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-Short Attention Span Theater-
400 famous writers join #NeverTrump
2016-05-26
Your betters have spoken. Vote Hillary.
Donald J. Trump has been working to mend fences with many of his detractors, but among literary luminaries it is looking like it will be a tough sell.

A group of more than 400 writers, including big names such as Stephen King, David Eggers, Amy Tan, Junot Díaz and Cheryl Strayed, released an online petition on Tuesday to express their opposition to Mr. Trump’s candidacy on the grounds that he is appealing to the darkest elements in American society.
Would they have voted for Jeb? Marco? Ted? I think we all know the answer...
"The rise of a political candidate who deliberately appeals to the basest and most violent elements in society, who encourages aggression among his followers, shouts down opponents, intimidates dissenters, and denigrates women and minorities, demands, from each of us, an immediate and forceful response,” they wrote.

Organized on the literary website Lithub, signatures on the petition grew to more than 1,000 from 450 within hours as celebrity authors promoted their participation on social media.
How many of them were afraid, deep down, that if they didn't sign their agents and publishers would drop them?
Posted by:badanov

#20  Conjunctions. Why do they hate me?
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2016-05-26 22:23  

#19  Stephen King
Can't even sing
But he wrote
A very long note.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2016-05-26 22:21  

#18  Anne Lamott
Cannot be bought.
I thought she was hot
But with dreadlocks she's nought.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2016-05-26 22:15  

#17  Imbibing the liberal bible?
The scribal's predictably tribal,
So mind your survival:
Your scrivening rival
Is probably liable to libel.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2016-05-26 22:01  

#16  An old teacher is a poet laureate of my home state. He was ranting about Trump in one of his postings and I told him I would rather vote for The Devil himself than Hillary. He got rather irate. I don't give a flying F... I would vote Satan over her.
Posted by: 3dc   2016-05-26 21:42  

#15  It would only be an interesting story if any of these 400 not so famous authors had ever voted non-progressive in the last 30 years.
Posted by: Airandee   2016-05-26 19:34  

#14  It would be nice if the 'art' or 'cultural' capital of the western world moved to another country for awhile. Id' suggest France but their new overlords are unlikely to like transplanted artists.

Perhaps New Zealand?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-05-26 17:58  

#13  Transgressive, courageous & really good for sales to the chatting classes. They have risked so much for ???
Posted by: Alpha2c   2016-05-26 17:31  

#12  This is a good first step. Now, can we get them all to sign a pledge to leave the country if Trump is elected?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-05-26 14:25  

#11  #BadWritersMatter or #BadWritersWanttoMatter
Posted by: Cronter Omose4055   2016-05-26 13:55  

#10  Actually, it makes perfect sense. Most famous authors are dead. And dead people always vote democrat in USA.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-05-26 12:57  

#9  Hey Skidmark, you getting personal?
Posted by: no mo uro   2016-05-26 11:36  

#8  I've never heard of these writers; then again, I don't read paperback trash.
Posted by: regular joe   2016-05-26 09:39  

#7  ...opposition to Mr. Trump’s candidacy on the grounds that he is appealing to the darkest elements in American society.

That would be The People, as in "We the People of the United States..."

How much the oligarchy (and its boot lickers) despises the general population is always not surprising. Of course, they've had no problem using them to defend their position and power by using the children of such lower caste to make the last full measure of devotion, while their own absent themselves from such distasteful dirty work.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-05-26 09:35  

#6  I'll note the irony (hypocrisy) of Steven King criticising others for 'appealing to the darkest elements in American society.'
Posted by: phil_b   2016-05-26 07:09  

#5  #CantReadNoMo
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-05-26 03:58  

#4  Too bad there is no longer Sov. U. We could've seen mass protests against Trump in Moskva.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-05-26 02:01  

#3  All the violence, bottle throwing, etc... at a Trumps rallies by those who oppose him is calling these 400 writers liars. Don't you just hate it when reality does that?

Looks to me like he opposes the baser, darkest, elements of society. (And I'm not talking about race.)
Posted by: CrazyFool   2016-05-26 00:50  

#2  ...basest and most violent elements in society, who encourages aggression among his followers, shouts down opponents, intimidates dissenters, and denigrates women and minorities, demands, from each of us, an immediate and forceful response...

You mean those idiots that assaulted a Trump supporter in a wheelchair?

Fucking idiots disgust me. Try that again assholes. I dare ya. The only good you are to the world is as worm food.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-05-26 00:48  

#1  So edgy and courageous!


...opposition to Mr. Trump’s candidacy on the grounds that he is appealing to the darkest elements in American society.

Here I thought his problem is that he's appealing to the lightest elements in American society.
Posted by: charger   2016-05-26 00:27  

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