Michelle Wolf Spoke Truth
If Michelle Wolf's language is the worst thing you ever experience in your life, you'll have had a hell of a good life. Myself, I know all the words, I know how to use them and I do use them, on occasion, but I understand that some people may be uncomfortable or even shocked to hear such language, but if you have trouble hearing these words, how will you deal with truth, with reality. Truth can be ugly, it can force us to turn away, it can force us to pull the covers over our heads in an effort to avoid it. Sometimes we cringe at truth, but truth; that is, reality, marches on. I find it disingenuous by those who find Beto O'Rourke's occasional obscenities, or Michelle Wolf's language in 2018 to be so offensive, but they seem to have no problem with Donald Trump's language, including "Grab women by the -----," or calling some NFL players "son of a -------," or calling some African and Caribbean nations "sh--holes," or the use of words not generally judged to be obscenities, but given their context by Trump, they are truly obscene, like referring to Latinos as "invading the U.S.," calling Mexicans "rapists and criminals," calling Baltimore "disgusting ... a rat and rodent infested mess ... no human being would want to live there." Well anyway... comedy can be used to point to, or to emphasize, truth, and that's where Michelle Wolf hit the nail on the head.
In April of 2018, entertainer Michelle Wolf was the featured speaker (performer) at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.* With tensions in the country running high with Donald Trump often attacking the media and using the term "fake news" about reporting he didn't (doesn't) like, the stage was set for the dinner, which Trump did NOT attend, although Sarah Huckabee Sanders, his press secretary, was sent as a representative of the White House. Michelle Wolf's overall performance was what you likely have heard in nightclubs, if you've ever attended such; by that I mean, these performances "often" contain some rough language and she delivered the skewering of the media that was expected, she took a few jabs at herself, then she turned to the crux of the matter... Trump, Sarah Sanders and the media; she did NOT hold back. With Sarah Sanders she did everything except directly call her a liar, something I will gladly do here... SARAH SANDERS IS A LIAR! It is not without reason I call Sanders "Frau Goebbels." More truth was to come as Michelle said of the media and Trump, "You (the media) pretend that you hate him (Trump), but I think you love him. I think what no one in this room wants to admit... Trump has helped all of you. He couldn't sell steaks or vodka or water or college or ties or Eric ... but he has helped YOU. He's helped you sell your papers and your books and your TV. You helped create this monster and now you're profiting off of him." She ended with, "Okay, like an immigrant who was brought here by his parents and didn't do anything wrong, I've gotta get the f--- out of here.....Flint (Michigan) still doesn't have clean water!"
* The White House Correspondents' Dinner is sponsored by an association of journalists from the various media who report on the U.S. presidency and presidential administrations. The dinner began in the 1920s and Calvin Coolidge was the first president to attend the dinner. Over the years show business people often provided entertainment, with comedians eventually becoming the most common, and with the entertainment centering on much teasing and joking, often by the president skewering media organizations or individual reporters, and the featured speaker skewering everyone.
WORD HISTORY:
Yacht-This word goes back to Dutch "jaght" or Low German "jacht" (in both cases the "j" is pronounced like English "y"), in either case a short form of Low German "jachtschip," which meant "hunting or pursuit ship;" that is, "a light fast ship." Low German "jacht" goes back to Old High German "jagon," which meant, "to hunt, to chase or pursue" (modern German still has "jagen," meaning, "to hunt or pursue"). Where this comes from is not entirely certain, although the Old High German word goes back at least to the 700s. It "could" go back to Indo European "yagh/yak," "seemingly" with the meaning, "to covet;" thus, "to pursue some desired object." The thing is, forms in the Germanic languages are scarce, and Old Norse borrowed its form, "jaga," from Low German "jagen." The Brothers Grimm show Old Frisian having "jagia," and Middle Dutch "jagen.'' Okay, so back to the derived word "yacht." It was borrowed by English in the mid 1500s from either Dutch or Low German, and the ship type itself also began use by the British monarchy in the 1600s as a boat for pleasure and relaxation; a use and meaning that has been with it ever since. German has both "Jacht" (borrowed from Low German or Dutch) and "Yacht" (borrowed from English), Low German has "Jacht," Dutch "jacht," Frisian "jacht," Danish and Norwegian "jacht" ("apparently" borrowed from Low German), Swedish "Yacht" (apparently borrowed from English).
In April of 2018, entertainer Michelle Wolf was the featured speaker (performer) at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.* With tensions in the country running high with Donald Trump often attacking the media and using the term "fake news" about reporting he didn't (doesn't) like, the stage was set for the dinner, which Trump did NOT attend, although Sarah Huckabee Sanders, his press secretary, was sent as a representative of the White House. Michelle Wolf's overall performance was what you likely have heard in nightclubs, if you've ever attended such; by that I mean, these performances "often" contain some rough language and she delivered the skewering of the media that was expected, she took a few jabs at herself, then she turned to the crux of the matter... Trump, Sarah Sanders and the media; she did NOT hold back. With Sarah Sanders she did everything except directly call her a liar, something I will gladly do here... SARAH SANDERS IS A LIAR! It is not without reason I call Sanders "Frau Goebbels." More truth was to come as Michelle said of the media and Trump, "You (the media) pretend that you hate him (Trump), but I think you love him. I think what no one in this room wants to admit... Trump has helped all of you. He couldn't sell steaks or vodka or water or college or ties or Eric ... but he has helped YOU. He's helped you sell your papers and your books and your TV. You helped create this monster and now you're profiting off of him." She ended with, "Okay, like an immigrant who was brought here by his parents and didn't do anything wrong, I've gotta get the f--- out of here.....Flint (Michigan) still doesn't have clean water!"
* The White House Correspondents' Dinner is sponsored by an association of journalists from the various media who report on the U.S. presidency and presidential administrations. The dinner began in the 1920s and Calvin Coolidge was the first president to attend the dinner. Over the years show business people often provided entertainment, with comedians eventually becoming the most common, and with the entertainment centering on much teasing and joking, often by the president skewering media organizations or individual reporters, and the featured speaker skewering everyone.
WORD HISTORY:
Yacht-This word goes back to Dutch "jaght" or Low German "jacht" (in both cases the "j" is pronounced like English "y"), in either case a short form of Low German "jachtschip," which meant "hunting or pursuit ship;" that is, "a light fast ship." Low German "jacht" goes back to Old High German "jagon," which meant, "to hunt, to chase or pursue" (modern German still has "jagen," meaning, "to hunt or pursue"). Where this comes from is not entirely certain, although the Old High German word goes back at least to the 700s. It "could" go back to Indo European "yagh/yak," "seemingly" with the meaning, "to covet;" thus, "to pursue some desired object." The thing is, forms in the Germanic languages are scarce, and Old Norse borrowed its form, "jaga," from Low German "jagen." The Brothers Grimm show Old Frisian having "jagia," and Middle Dutch "jagen.'' Okay, so back to the derived word "yacht." It was borrowed by English in the mid 1500s from either Dutch or Low German, and the ship type itself also began use by the British monarchy in the 1600s as a boat for pleasure and relaxation; a use and meaning that has been with it ever since. German has both "Jacht" (borrowed from Low German or Dutch) and "Yacht" (borrowed from English), Low German has "Jacht," Dutch "jacht," Frisian "jacht," Danish and Norwegian "jacht" ("apparently" borrowed from Low German), Swedish "Yacht" (apparently borrowed from English).
Labels: Donald Trump, English, etymology, Germanic languages, media, Michelle Wolf, White House Correspondents' Dinner
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