, but the only qualification for holding elected office is the good opinion of the voters.
Trump is no President, maybe he talks a little crudely, but so do tens of millions of Americans, (including females) so far he hasn’t acted out his sexual fantasies with young federal employees in the White House, so that’s an improvement on Presidential behaviour.
Trump can certainly be loud, brash and insensitive, all the things Americans are famous for, but he’s been elected so you’ve got a choice, spend the next 4 years locked in a perpetually negative criticism of the administration, or try to find some common ground to move forward with his more rational and moderate supporters.
It’s the same with other divisive issues, especially the environment. By creating enemies and insisting on turning everything into a “moral crusade”, so much energy is lost in controversy, little is accomplished.
Not that we haven’t had this conversation before, but:
1) There are some really seasoned people predicting that Trump is well on his way to being impeached, and
2) You seem to believe that criticism, protest, etc. accomplishes very little and is often counterproductive, but all the historical evidence points in the precise opposite direction. My favorite data point on this is Henry Kissinger’s statement that “If it weren’t for objections of the common American to the war in Vietnam, we’d still be there.” Tens of millions of people told their representatives: You either make this stop, or start looking for a new job, because we’re throwing you the hell out.
The case here is very similar. Trump seems to think he can ruin our environment, destroy our healthcare, eradicate our labor laws, turn us against one another, make us the most despised nation on Earth, and generally reduce the quality of life for the common American. Hint: He’s wrong. We won’t let it happen. Just watch.