{"id":12464,"date":"2018-09-14T23:55:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T03:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=12464"},"modified":"2024-09-11T16:16:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T20:16:05","slug":"i-should-be-rapped-and-killed-obama-devotees-condemn-usa-today-oped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/14\/i-should-be-rapped-and-killed-obama-devotees-condemn-usa-today-oped\/","title":{"rendered":"I Should be &#8220;Rapped and Killed&#8221; &#8211; Obama Devotees Condemn USA Today Oped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am chagrined that not everyone liked\u00a0 yesterday&#8217;s <strong>USA Today<\/strong> oped, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2018\/09\/13\/barack-obama-fueled-government-distrust-elected-donald-trump-column\/1260175002\/\">Obama Fueled the Distrust that Led to Donald Trump<\/a>.&#8221; I expected the piece to spur thoughtful exchanges by folks with different perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, my hopes for a rebirth of civility have been mercilessly crushed.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some responses generated via Twitter, email, and elsewhere online.\u00a0 (This is a different format than I have previously used on the blog to post responses to articles; I welcome critical etc. feedback.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JPB-USA-Today-Obama-collage-of-angry-responses-september-2018555.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12465 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JPB-USA-Today-Obama-collage-of-angry-responses-september-2018555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JPB-USA-Today-Obama-collage-of-angry-responses-september-2018555.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JPB-USA-Today-Obama-collage-of-angry-responses-september-2018555-150x146.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JPB-USA-Today-Obama-collage-of-angry-responses-september-2018555-800x777.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JPB-USA-Today-Obama-collage-of-angry-responses-september-2018555-768x746.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JPB-USA-Today-Obama-collage-of-angry-responses-september-2018555-1024x994.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/pixabay.com\">Pixabay<\/a> for the copyright-free jpeg used as the featured image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am chagrined that not everyone liked\u00a0 yesterday&#8217;s USA Today oped, &#8220;Obama Fueled the Distrust that Led to Donald Trump.&#8221; I expected the piece to spur thoughtful exchanges by folks with different perspectives. 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