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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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George Clooney says CBS and ABC should have told Trump, ‘Go fuck yourself.’
I concur. We are in the midst of an epidemic of cowardice. Every corporation and college and law firm that bent the knee should have said, ‘Go fuck yourself.’ But it goes beyond that. Every university and corporation that bent the knee to progressive speech cops should have said the same thing. I don’t care whether the bullying and threats come from the Right or the Left or the Middle, from the top-down or ground-up, the only answer to a bully is, ‘go fuck yourself.’
Persuade me, make your case, argue vehemently and I’ll listen, but once the bullying starts, it’s go fuck yourself. Every single time, to every single bully, now and forever, world without end, amen.
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George Clooney says CBS and ABC should have told Trump, ‘Go fuck yourself.’
I concur. We are in the midst of an epidemic of cowardice. Every corporation and college and law firm that bent the knee should have said, ‘Go fuck yourself.’ But it goes beyond that. Every university and corporation that bent the knee to progressive speech cops should have said the same thing. I don’t care whether the bullying and threats come from the Right or the Left or the Middle, from the top-down or ground-up, the only answer to a bully is, ‘go fuck yourself.’
Persuade me, make your case, argue vehemently and I’ll listen, but once the bullying starts, it’s go fuck yourself. Every single time, to every single bully, now and forever, world without end, amen.
2026: The international year of GFY.