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LOL. Ivanka's commencement speech was cancelled (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jun 2020 OP
Why anyone would want to hear a commencement speech from that plastic vapidity is beyond me. scarletwoman Jun 2020 #1
anyone who likes platitudes delivered in whispery voice Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #3
Really. A stupid woman from a family of racist idiots. Why would anyone want that? n/t. NNadir Jun 2020 #23
What the hell were they thinking inviting her in the first place?!?! NT Bleacher Creature Jun 2020 #2
Celebrity cultism. EOM Grokenstein Jun 2020 #15
It's Witchita State... SergeStorms Jun 2020 #24
Wichita... the place of my birth. lapfog_1 Jun 2020 #25
Koch brothers country! n/t aggiesal Jun 2020 #26
How toxic do you have to be to get uninvited to Witchita? maxrandb Jun 2020 #27
Whew! For a minute, I thought WSU might be Wayne State. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2020 #35
So glad to hear... wcmagumba Jun 2020 #4
Subjecting grads and family to an Ivanka speech should be blackballed as a form of torture. Scurrilous Jun 2020 #5
good Kali Jun 2020 #6
Especially the shunning...can't pardon your way outta that Budi Jun 2020 #12
"Thank you for accepting this speaking engagement." Aristus Jun 2020 #7
It was a virtual commencement speech and it's already in the can Brother Buzz Jun 2020 #9
Haaahaa.. they shitcanned her virtual youtube speech! Budi Jun 2020 #13
Somebody must have put so much work into that speech. crickets Jun 2020 #14
Probably Meredfith McIver! Tanuki Jun 2020 #20
Ugh, so it's probably like this mess Grokenstein Jun 2020 #16
... cayugafalls Jun 2020 #10
LOL, Princess Ivanka is steamed! Brother Buzz Jun 2020 #8
Ha ha ha! She thinks her empty platitudes genuinely inspire us pathetic Poors. Grokenstein Jun 2020 #17
Poor widdle FUBARED Gaslighting Troll Cha Jun 2020 #22
That is in Kansas right? scarytomcat Jun 2020 #34
"inflaming"?!?! He took brown people's children by the thousands!!!! uponit7771 Jun 2020 #11
I wonder who masterminded that one? Talk about eating shit! I'd be willing to bet cancelling brewens Jun 2020 #18
I was looking forward to that. Who was to speak? rusty quoin Jun 2020 #19
Thank You Universe! Cha Jun 2020 #21
Good. Maxheader Jun 2020 #28
What a loss! Everyone wanted to hear her stories about camping indoors! struggle4progress Jun 2020 #29
And champagne popsicles! Don't tell me you forgot the champagne popsicles!! hatrack Jun 2020 #30
I really did forget ... *hangs-head-in-shame* struggle4progress Jun 2020 #31
I have to break out this old rant maxrandb Jun 2020 #32
My take on a couple of lowlights maxrandb Jun 2020 #33
Womp and Circumstance Blue Owl Jun 2020 #36

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
24. It's Witchita State...
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 03:02 AM
Jun 2020

their other choices were Limu Emu (with or without Doug) and Larry the Cable Guy. Limu Emu and Larry cost quite a bit more than Ivanka.

lapfog_1

(29,226 posts)
25. Wichita... the place of my birth.
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 03:14 AM
Jun 2020

So so glad not to be in Kansas anymore.

So so sad it has gone to hell in a confederate MAGA hand basket.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,369 posts)
35. Whew! For a minute, I thought WSU might be Wayne State.
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 08:44 AM
Jun 2020

I'd hate to think of her speaking at "my" WSU.

Anyway, glad she's not speaking at any WSU.

wcmagumba

(2,892 posts)
4. So glad to hear...
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 12:50 AM
Jun 2020

I live in the area and didn't even know about her being scheduled...Unfortunately this was the home of Pompeo for years and longtime headquarters of disgusting Koch Industries...Kudos to whoever made the wise decision to cancel princess b**ch...

Aristus

(66,467 posts)
7. "Thank you for accepting this speaking engagement."
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 01:01 AM
Jun 2020

"Well, it was either this, or another "special night" with Daddy..."

Brother Buzz

(36,466 posts)
9. It was a virtual commencement speech and it's already in the can
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 01:16 AM
Jun 2020

She released her commencement speech, which she said was recorded on May 18, on YouTube.

crickets

(25,983 posts)
14. Somebody must have put so much work into that speech.
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 01:23 AM
Jun 2020

It's too bad her big moment to take credit for it has been spoiled. Aww.

