PHILIP COWEN
PHILIP COWEN: "You are full of shit and a liar. Consafos, culero! This man tried to get my daughter to kill herself. He talked to her on the phone one evening berating her to do it. He is a misogynistic liar and a horrible person."
(EDITOR'S NOTE: "Consafos, culero!" says Maclovio O'Malley, the political activist. "Philip Cowen es un bato del barrio. Es pura raza. Si es racista, es porque odia a la basura blanca. Es buena onda, el cabrón. No mama verga como Jack Reed o Harry Hare." When I tell my son to use "well" instead of good, does that make me a bad father? When Philip congratulates a young Mexican-American for being well-spoken in English, does that make him a racist? When I tell my son to shake hands like a man, does that make me a bad father? When Philip instructs a young Mexican-American on the proper use of a steak knife, does that make him a racist? Of course not! But Philip has always talked too much. As a result of this flaw, the BISD trustee, seeking reelection according to el rrun-rrun, violated the most fundamental rule of Politics 101. He responded to the absurd with crazy talk. A young adult from San Antonio who has no credibility in Brownsville fires off a salvo and Philip reacts as if a bomb had fallen on his house. You don't respond! Even if a "cagapalo" calls your mother a "puta" and your father a "joto" among other choice descriptions, you don't respond! You are a politician. You are a target. Public officials stand on their high horses exclaiming that they don't mind criticism, but they won't tolerate criticism of their families. You, the ambitious megalomaniac, dragged them into the spotlight. In today's world, you are either all in or all out. Nobody is immune to personal attacks. Social media has revolutionized free speech. But if you are going to fall into the trap and respond, at least counter in a calm and collected manner. In Philip's case, an articulate lawyer with a life-long love for literature, present your retort as if you were delivering your closing argument to a jury. Don't fly off the handle like a Carlos Elizondo with blustering and bullying rhetoric that is beneath your education and experiences. Then again, Donald Trump, if he had found himself in a similar situation and spoke a smattering of Tex-Mex, might have tweeted, "Hijo de tu chingada madre, pinche mamón, cállate el hocico, buey!")
(EDITOR'S NOTE: "Consafos, culero!" says Maclovio O'Malley, the political activist. "Philip Cowen es un bato del barrio. Es pura raza. Si es racista, es porque odia a la basura blanca. Es buena onda, el cabrón. No mama verga como Jack Reed o Harry Hare." When I tell my son to use "well" instead of good, does that make me a bad father? When Philip congratulates a young Mexican-American for being well-spoken in English, does that make him a racist? When I tell my son to shake hands like a man, does that make me a bad father? When Philip instructs a young Mexican-American on the proper use of a steak knife, does that make him a racist? Of course not! But Philip has always talked too much. As a result of this flaw, the BISD trustee, seeking reelection according to el rrun-rrun, violated the most fundamental rule of Politics 101. He responded to the absurd with crazy talk. A young adult from San Antonio who has no credibility in Brownsville fires off a salvo and Philip reacts as if a bomb had fallen on his house. You don't respond! Even if a "cagapalo" calls your mother a "puta" and your father a "joto" among other choice descriptions, you don't respond! You are a politician. You are a target. Public officials stand on their high horses exclaiming that they don't mind criticism, but they won't tolerate criticism of their families. You, the ambitious megalomaniac, dragged them into the spotlight. In today's world, you are either all in or all out. Nobody is immune to personal attacks. Social media has revolutionized free speech. But if you are going to fall into the trap and respond, at least counter in a calm and collected manner. In Philip's case, an articulate lawyer with a life-long love for literature, present your retort as if you were delivering your closing argument to a jury. Don't fly off the handle like a Carlos Elizondo with blustering and bullying rhetoric that is beneath your education and experiences. Then again, Donald Trump, if he had found himself in a similar situation and spoke a smattering of Tex-Mex, might have tweeted, "Hijo de tu chingada madre, pinche mamón, cállate el hocico, buey!")
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