The ‘Public Hating’ of Donald Trump

In 1955, popular talk show host Steve Allen wrote a chilling short story. Set in the faraway future of the late 1970s, the story begins in New York City's Yankee Stadium, where some 70,000 spectators munch on hot dogs and down cold beers as they eagerly await the afternoon's main event. But this is no World Series game for which the crowds have assembled. In Allen's dystopian future, they are there to join in a "public hating." Drawing on the depths

In 1955, popular talk show host Steve Allen wrote a chilling short story. Set in the faraway future of the late 1970s, the story begins in New York City's Yankee Stadium, where some 70,000 spectators munch on hot dogs and down cold beers as they eagerly await the afternoon's main event. But this is no World Series game for which the crowds have assembled. In Allen's dystopian future, they are there to join in a "public hating." Drawing on the depths of their collective hatred, the mob directs s…