BRATTLEBORO — It's been dismaying recently to see losing sports teams walking out of the arena without the traditional line of handshakes with the winning team, violating one of the basics of good sports conduct that we were all taught beginning in elementary school.
I've been wondering who on earth is giving these athletes the idea that this kind of rude behavior is acceptable.
Then I saw almost all of the Republican senators walk out of the chamber following the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black female justice of the Supreme Court, and I thought, “Oh, yeah - right.”
It used to be that no one wanted to be labeled a sore loser, but for Republicans, it now appears to be part of the job description.