The Washington Post reports that Sid Miller, the state’s agriculture commissioner and a big Trump supporter, tweeted that Hillary Clinton is a c— (an obscene reference to female genitalia). He subsequently deleted the tweet and his office said his account must have been hacked. Uh-huh. He is known for making outrageous comments.
Just when we think the campaign can’t get any viler, one of Trump’s allies or Trump himself, finds a way to go beneath the basement and into subterranean territory.
Dear God, let it end soon. Bring on the Rapture and take these goons away to another planet. Notice I didn’t call them d—heads.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
And perhaps this could happen before November 8?
I added the link. Sorry.
Ms. Ravitch, really? You’re going to blame some random disgusting tweet from someone “known for making outrageous comments” on Mr. Trump? I’m not a supporter of his, but this is no different than blaming Secretary Clinton for disgusting tweets about her opponent. The person posting the tweet is the person holding the responsibility for it. When I see things like this it makes me wonder about the credibility and fairness of the post.
She didn’t blame Trump. Read it again.
I read it again and the Washington Post article, too. The guy is a governmental official and a Trump advisor. So I’d say go ahead and blame Trump.
In the days of decency, before Trump launched his campaign, a candidate would be called out to condemn such a deplorable remark as a way of clarifying the candidate’s standards. The fact that that won’t happen speaks volumes about how Trump has dragged the discourse into the gutter. If Thwumpie were a performance artist, Republicans would have cut off his NEA funding for obscenity.
Of course this lowlife in Texas feels free to speak of Hillary Clinton with such disdain. His mentor Donald Trump uses the same kind of language to describe women, so why shouldn’t he? This is what the country will be like under a Trump presidency.
I just heard Rachel Maddow interview the Libertarian VP candidate, former Governor, Bill Weld, who is a gentleman and serious critical thinker. Although he admits he voted for himself and Johnson, he CLEARLY urged others to vote for Hillary. He specified how dangerous Trump is and how the country will suffer if he is elected. Maddow delved into his perspective with great determination and skill and to the level that she was able to create a situation where Weld spoke “truth to power”…words he used.
Also….
Thank you Karen for your comments here. I agree with you 100%.
lucky dog,
Trump has created a climate in which “political correctness” is banned. That means banning civility, decency, manners, and saying what racist, sexist, horrible things you want about anyone. What is needed is not PC, but civility. That word is not in the vocabulary of Trump or his followers. And if you want to defend his language, what did you think about his claim that he can grab women “by the p—y” and get away with it? Whom should be blamed for that disgusting, vile language? Melania blames Billy Bush. But Trump said it. Enough. I hope he goes away. Sooner the better.
Remember when they used to give lessons in etiquette. Our current culture needs lessons in civility.
As a Christian ,I am offended by your hope that the rapture take me away. On the other hand, if Hillary wins that will be a blessing for me and all who are taken up should the Lord choose this time to return, which will have nothing to do with Hillary or your wishes but His Will.
I have followed your blog for years as a source of education news, especially as regards Charters destruction of public education.
I will continue to “watch” your blog, but refuse to be assaulted by your political and religious bias.
Polly,
I don’t want the Rapture to take you away. I want it to take away Sid Miller and others who speak so nastily about others.
Dont paint with such a broad brush then. The rapture is a serious Biblical belief among those who are called by His name. I include myself there. Words mean something. Choose them more carefully
Polly,
I will be more careful in the future. I’m sorry if I offended you.
Apology accepted.
Thank you, Polly, I did not mean to offend.
It was a good one, though.
As an agnostic, I am not offended by Diane’s comments. I say hurrah and bring more on. If people are blind to the utter vileness of Trump, then we are in more trouble than I could have imagined.
I thought it was amusing. I do not see why some Christians would find this funny and others not require that everyone conform to suppression of speech. We’re hopefully not at the point where speech is censored based on a person’s religious belief. I find some comedians personally insulting, so I just don’t watch.
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Ryan Collay Director Education by Design Former SMILE director OSU
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Let them say whatever they want. It should be up to the public to hear this and make sound judgments about Trump followers. It is disgusting, but protected speech. That just convinces me more we can’t let Trump get elected. The voters just need to be smarter.
For those who are religious (Christian, Jew, Muslim, etc.) it is surely a time for prayer. I am praying that Donald Trump loses in every state in the union. We need a landslide to assure us that our citizens have not lost their minds.
These are essential evils of a democracy. We see things of this kind in all the leading democracies.
However the American presidential elections were known for dignified campaigning. I have been following the presidential campaigns from the seventies and have never found such low level speeches and rhetoric.
This campaign seems to have set a record for incredibly low level narratives. Trump’s language has dipped from low level to indecent to downright vulgar.
To even think that the Americans may perhaps have to put up with this man and his atrocious language and behavior for the next four years, is too a frightening thought. to even imagine.
God bless the United States of America and its great people.
Those of us who reject the jarring hyperbole of Trump’s statements and his outright lies fail to realize at times that some of our condemnation misses the mark and hits his followers instead. In my opinion, the reasons for his appeal are varied and complicated. It was inevitable that a “Trump” would emerge from the vile, targeted subterfuge of conservative talk radio and television. While the deception of the right may seem obvious to us, we tend to consider ourselves enlightened and elite, which is not lost on those who are alluded to as less so.
In part, this division is due to our penchant to categorize followers of the far right as ignorant and racist. The best method to alienate someone who has either or both of these deficits is to remind them of it. Much of Trump’s support is the stubborn refusal to participate in introspection, and resentment of what some consider a personal insult.
While calling out outrageous statements made by Trump surrogates like Sid Miller is appropriate, it’s best to remember that he is a child of a more damaging parenthood, that of Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, and the like. Criticism should be focused on the source, not the gullible masses who hang on every word.
Keep in mind that the origin of that “c” word everyone is so shocked to hear actually has very positive connotations…
My c_ _ _try, ‘tis of thee
Sweet land of bigotry, of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died
(not really, he came from Russia);
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountainside let hatred ring!
Our fathers’ God, to thee,
Blood money comforts them, of thee we sing;
Long it has kept them rich
While we are left to b_ _ _h
Wealth is their sole anthem, their God and King.