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Jonah Goldberg, NROLast June, when the mainstream media collectively swooned over Wendy Davis and her shoes, I was overcome with Fremdschämen. The only problem is that I didn’t know what Fremdschämen was back then.
But now I do! It’s a floor wax and a dessert topping! No, that’s not right. It’s my new favorite German word. What is amazing, to me at least, is that I am only just now learning of this word, despite having a soft spot (right below my elbow) for fun foreign words (“I myself am overcome with Backpfeifengesicht right now”). Even more surprising is that we live in the Golden Age of Fremdschämen, so you’d think more people would be using it.
So what does it mean? It means feeling embarrassed for someone else. But more than that, it means feeling embarrassed for someone else because that someone else doesn’t realize he should be embarrassed.
“Fremdschämen describes the almost-horror you feel when you notice that somebody is oblivious to how embarrassing they truly are,” writes Daniel Hawes in Psychology Today. “Fremdscham [the noun] occurs when someone who should feel embarrassed for themselves simply is not, and you start feeling embarrassment in their place.”
http://c10.nrostatic.com/sites/default/files/uploaded/pic_giant_012514_SM_How-Do-You-Solve-a-Problem-Like-Wendy2.jpg
I was taken out of context!
http://cloudfront-media.reason.com/mc/ekrayewski/2013_05/hillaryclintonben_cspan.jpg?h=188&w=250
At this point, what difference does it make?
You still elected Obama and Warren!
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb334/joef1/wendysgirl.jpg
A lot of difference you freaking moron!
Most people are tired of lies!
Like the Benghazi lies of you and Obama!