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Does anybody know what our erstwhile friends are saying about Trump's child hostage policy ? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2018 OP
If you mean the deplorables CanonRay Jun 2018 #1
Let's see... catrose Jun 2018 #2
My God - it's like I'm looking at those same things on my Facebook feed RockaFowler Jun 2018 #6
the hate is "coordinated". like kellyannes "social media" "business" is PAID to post hate! Sunlei Jun 2018 #15
That's where I got my examples catrose Jun 2018 #19
Omg. Do we have the same uncle? Glimmer of Hope Jun 2018 #22
Out erstwhile? Mike Rows His Boat Jun 2018 #3
It means "Respected, honourable" Blue_Adept Jun 2018 #7
No. Tipperary Jun 2018 #9
No what? That's the definition of the word. Blue_Adept Jun 2018 #10
It means "former" or "formerly." Tipperary Jun 2018 #8
They're talking about the folks at JPR Blue_Adept Jun 2018 #11
Who dat DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2018 #12
First of all, i think the poster meant "OUR," not OUT RoBear Jun 2018 #18
OK. Thank you. Mike Rows His Boat Jun 2018 #20
my assumption (subject to correction) RoBear Jun 2018 #21
Think Nielson is masterful and explained it all salin Jun 2018 #4
One group is happy that brown people are being held and harmed. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #5
Ding ding, ding, we have a winner. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2018 #13
you can google-globally the USA is now known to terrorize undocumented & asylum seekers. Sunlei Jun 2018 #14
Republicans new border policy is everyone asking for asylum & all refugees are 'criminals' Sunlei Jun 2018 #16
Here's one justification... Luz Jun 2018 #17

CanonRay

(14,104 posts)
1. If you mean the deplorables
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 10:28 AM
Jun 2018

my cousin, for one, loves it. He has absolutely shut down his humanity, if he ever actually had any.

catrose

(5,068 posts)
2. Let's see...
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 10:59 AM
Jun 2018

Last edited Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:17 PM - Edit history (1)

If you don't want your kids taken away, don't break the law.
First ladies shouldn't criticize anything the sitting President does.
It's Bill Clinton's law. This has been done since 1996. Why haven't you said anything before now?
Morons employed on TV have said, "It's like summer camp" and "Those kids could be young gang members" and "Those people are just pretending to be families" and "The kids are crisis actors."

It appalls me how fast the lies spread and how convinced these people are.

RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
6. My God - it's like I'm looking at those same things on my Facebook feed
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 11:21 AM
Jun 2018

It's almost like it's coordinated or something.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
15. the hate is "coordinated". like kellyannes "social media" "business" is PAID to post hate!
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 11:39 AM
Jun 2018

thousands of tweets & other social media like facebook- those hate disinformation "businesses" post millions & millions of disinformation blurbs. they want the dumbest-deplorables to like and spread, re-tweet that cancer.


ALL for the Republican party!

catrose

(5,068 posts)
19. That's where I got my examples
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:16 PM
Jun 2018

I keep wanting to believe they're all bots, because it's sad beyond belief that they're so well trained.

Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)
22. Omg. Do we have the same uncle?
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 04:57 PM
Jun 2018

I disowned him last week for his Apario shares. I can't wait to see him at my cousin's wedding.

RoBear

(1,188 posts)
18. First of all, i think the poster meant "OUR," not OUT
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 11:58 AM
Jun 2018

Thus the intention would be "Our Erstwhile Friends," meaning our former friends.

OUT is a typo (should be OUR)
ERSTWHILE means former

 

Mike Rows His Boat

(389 posts)
20. OK. Thank you.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 12:30 PM
Jun 2018

I thought it was some kind of DU code for something.

Who are these erstwhile people? Banned DUers? Repugs?

Would it even be helpful to know?




RoBear

(1,188 posts)
21. my assumption (subject to correction)
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 04:43 PM
Jun 2018

is that the intent is countries we've turned out backs on--as at the G7 summit.

That works, but might not have been the original intent of the poster...



salin

(48,955 posts)
4. Think Nielson is masterful and explained it all
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 11:13 AM
Jun 2018

that this is all Obama AND Bill Clinton's policy/fault

and that dems need to kill themselves instead of pretending to care.

At least that is what I read in the comments of my one reliable fb connection that is "Pro Family" "Pro Adoption" (her children were adopted from Asia) and "Pro Trump".

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
5. One group is happy that brown people are being held and harmed.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 11:19 AM
Jun 2018

The other group is trying to figure out how to oppose it from strictly an economic angle directed toward the white working class.

That about covers it.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
13. Ding ding, ding, we have a winner.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 11:30 AM
Jun 2018

"The other group is trying to figure out how to oppose it from strictly an economic angle directed toward the white working class. "

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
16. Republicans new border policy is everyone asking for asylum & all refugees are 'criminals'
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 11:44 AM
Jun 2018
stripped of all possessions, kids taken away, siblings ripped apart and they all live in cages in concentration 'camps'. Much like the Nazis the border guards probably STEAL money, jewelry and are bribed.

Asylum seekers who come to border ARE prepared with the $500 document fees the USA charges to file for asylum.

Luz

(772 posts)
17. Here's one justification...
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 11:50 AM
Jun 2018

The MS13 is a serious gang issue here. Many parents have turned their children over to these monsters, many times under duress, and they are saying these children are theirs. Once they gain entry, the kids are abused, trafficked, etc.

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