Grokenstein

(5,727 posts)
16. Ugh, so it's probably like this mess
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 01:32 AM
Jun 2020


The (remaining at the time) Monty Python lads at their least funny. They can't all be Maseratis but this one was a Yugo.

Brother Buzz

(36,466 posts)
8. LOL, Princess Ivanka is steamed!
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 01:11 AM
Jun 2020
Ivanka Trump condemns 'cancel culture' after WSU Tech cancels her commencement speech


BY CHANCE SWAIM
JUNE 05, 2020

Ivanka Trump called Wichita State University and WSU Tech's decision to cancel her commencement speech "antithetical to academia" after the schools canceled her speech amid criticism of the White House's response to protests against racist policing.

WSU Tech, a Wichita State-affiliated technical training school, announced Thursday that Trump would deliver a commencement speech to graduates Saturday afternoon during a virtual graduation ceremony for the school's 750-plus graduates. After backlash from Wichita State faculty, students and alumni, the two institutions released a joint statement late Thursday canceling Trump's speech.

Trump released her commencement speech, which she said was recorded on May 18, on YouTube and shared it to her 8.9 million Twitter followers on Friday evening. In a written statement, she encouraged students to "dream big and aspire to make the world a better place" and condemned the decision to cancel her address to graduates.

<more>

https://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article243324121.html

Grokenstein

(5,727 posts)
17. Ha ha ha! She thinks her empty platitudes genuinely inspire us pathetic Poors.
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 01:35 AM
Jun 2020

She might be even more of a self-adoring loon than her old man.

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)
34. That is in Kansas right?
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 08:34 AM
Jun 2020

Why would anyone want her to speak?
I don't understand theDump phenomenon. I have disliked him since the seventies. A waste of air.

brewens

(13,622 posts)
18. I wonder who masterminded that one? Talk about eating shit! I'd be willing to bet cancelling
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 01:37 AM
Jun 2020

was not his or her idea.

Maxheader

(4,374 posts)
28. Good.
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 07:27 AM
Jun 2020

Taken some classes there..students are pretty laid back, getr done ..

Like me years ago, don't understand the injustices..More are

getting it...understanding how voting works...

maxrandb

(15,359 posts)
32. I have to break out this old rant
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 07:53 AM
Jun 2020

This is evidence that America...and possibly the entire fucking world has not only crashed through the Looking Glass, but we are now using the broken shards to slit our fucking wrists.

Every fiber of my being, from the deepest depths of my soul, to the tips of my male nipples in the frozen-food section at Harris Teeter, knows with a crystalline, pure spar certainty, that I should NOT BE REQUIRED to give ONE-FUCK what this soulless, hell spawn "Netherworld Barbie" has to say about fucking anything!

My intellect, my psyche, my conscience, my decency and grace...all tell me that I shouldn't even be required to know who in the fuck these people are.

I know that these lifeless, grifting, vapid, empty vessels deserve NOT ONE NANO-SECOND of my serious thoughts.

These spray-on-tan, Loreal of Bakersfield, plastic, Axe-Body Spray wearing morons SHOULD BE THE MOST FUCKING INSIGNIFICANT PEOPLE WE EVER ENCOUNTER in our lives.

Their impact on our lives should have the same effect of a fucking gnat blocking the path of a charging rhino.

I will NEVER forgive fucking Donnie Shit for Brains voting morons for requiring me to take seriously A FUCKING BUNCH OF IGNORANT FUCKSTICKS that should NEVER be taken seriously

This fucking family and their supporters, are like dog-shit stuck in the grooves of your tennis shoes.

maxrandb

(15,359 posts)
33. My take on a couple of lowlights
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 08:09 AM
Jun 2020

"I remember playing 'find the mushroom' with Daddy. That game helped prepare me to get where I am today, sitting on daddy's lap at the resolute desk.

And if you're lucky, some of you young ladies will marry as fine a man as Jared.

The thing about Jared is, you look at his eyes and it's almost like he's not really alive. See he has cold eyes...black, kind of like a dolls eyes, but when he grifts... those black eyes roll over white...ah, and then you hear that terrible high-pitched screaming

Be best! Oh wait, that's daddy's side bitch's line...

Thanks Ivanka"

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