Attacking the Press is Un-American

The President was in the news again over the weekend because the preening, self-absorbed moron enjoys nothing more than seeing himself on television. He has worked overtime to normalize aberrant behavior since before he was even elected, so it is easy to become numb to his endless lies and fabrications. 

Do not become normalized to this aberrant behavior. 

It is not normal to attack the press. It is not normal to declare that the press is lying when they report facts that are not in dispute. It is not normal to insult, disparage, and attempt to discredit your enemies via social media from a bully pulpit. These are not things that a decent person would do, never mind the president of the United States of America. 

There are few things less democratic, less fundamentally American, than attacking the free press. It is enshrined in the very first amendment to the constitution. Impugning the press as an 'enemy of the people' and complaining endlessly about 'fake news' would, in a country with sentient voters, disqualify a person from holding office. Here in America these qualities are held up as idealized examples. It may be that we will see a change in the upcoming elections, or it may not. Either way, this is not normal, and eventually the Blowhard in Chief will either die or leave office, and the country will be much better off.