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Solly Mack

(90,767 posts)
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:52 PM Aug 2017

Melania Trump makes a joke. A bad joke.




Our country encourages freedom of speech, but let's communicate w/o hate in our hearts. No good comes from violence. #Charlottesville



That's a joke, right? Telling racists to communicate without hate in their hearts? That's her message? That's her big appeal on the violence in Charlottesville?

Racists are racists because they do hate. How does a racist express their hate without hate in their heart?

Or is she telling everyone else to listen to racists without counter-protesting them?

Does she seriously think the racists have something worth hearing?








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Melania Trump makes a joke. A bad joke. (Original Post) Solly Mack Aug 2017 OP
Hate is the whole point. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #1
I agree completely. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #3
It's the fuel that propelled him to power dalton99a Aug 2017 #9
+1 leftstreet Aug 2017 #2
I can. :( Solly Mack Aug 2017 #4
Hate is their currency. SamKnause Aug 2017 #5
Exactly! She's as FOS as her husband. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #7
As a Jew I have to say her response infuriates me. As a human being too, BTW. mucifer Aug 2017 #6
It infuriates me too. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #8
She speaks the words they put in front of her. lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #10
Good point. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #16
She didn't write that and probably doesn't have a clue of the significance of these events. Tatiana Aug 2017 #11
Totally agree! Lars39 Aug 2017 #12
I wonder about that myself. I'd like some proof she gives a damn. nolabear Aug 2017 #13
She wears it now. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #17
How is this hard? SaschaHM Aug 2017 #14
Not hard at all...unless you're a Trump. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #18
Our country allows freedom of speech. The DT admin does not GusBob Aug 2017 #15
They are something. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #19
That message should be coming from the President Thrill Aug 2017 #20
OK Solly Mack Aug 2017 #21
The responses here seem over the top Brainstormy Aug 2017 #22
OK Solly Mack Aug 2017 #23
I agree. Her tweet was fine,and appropriate. Nt lostnfound Aug 2017 #24

SamKnause

(13,106 posts)
5. Hate is their currency.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:56 PM
Aug 2017

She is pretending she doesn't know this.

Trump called for violence at all of his rallies.

Trump is probably laughing his ass off on the golf course.

They deserve each other.

mucifer

(23,542 posts)
6. As a Jew I have to say her response infuriates me. As a human being too, BTW.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:56 PM
Aug 2017

But, the Jew in me gets very fired up by all of this.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
10. She speaks the words they put in front of her.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 01:04 PM
Aug 2017



She has no idea what she will say until she speaks those words aloud.

Sincerity is not any Trump's strong suit.

Remember; this is the lady who plagiarized Michelle Obama at the RNC.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
11. She didn't write that and probably doesn't have a clue of the significance of these events.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 01:08 PM
Aug 2017

The WH realized it needed to make some sort of tepid statement regarding the violent situation. Trump, of course, TOTALLY SUPPORTS the Nazi march, so he was not going to make even the vaguest of condemnations. He loves his racist base and won't offend them.

So they dusted off Melania's twitter account.

This is so shameful. This feels like the 50s again.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
14. How is this hard?
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 01:21 PM
Aug 2017

"I support Freedom of Speech and I condemn the white supremacist and nazi sympathizers expressing un-american views and hatred in Charlottesville."


That statement is complete bullshit. It's not even close to being a subtweet.

Brainstormy

(2,380 posts)
22. The responses here seem over the top
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 01:46 PM
Aug 2017

As my grandmother used to say, you've got to give a dog its due. There's nothing inflammatory in her words. Maybe she was trying. Frankly I think Melania Trump, in a way, is victim, too.

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