I'm no Trump fan. But giving him props cost me friends
What I recently wrote about President Donald Trump for a Beltway political publication unleashed a backlash that strikes me as sadly symptomatic of at least three larger issues at play in our culture.
TL;DR
- The author's op-ed praised Trump's call for unity and his perceived grace and dignity after an assassination attempt.
- The piece received significant backlash on Facebook, with many friends expressing anger and disbelief.
- The author identifies a decline in close reading, binary thinking (black or white, good or bad), and the influence of social media echo chambers as reasons for the reaction.
- Despite the backlash, the author maintains that freedom of speech remains intact.