December 30, 2015 9:02 AM

The 2015 WWJD Worst Person of the Year: Donald Trump (Quelle surprise, eh?)

At an emergency meeting in Borough Park, Brooklyn, the prestigious Yiddish Academy, a body of distinguished scholars in Yiddish language and literature, issued a formal reprimand to Donald J. Trump for gross abuse of the Yiddish language. During a recent rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mr. Trump said that Hillary Clinton “got schlonged” by Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. But the Academy noted that “schlong” (a vulgar term for a penis of unusual size; literal origin, a snake or serpent), is a noun, and may never properly be used as a verb…. According to Academy Chair Reb Yankel Rabinowitz, the Academy concluded, after a spirited debate lasting seven hours, 37 minutes, that Mr. Trump is best described not as a “putz” (a fool or idiot; literally a penis), but rather as a “schmuck” (an odious or contemptible person, a prick; literally a penis).

There are times when satire imitates life, though this phenomenon is normally found in realms that, at least in real terms, can do relatively little damage. When satire imitates life in a more malicious sense (in this case, politics) manner, you get Donald Trump, who though no reasonable observer could see him as a kind, sympathetic soul, has plumbed depths of racism, xenophobia, and ignorance seldom explored in the American polity.

During the campaign (still, distressingly, in its early stages), Trump has through his demagoguery managed to offend almost every race, ethnic group, religion, and gender…except the rabidly Conservative low-information Conservative White “Christians” who seem to be his base. He’s played the mainstream media with a skill and ease that hardly reflects well on the state of modern journalism. In doing so, Trump as raised ignorance, racism, xenophobia, and religious intolerance to art forms. “Dog whistle politics” aren’t part of th Trump campaign’s playbook, because their candidate is out front and up front about his willingness to unite Americans through hatred, resentment, and fear of The Other.

During the process of making his case to Republican primary voters, Trump’s proudly presented himself as unconventional and unwilling to play by the rules. His filterless utterances and his willingness to trade in hypocrisy, insults, and outrage have revealed him to be wholly unfit to manage a Dairy Queen, much less sit behind the big desk in the Oval Office.

As is true every year, there’s a disturbingly large number of truly miserable, execrable walking meat sacks who are excellent, worthy, and beyond deserving candidates For WWJD Worst Person of the Year ©. That Trump has managed to lap the field this year speaks to what a truly objectionable excuse for humanity he is. I can only hope that Karma will have its way with him…and that Schadenfreude will play a large role in the process. After all, if Martin Shkreli can be brought down and held to account for his actions, perhaps there’s hope that Donald Trump can face the same fate.

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