Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 13, 2012
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Transcript:
Rick: So you're taking your trophies... Jeff: Yeah. I know they're just cheapo dust catchers, but I'm kind of attached to them... it was so interesting growing up in the middle of the self-esteem movement! Rick: "Most Improved Trier, Second Grade." Jeff: I tied with the rest of the class.
As a (university) teacher of young adults, I can attest that 9/11 wiped out all memory of “the self-esteem movement,” of which the ultimate, political reflection was the rise and fall of Bill Clinton. Jeff’s pornographic narcissism is just self-esteem on life support.