Two Months of Hate
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Two Months of Hate
October 14, 2024 at 10:16 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
William Kristol: The Two Minutes Hate was a famous feature of Orwells portrayal of Oceania in 1984. The Two Months of Hate is now a notable feature of the 2024 U.S. presidential contest. Donald Trump and his allies are closing this campaign with two months of hate in a way weve never seen before. And it could work.
The September 10 presidential debate taught Trump and his campaign that they could not win if the campaign were
a debate. So Trump is refusing to participate in a second debate, or for that matter in any interview that might be a simulacrum of a debate. More fundamentally, Trump has abandoned any pretense of having to debate real issues or having to put forth any serious programs. Of course, Trumps heart has always been in authoritarian demagoguery, not in democratic and civic debate. But in the closing weeks of this campaign, any mask of democratic normalcy and civic decency has been tossed aside.