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.My op-ed in the Hill commended Trump for saying, in the press conference he held right after the latest assassination attempt on him, “I ask that all Americans recommit to resolving our differences peacefully.”I applauded him for praising the attendees at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner for “coming together” as gunshots rang out and Secret Service agents hustled to shield him from danger.
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I went so far as to claim that in promoting a theme of unity, he was, at least for that moment, finally, and improbably, presidential.
I even said, while emphatically acknowledging that I’m no fan of his, that he demonstrated two characteristics I’ve rarely detected in him, namely grace and dignity.
No sooner had I posted my piece on my Facebook page than some of my “friends” had a field day insulting me and the president.
