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Sometime in 2019, mankind may have inadvertently reached peak public shaming. It is now faster and easier than ever to impugn someone, plus it’s free.
Anyone can now publicly shame anyone, instantly, anonymously and forever.
Even comedians, whose ranks once held insult-comics like Andrew Dice Clay and Sam Kinison, are right to be afraid.
Then there are those rare souls who appear to take public affronts and ridicule in stride, though whether all that concentrated hatred eventually gets to them, we mere mortals can only guess.
Of those strange aberrations who seem to revel in being cast as the heel, the antagonist, the villain in an increasingly theatrical and hysterical production of real life, Donald Trump stands out.
His critics say he was born without the shame gene. They say a lot of other things, too, of course.
Trump’s thick skin may be to his advantage in our modern age, but that isn’t his only advantage heading into 2020’s contentious race for president.
Trump’s other advantage in the presidential race, besides his incumbency and a strong economy, is the media’s predictable behavior as it…