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Ivanka Trump Bought The Whitest Puppy Ever For Her Daughter And Twitter Had Thoughts
Princess Barbie, Ivanka "Daddy's Favorite Girl" Trump, posted one of the most tone deaf tweets ever Saturday night. What was meant to be a sweet post about adopting a puppy turned into a huge ratio because her dog looks like the canine version of an Aryan child - pure snow white with blue eyes and not a speck of color.
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/07/ivanka-trump-bought-whitest-puppy-ever-her?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_content=18395
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lapfog_1
(29,215 posts)The Stark motto will come true.
leftieNanner
(15,137 posts)I see what you did there.
hlthe2b
(102,324 posts)that Arabella's Uncles will seek to have its head on their wall.
But yeah, there is nothing about this that is not tone-deaf. And I won't be snide enough to comment that Ivanka named her daughter "Arabella"... I prefer to believe and hope that the daughter will grow up kind, empathetic, sincere--ya know, nothing like her mother.
Yeah, that name.
Laffy Kat
(16,385 posts)A lot of dogs with white fur and blue eyes are deaf. I've had two rescued deafies. I sure hope they don't take it back if it is because they still make wonderful pets.
Arkansas Granny
(31,523 posts)I swear she could tell the sound of her treat bag opening from 3 rooms away. She was a mixed breed and I never saw either parent. Coulda been part Spitz, coulda been part terrier.
Laffy Kat
(16,385 posts)And not all deafies are white/blue. It's only a trait that always makes me wonder when I see one. Your doggo sounds like she was darling.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)Seriously, it does. If so its not in danger of being deaf.
Laffy Kat
(16,385 posts)tblue37
(65,458 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)I can hate on Jarvanka all day long, but there's no way I could hate on that pupper!
Just pleasepleasepleaseplease DON'T name it "Blondi".
leftieNanner
(15,137 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)she can ignore, along with her 3 kids. I hope the nannies like dogs.
leftieNanner
(15,137 posts)A relationship with a dog. Training, playing, grooming, feeding, loving. No way the princess has time for all of that. Hopefully her children will, though. Because all that time comes back to you a thousand times.
Love my puppy!
NJCher
(35,704 posts)She'll come up with something like...."snowflake."
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)NJCher
(35,704 posts)leftieNanner
(15,137 posts)Hence the GOT reference earlier in the thread.
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,791 posts)Demovictory9
(32,467 posts)cabot
(724 posts)But it is quite tone-deaf to post something like this when your father keeps kids in cages.
Gorgeous dog, though. Not sure of the breed.
Arkansas Granny
(31,523 posts)is a good way to teach kids a sense of responsibility and empathy.
cabot
(724 posts)I had a dog as a child...absolutely loved it. Jake (the dog) gave me absolute, unconditional love....I had wonderful times just hanging with him, playing. I still miss him.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)His hearing it great but he's intellectually challenged. Honestly. He's so stupid it's endearing. If he's in one particular spot in my apartment, that is pretty much an equal distance to 2 different doors that go outside, he'll sit there confused about which to use. If I don't show him the way he'll sit there so long that eventually he'll just give up (or forget what he was doing) and take a nap. He's pretty entertaining!
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Not normalizing this fucked up family..
LakeArenal
(28,831 posts)Best comment.
nuxvomica
(12,435 posts)That's pretty low. I hope Winter can find a human to bond with among the help staff.
Beringia
(4,316 posts)How can she read them? Also why does she say Kushner family and then call herself Ivanka Trump.
japple
(9,834 posts)one of those forgotten birthday presents of the rich & famous. I hope that a kind person comes to its rescue before the 2 idiot brothers murder it for their trophy collection.
Goodheart
(5,334 posts)Mosby
(16,329 posts)do you think I was trying to be snide?
TNNurse
(6,928 posts)femmedem
(8,204 posts)There's so much real racism, so many human rights abuses, so much legitimate to complain about. But if this is how we're going to decry racism, it demeans our serious complaints and makes us an easy target in return.
Collimator
(1,639 posts)It's a dog. The situation is sad enough when people actually believe that someone's external coloring makes them a member of a different "race" than just the human one, but let's leave pups of different colors out of this.
And, yes, I accept the commonly used term of "race" to describe people from different geographic clines, but it has never been accurate.
I read Ashley Montague's "Man's Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race" when I was 15 and it had a profound impact on my thinking.
To address the core issue: Most of what Ivanka Trump posts is "tone deaf" because she can't hear the sorrows of most of her fellow human beings. Expecting her to think deeply about an animal is unrealistic. The dog is a fashion accessory; we can all see that.
getting up in the morning makes us look petty
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)To not realize that suggests that you're really not paying close enough attention, IMHO
Raine
(30,540 posts)and so petty.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,791 posts)Maybe having a pet will help keep the Kushner children from becoming soulless weirdos like their parents.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I think it's a disgrace they allowed her to have a dog. I hope he runs away and gets taken in by someone who will actually care for him.
jmowreader
(50,561 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,791 posts)MFM008
(19,818 posts)Member of the family i can stand.
Collimator
(1,639 posts)The dog doesn't know she's a Trump.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)rpannier
(24,330 posts)emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)a shelter is best, but this kind of hostility is dumb. I just hope the family is good to their dog and teach the children to act responsibly with him. .
cabot
(724 posts)It isn't the dog's fault...hostility towards an innocent puppy is just insane.
Raine
(30,540 posts)I won't say a negative thing about this innocent animal! I had a white cat with blue eyes, I hope I don't get critized for that..
Opel_Justwax
(230 posts)Just sayin...
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)jcgoldie
(11,635 posts)Guess that would be less cute.