Opinion: The new normal that isn’t

Overwhelmed by natural and un-natural disasters — from California’s infernos to frequent mass shootings — we gradually habituate to extreme expressions of both Nature and man. The same day a gunman opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 mostly elderly worshipers and wounding several other...

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Published inDayton Daily News (Online)
Main Author Parker, Kathleen
Format Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Dayton Cox Newspapers, Inc 21.11.2018
Subjects
Mass murders
Narcissism
Political campaigns
Trump, Donald J
White supremacy
Indiana
United States > US
Illinois
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
California
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Summary:Overwhelmed by natural and un-natural disasters — from California’s infernos to frequent mass shootings — we gradually habituate to extreme expressions of both Nature and man. The same day a gunman opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 mostly elderly worshipers and wounding several others, Trump regaled reporters and campaign rally attendees in Indiana and Illinois with calls for armed security at places of worship and death penalties for shooters. To his credit, Trump recognized the shooting as anti-Semitic, yet he is reluctant to distance himself from the neo-Nazi and other white supremacist groups that support him.
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