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Trump’s culture wars

Alexis Dirakis (Humboldt): Political Correctness: Implosion of Politics. A tragedy of manners: Andrea Nagle on Trump and the new age of anti-PC transgression. Thread: “Trump doesn’t have the strength to be a Schmittian, as I worried”. Harasser Harvey and neo-Nazi Milo are a study in blog rage contrasts: Whether the wrongdoer is Weinstein or Yiannopoulos, it’s all liberals’ fault, natch. In lieu of Obamacare’s repeal, how about a fight over football? Noah Rothman on Trump supporters’ lowered expectations. Trump picks cultural fights to distract Americans from his policies and their results. The pathetic truth about Trump’s culture wars: The president’s rant against kneeling athletes is a sign of things to come.