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But Kennedy did not invent this schtick of trying to rebrand misogyny as feminism through trolling and feigning “concern” for women and children’s safety.

Having the vice president declare that a condition of your employment should be feigning grief might skirt being an outright violation of the First Amendment, but it’s certainly a chilling violation of its basic spirit.

Colton said she could not have imagined such a possibility when she sat in school, feigning that she had no answers to teachers’ questions simply because she could not see the board.

And yet, many also practice the human tendency of feigning blindness concerning topics too unpleasant to confront directly.

When another student enters and surveys the bodies on the ground in poorly feigned shock, few manage to suppress their giggles.