Ivanka isn’t Cordelia, she is Regan or maybe Goneril. And not only are she and her husband complicit in Trump’s actions, they also work for him. They are aiding and abetting. And this makes it time for them to turn their good people cards in, or at the very least let us peek at their definition of what “good people” even means in policy terms. Good people do not legitimize, humanize and offer succor to such a president, even if they do happen to be related to him.
I would say not to conflate lack of public denouncement with silence. I think there are multiple ways to have your voice heard. In some cases, it's through protest and it’s through going on the nightly news and talking about or denouncing every issue in which you disagree with. Other times it is quietly and directly and candidly. So where I disagree with my father, he knows it, and I express myself with total candor.
And when said quiet direct candid disagreement does fuck-all to influence Donald's policies, we're supposed to be impressed with Ivanka because…?
He is known for his climate change denial; for instance, in 2014 he called climate change activists "profiteers", and in 2015 he wrote in a Wall Street Journal editorial that climate change is one of "Liberalism's imaginary enemies"
Also, too: Dahlia LIthwick reduces Javanka to a pair of cute |smoking craters of hypocrisy.|
And when said quiet direct candid disagreement does fuck-all to influence Donald's policies, we're supposed to be impressed with Ivanka because…?
/FFS
To be fair, maybe she did convince him to bomb Syria………..
Oh……wait……….
How bad is he, [Wikipedia]??
Oh, for fuck's sake.
Just when I was considering a sub to the NYT…