December 6, 2018
Attacking Sully
By James Aaron Brown
Ruth Graham, in an article published on Slate, demonstrated one of the worst vices of American media. Specifically, she sought to provoke and entertain the audience she wrote for by unnecessarily criticizing Sully H. W. Bush, the service dog to George Bush, the 41st President of the United states.
As the photo of Sully resting in front of 41’s casket reached into every American’s home and phone, Ruth felt her greatest contribution would be to point out Sully was simply an employee, and not a beloved family pet. Furthermore, she sought to do what many in her camp might do, impose a postmodern and deconstructionist interpretation upon a photo. She then imposes a false narrative of power struggle between a dominant master (who had Parkinson’s and needed a service dog to help him function throughout his day) on a helpless creature conscripted into training and forced to help 41. Her rationale? This is what Sully was trained to do as an employee.
How does the author try to tidy all of this up? By pointing out the timeline that Sully was only with 41 for about six months, not long enough to be a true beloved pet. Like many who might subscribe to dominant power theories and postmodern techniques, Graham leaves science at the door.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/attacking_sully.html
