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Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 06:04 PM Aug 2015

Hillary infantalizes college grads about loan debt on Tweeter

How insulting is this?

(parphrase)
College grads, tell us how you feel
about getting financially screwed in
your attempt to improve you life
with childish symbols?

How does your student loan debt make you feel?
Tell us in 3 emojis or less.

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/631538115514007553

Are there emojis for efffuuu?

Some responses:
@HillaryClinton It feels like you should fire your "social media consultant" as hard as you possibly can. This makes you look stupid.

@Skullcat Thanks. It really was a stupid post. Emojis? You're a fucking politician and student loans are making a generation of slaves.

@HillaryClinton Your campaign is a joke. You'll never draw 20,000+ people to your rallies because you have nothing real to say.

@joemccann @mattg @HillaryClinton Hillary is a joke to anyone who pays attention to anything she says's! http://ThingsITrustMoreThanHillary.com

@Bro_Pair @HillaryClinton Like she's the quintessential Buzzfeed candidate lol.

@trill_pikachu @Bro_Pair @HillaryClinton she was insufferable before social media and it just keeps getting worse

Well Done Team HRC

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Hillary infantalizes college grads about loan debt on Tweeter (Original Post) Cosmic Kitten Aug 2015 OP
You picked a bunch of responses from republicans and posted them on DU? Renew Deal Aug 2015 #1
Yeah,those are some,er,interesting twitterers picked to sufrommich Aug 2015 #6
All that shows me is how nasty Sanders supporters are, even on Twitter. Metric System Aug 2015 #2
I thought it was a ham handed attempt to be cool but also an innocuous one... DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #3
You do this so well. Agschmid Aug 2015 #4
That had to be the stupidest thing ever. azmom Aug 2015 #5
Hey, just use the Hilliary solution! MattSh Aug 2015 #13
Arrrrrrrrgh!!! Hillary doesn't have any real solutions. azmom Aug 2015 #15
Guess you missed the sarcasm in that statement. MattSh Aug 2015 #18
Oh, sorry. I'm just very passionate about azmom Aug 2015 #19
Bernie supporter here...this doesn't help bobbobbins01 Aug 2015 #7
Agreed. Puglover Aug 2015 #17
It was asinine. Motown_Johnny Aug 2015 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #9
Maybe Hillary could aspirant Aug 2015 #10
Perhaps when mocking others for in your mind not getting social media mythology Aug 2015 #11
What the fuck is Tweeter? Cali_Democrat Aug 2015 #12
You use emoticons like they are going out of style. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #14
I'm 200k+ in the student loan debt hole ellisonz Aug 2015 #16
Ugh. That's really condescending. Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #20
Wheel.Of.Outrage. JoePhilly Aug 2015 #21

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,711 posts)
3. I thought it was a ham handed attempt to be cool but also an innocuous one...
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 06:14 PM
Aug 2015

The purposefully condescending remarks say more about the people making them than they could ever say about Ms. Clinton.

azmom

(5,208 posts)
5. That had to be the stupidest thing ever.
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 06:18 PM
Aug 2015

College kids are really suffering, and you ask them to tell you how they feel about their debt?

How would you feel if you were 25 and over $100,000 in debt with no job prospects?



MattSh

(3,714 posts)
13. Hey, just use the Hilliary solution!
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 03:09 AM
Aug 2015

She'd just give a speech and earn a cool $250,000. Debt solved!

azmom

(5,208 posts)
15. Arrrrrrrrgh!!! Hillary doesn't have any real solutions.
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 11:18 AM
Aug 2015

She is part of the problem. You can't call yourself a champion for the middle class and support TPP.

MattSh

(3,714 posts)
18. Guess you missed the sarcasm in that statement.
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 12:49 PM
Aug 2015

Didn't think I'd have to add this... because I thought it was obvious.

bobbobbins01

(1,681 posts)
7. Bernie supporter here...this doesn't help
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 06:49 PM
Aug 2015

At all. Please stop. I think it is the 3rd or 4th OP about the same thing I've seen posted and its embarrassing.

Response to Motown_Johnny (Reply #8)

aspirant

(3,533 posts)
10. Maybe Hillary could
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 07:54 PM
Aug 2015

"tell us in 3 emojis or less" how it felt to be dead broke when leaving the White House.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
11. Perhaps when mocking others for in your mind not getting social media
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 01:05 AM
Aug 2015

you should refer to the social media site by the correct name. It's Twitter not Tweeter.

And yes, people can act like idiots on social media. For example it took 10 minutes after Obama launched his Twitter account before people where using racial slurs on it.

But before you get so hung up on emoji being "childish" you might consider actually reading up on them as they are becoming more and more common and important in social media.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/4/3966140/how-emoji-conquered-the-world

http://mashable.com/2014/06/23/emoji-psychology/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style-blog/wp/2014/04/14/how-to-use-emoji-on-twitter/

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
14. You use emoticons like they are going out of style.
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 04:34 AM
Aug 2015

This is something a little light hearted and is directed at people like you. People who hang an emoticon off the end of everything. Her supporters who write like you are the target.

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