Kathy Griffin has for the moment become the poster woman for a culture gone wrong.
On May 30, Griffin posted on her Twitter account a photo of her holding President Donald Trump’s bloody head. Within hours, the actress pulled the photo and apologized: “I crossed the line. I moved the line, and then I crossed it. I went way too far.”
The next day, CNN announced in a tweet that it had fired her from her job hosting the network’s New Year’s Eve show.
Other entertainers have played with the idea of killing a president.
At the Women’s March on Washington, held the day after Trump’s inauguration, Madonna said she had thought about blowing up the White House.
While what these entertainers said and did is vile and shouldn't be excused, they are moving with powerful cultural currents.
