If it walks like a duck

When I was a lad, I was taught that part of hypocrisy was holding someone to one set of rules while believing that those same rules did not apply to oneself. Donald Trump has given yet another example of his hypocrisy by being critical of Jemele Hill’s Twitter comments about Trump, arguing that she should apologize for calling him a white supremacist.

As others have pointed out, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, the conclusion is that it must be a duck.

Given his previous behaviors and statements, it is clear that Trump is in tune with white supremacist thought, even being praised by white supremacist leaders like David Duke. So, if truth is a defense for ESPN’s Ms. Hill, she has no reason to apologize for what she thinks. She should, however, have not voiced her opinion in a public forum that might imply speaking for ESPN, and she has apologized for that.

In contrast, Trump has never apologized for mocking a physically challenged reporter at one of Trump’s campaign events, has never apologized for disparaging the parents of a slain U. S. soldier of foreign background, has never apologized for trying to belittle John McCain’s status as a hero during McCain’s period of captivity in North Vietnam, and the list goes on.

It is clear that Trump wants to hold others to a different standard than what he holds himself to, which is no standard at all. As my mother helped me learn, he is a hypocrite. BILL MOUROT

Little Rock