Facecrime?
Facecrime! (2018) W.J. Astore We’re truly living in Orwellian times. A 17-year-old high school student, now known as #plaidshirtguy due to his choice of wardrobe, was removed from a Trump rally in Montana because of the faces he was making as Trump spoke. You can read all about here , and watch an interview with him at CNN . Not surprisingly, people who stand behind Trump are selected ahead of time and told to clap and cheer. This young man did that, but he also chose to look quizzical, skeptical, and bemused at times. This is not allowed! A Trump staffer eventually intervened to remove him from the audience due to his “face crime.” To make matters worse, he was then held by the Secret Service for ten minutes, after which he was asked to leave the event. Leave the event? For making skeptical and quizzical facial expressions? You may recall from George Orwell’s “1984” that “Facecrime” existed. Anyone making skeptical or ...