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    Trump's language is cruel, hateful and infectious. But we can rise above it

    Language is a kind of virus, and history has shown many times that this virus can be lethal
    by Francine Prose Jul 30, 2019 3 minutes
    ‘Each time our children observe that a bully is in the White House, it gets harder to persuade them that bullying is unacceptable.’ Photograph: Jonathan Drake/Reuters

    In the lead-up to the 2016 election, after Donald Trump referred to Mexican immigrants as “animals” and his supporters began chanting “Lock her up” about Hillary Clinton, it seemed as if a malevolent genie had been let out of a bottle. Now, almost three years later, it has become painfully clear just how cruel, powerful and destructive that hateful spirit is, and that the survival of our country, our culture – indeed of our humanity – may depend on

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