Deplorables

 

September 24, 2016



To the Editor,

I see on the news Hillary Clinton refers to Trump supporters as a “Basket of deplorables”. I have hears of people having to live in deplorable conditions, but haven’t heard of millions of people described as “Deplorables”. I got in touch with my old friend Daniel Webster and he said deplorable was “regrettable , very bad, and wretched.” So I looked up wretched - very unhappy, miserable, distressing, dismal, poor in quality, contemptible, despicable, and deserving scorn. Daniel said contempt was “The feeling one has towards someone they consider worthless.”

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