Krugman went on a Twitter rant about Meryl Streep and Donald Trump – yeah, we know. But this rant was even nuttier and more dramatic than usual, if that’s possible.
If you’d rather not read the entire “tweetstorm” feel free to scroll to the bottom of the page where we will give you the pathetic cliff notes; trust us, he does ramble on about his “thoughts.”
The whole Streep-Trump thing reminds me of a theme that has been running through my thoughts a lot lately — namely, the death of honor 1/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 10, 2017
Oh good grief.
You're really doing this huh… https://t.co/1xRkgX3L4F
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 10, 2017
What do I mean? Well, I probably wouldn't have used that word if I hadn't once had a conversation with a young former Marine 2/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 10, 2017
Here we go.
He had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and been badly wounded (fully recovered). You might think this would make him glad to be done 3/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 10, 2017
But he was finding it hard; "There's no honor in civilian life," he said. And I think I know what he meant. It's not just lack of heroism 4/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 10, 2017
None of us can know how we'd behave facing what he faced. But even the ordinary rules of taking responsibility for your actions — 5/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 10, 2017
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Wha?
what my parents called "being a mensch" — seem to have vanished. Of course many people weren't mensches even in the old days, but it was 6/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 10, 2017
Stop it.
at least an aspiration, and there was some backlash against anyone obvious lack of honor. But now we're about to install a man who 7/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 10, 2017
Zzzzzzzz …
is clearly incapable of taking responsibility for anything, of ever admitting to a mistake or a personal fault. He mocks the disabled 8/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 10, 2017
We already had that president, his name was Obama?
then cravenly denies having done so. Time was when such a man would have been utterly shunned. Now, it's hard to avoid the sense that 9/ pic.twitter.com/YFirRBgYEz
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 10, 2017
Maybe you missed it when Obama made fun of the Special Olympics?
his lack of honor and menschhood, his cowardly-bully persona, is part of what his supporters like — it makes him one of them 10/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 10, 2017
It’s hard to look in the mirror, eh Krugman?
For all the economic and social analysis I like to engage in, at some level I really don't get it. What happened to us? 11/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 10, 2017
Let’s see, what happened to us?
- Eight years of Obama, happened to us.
- Being lectured constantly about how racist we are, happened to us.
- Having our health care choices limited or even taken, happened to us.
- Listening to a president talk about how awful America is, happened to us.
Here’s the thing Krugman and others (like Streep) will never understand – everyday Americans matter. Our ideas, our thoughts, our beliefs, matter EVEN if we disagree with the elites. And sorry Democrats, as much as you like to pretend you’re the party of the people, this election more than any other has proven you’re the 1%.
You are, as Krugman said, the “mensches.”
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