Then, the president of the United States calls Haiti, El Salvador and African nations “shithole” countries. But while there may be countries that are poor and suffer from civil discord, there are no “shithole” countries, not one, anywhere on Earth. The very idea of “shithole” countries is designed to short-circuit our capacity for empathy on a global scale. [The “resistance” needs to watch its language, too]The Fix’s Eugene Scott explains how Trump’s “shithole countries” comment is the latest example of his history of demeaning statements on nonwhite immigrants. Who made it possible, necessary and apparently easy for those security guards to “just do our jobs”?

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2018 20:27 UTC