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We'll know for sure ACA repeal is dead when Trump calls McCain "Tumor Guy" in a tweet (Original Post) Ken Burch Sep 2017 OP
TRUMP NEEDS TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, THE PSYCHOTIC HOSPITAL.... onecent Sep 2017 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch Sep 2017 #2
Trump has a pet, named Ivanka... Wounded Bear Sep 2017 #4
So *MANY* legitimate things to judge him for. It makes our side look petty to focus on this... NurseJackie Sep 2017 #8
I wasn't talking about people who don't have pets for health reasons. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #9
It still makes our side look petty to focus on his pet-free status. So many OTHER things... NurseJackie Sep 2017 #10
He's a "Low Energy" guy Stallion Sep 2017 #3
He didn't! Did he? smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #5
where is that tweet? not on his tweet account. spanone Sep 2017 #6
I said "when", in the headline...didn't say he actually HAD tweeted it yet. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #11
Well there is a rally tonight. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2017 #7

onecent

(6,096 posts)
1. TRUMP NEEDS TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, THE PSYCHOTIC HOSPITAL....
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 04:22 PM
Sep 2017

I'm glad ACA repeal is dead.....Trump YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF...., STEP DOWN,
YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS, AND YOUR FAMILY IS FALLING APART......

Response to onecent (Reply #1)

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
8. So *MANY* legitimate things to judge him for. It makes our side look petty to focus on this...
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 06:27 PM
Sep 2017

... and whether or not he has pets... and suggesting that this reveals something about his psyche. Frankly, this kind of "logic" and association risks insulting people who (for whatever reasons) do not have pets.

I know many fine people who do not have pets. They're all wonderful human beings. Their lack of being pet-owners does not make them any less worthy of respect. It doesn't make them less trustworthy, or less honest, or less loving, or less friendly. People should not be diminished or disparaged for not being pet owners.

Look, I hate Donald Trump as much as anyone, but it's wrong to make these broad-brush attacks that also insinuate that pet-free families, couples or individuals are inferior to others who DO own pets. (Even if you didn't "mean it"... I'm just letting you know how it sounds and comes across.)



 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
9. I wasn't talking about people who don't have pets for health reasons.
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 06:30 PM
Sep 2017

Or about anybody other than Trump.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
10. It still makes our side look petty to focus on his pet-free status. So many OTHER things...
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 06:38 PM
Sep 2017

... about him are deplorable.

I wasn't talking about people who don't have pets for health reasons.
There are many many reasons (other than health-related) that people do not have pets. Age. Mobility. Finances. Work schedule. Lease prohibitions. Been-there-done-that. Patience. Interest. Children. Small living space.

Or about anybody other than Trump.
I know, and I gave you the benefit of the doubt. I'm letting you know how it comes across and that it looks petty to focus on something as trivial as that.

We lose credibility when we later focus our criticisms on the "big stuff" (because we've already demonstrated an inability to discern that which is important from that which is trivial.)



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