Barack Obama recently spoke of the need to stop the “corroding civil discourse” of politicians, that bat chirrup of twittering, tweeting and toxic insult, which coarsens the soul and poisons debate. It is ubiquitous. Does it even have a malign effect on the discourse of the classroom? A trickle down effect?
I fear so.
Take the recent, delicately nuanced duologue between Donald “very stable genius” Trump and Kim “the nuclear button is on my desk at all times” Wrong-Un.
It went roughly thus.
“My willy/H-bomb is bigger than your willy/H-bomb!”
This is no way to conduct the nuances geopolitics, no way to run the world. It is just terrifically bad manners.
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