Debilitating Disease

“For decades a debilitating disease has been spreading across America. Risk factors include being over 65, Republican and white. Symptoms include unhinged muttering, delusional thinking and an irresistible urge to storm the Capitol. The disease is called “Foxitis” and a lawyer called Joseph Hurley, who is representing alleged U.S . Capitol rioter Anthony Antonio, wants us to believe his client is suffering from it. . . .

“‘He became hooked with what I call ‘Foxitis’ or ‘Foxmania’ and … started believing what was being fed to him.’ . . . Now Antonio is facing five charges over his role in the January riot.”

—Arwa Mahdawi, columnist, “Beware the deadly new disease spreading across America: ‘Foxitis,’” The Guardian, May 8, 2021.

 

 

• Editorial Comment: Rupert Murdoch made me do it!

 

 

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