"He has Trumpmunity: his notions are so low and have been so many times decried, and yet they keep arriving, in new and escalating varieties, and the liberal imagination wilts."
— Saunders, George (b. 1958)
Author
Date
July 11 & 18, 2016
Metaphor
"He has Trumpmunity: his notions are so low and have been so many times decried, and yet they keep arriving, in new and escalating varieties, and the liberal imagination wilts."
Metaphor in Context
A bully shows up, is hateful, says things so crude we liberals are taken aback. We respond moderately. We keep waiting for his supporters, helped along by how compassionately and measuredly we are responding, to be persuaded. For the bully, this is perfect. Every fresh outrage pulls the camera back to him, and meanwhile those of us moderately decrying his immoderation are a little boring and tepid, and he keeps getting out ahead of us. He has Trumpmunity: his notions are so low and have been so many times decried, and yet they keep arriving, in new and escalating varieties, and the liberal imagination wilts.
(p. 59)
(p. 59)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
George Saunders, "Who Are All These Trump Supporters?" The New Yorker (July 11 & 18, 2016). <Link to newyorker.com>
Date of Entry
08/02/2016
