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Dan Gillmor Jan 2, 2025

Gene Lyons, the great Arkansas columnist, calls it quits. Why? Donald Trump.

"I just don’t want to spend the rest of my life thinking and writing about him."

https://www.nationalmemo.com/trump-2670718685

Good-Bye And Good Luck: Why I Won't Be Writing Any More Newspaper Columns

After giving the matter some thought, I have decided that I’ve become unsuited to the low art of writing newspaper columns any longer. My deficiencies to participate in the current conversation are many. For one thing, I have never listened to a podcast. I prefer reading things, a more efficient way...

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4everpushingaboulder

@dangillmor I’ve come to the same conclusion myself gradually simce 2016. For me it’s the quote about a near majority wanting it.

“That a near-majority thought him worthy of the presidency is too depressing to contemplate”

I just don’t want to associate with my old colleagues, neighbors, relatives, or many former friends. The knowledge that half of them wanted this, I don’t want to spend another second thinking about them.