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Road kill?

In the case of Yahoo, it probably is, more or less.

All right, here are recent media examples of “road kill”, either in the literal or figurative sense:

1. The good news about this presidential campaign is that Donald Trump has inspired millions of Americans to get involved in American politics. As a professor of philosophy whose emphasis is in political theory, I am thrilled by the fact that more of my students are paying attention to this upcoming presidential election. More than 84 million people just watched the first presidential debate and we have to thank Donald Trump for that. So, the good news is that Trump has increased dramatically the American voter’s interest in presidential politics.

Of course, there is a down side to this in that he is not necessarily keeping our interest in a good way. I attribute this to the “road kill” effect: you see something grisly on the side of the road out of the corner of your eye, and you are powerless to look away as you drive past. In this campaign we seem to look forward to the next horrible thing we can hear about the other candidate. It seems that every day there is something sensational and damaging revealed about the two major party candidates. Unfortunately, watching the “road kill” politics of these past months has led to divisive and denigrating rhetoric that has rarely been seen in the history of our country. The disapproval rating of these two candidates is the highest in American history. I can’t remember a time when two candidates have been so hated. And I do mean hated.