Completely agree. If people are triggered by simply seeing the word 'TRUMP' on a building, they need to rethink their priorities.
Sigh.
Who said people were "triggered" (whatever that means)?
Whether one agrees with it or not, there are people who believe that having a tall building in our Financial District named after a man with notoriously predatory business practices, whose statements have been by any objective measure racist and ignorant, whose attitudes and behaviour towards women are
at best incredibly sexist, who brags about sexual assault and then dismisses it as locker room talk, and who lies without compulsion, is inappropriate. That is a fair opinion to have. And it is not an unusual one.
Personally, I've always though the Trump branding was gaudy and cheesy, but to each his/her own. I believe it's a business and legal issue, and will get resolved (in this case in the courts). But I am
always happy to see people take a stand against racism and misogyny, and think that people who care about such issues have pretty damn sound priorities.
I've not seen anyone on these threads advocate that the state somehow force the removal of the name, but maybe I missed that.
And this equating of the antics and vapidity of Paris Hilton with the statements and actions of Donald Trump, as if they are somehow comparable, is baffling and a bit troubling. Moreover, unlike Trump, Paris Hilton does not own or run Hilton Hotels, nor is she in line to inherit the company (the company was sold by her grandfather, and he pledged almost the entirety of the proceeds to charity, while Trump was using his foundation as petty cash - another reason why the Hilton name on one building is not in any conceivable way comparable to the Trump name on the building down the street).
