I must say that I am amused at the pearl-clutching going on over the president's language. Firstly, I am against anyone speaking in that fashion at any time, for any reason. But to have the ideological heirs of the free-speech movement (and even some participants thereof) whining about the final accomplishment of their goals - well, really. That said, I think it's abominable he spoke in that fashion - but I have a right to that opinion. And yes, Haiti and West Africa are unpleasant places to live, in dire need of economic reconstruction - but to succeed, said reconstruction would have to be accomplished by outside forces making the local power structures go along willy-nilly; that is colonialism, which we are told is bad. All of that, having been said, I do believe we owe debts of honour to Haiti and Liberia, due to our part in their respective histories. But how to discharge those debts in any meaningful way? A whole other question.
14 January 2018
Chevalier Charles Coulombe on Trump's Language
Posted by the Chevalier on his Facebook page,
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