Before we jump into this week’s planned Sunday Reads, we wanted to talk briefly about the word “demented.”
The day after a man murdered 11 Jewish worshipers in Pittsburgh, President Donald Trump described the shooter as “sick,” “evil,” and “demented.” This was no unique occurrence; President Trump has described mass shooters as “demented” on at least three other occasions in the last two years.
This isn’t OK, PMC Co-Director Dr. Jason Karlawish wrote in a special edition of his Forbes column.