It is another day. With it comes another entry in the "ugly things that the horrible people at Donald Trump rallies do to those with whom they disagree".
At a rally in Janesville, Wisconsin, two of Donald Trump's minions attacked a 15-year-old white girl named Alex Drake. One of the Trumpeteers sexually assaulted her. The second Trump goon then pepper sprayed her.
Drake's offense was a protest sign that said “Damn, Donald, back at it again with the white supremacy". One of her compatriots also had a "Black Lives Matter" sign.
Donald Trump's racist goon squad then, on cue, shouted the de facto white supremacist slogan "All Lives Matter"--what is the new "White Power!" and "Sieg Heil". Other Trumpeteers then called the teenager a "nigger lover", a "bitch", and a "Commie".
Some questions that may at first seem obvious, but are much more complicated and revealing when their foundational assumptions are challenged and exposed.
What is a "nigger lover?"
What is a "Commie?"
As discursive acts and performances, what is the logic and political imagination that gives such language its meaning and coherence?
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