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https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/16/politics/michelle-obama-donald-trump/index.html

I get her overall point here.  As a dad (not divorced), it kinda sucks that this is the way we look at the Dads.  I don't want to get overly outraged here as she was just trying to use a metaphor, but I would have expected more from her.



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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739
    edited April 2019
    cincybearcat said:
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/16/politics/michelle-obama-donald-trump/index.html

    I get her overall point here.  As a dad (not divorced), it kinda sucks that this is the way we look at the Dads.  I don't want to get overly outraged here as she was just trying to use a metaphor, but I would have expected more from her.



    What is wrong with divorced Dad's?  I worked with 3 divorced Dad's, 2 of them had sole custody of their children and I would have loved them as a father, the other had joint custody and the mother was all too happy to let him have them as often as liked, maybe she meant divorced Moms.  She like her husband are clueless...
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,908
    edited April 2019
    Haha....let me get this straight: You guys are upset at her depiction of divorced dads? Really? 

    My goodness. Is there not a segment of the population, in this day and age, that gets offended at any hint of a slight against them anymore?! This pc culture is pretty much a joke at this point. 

    It's a metaphor that the article says was used in jest....either way, I think the metaphor applies. 
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,017
    The Juggler said:
    Haha....let me get this straight: You guys are upset at her depiction of divorced dads? Really? 

    My goodness. Is there not a segment of the population, in this day and age, that gets offended at any hint of a slight against them anymore?! This pc culture is pretty much a joke at this point. 

    It's a metaphor that the article says was used in jest....either way, I think the metaphor applies. 
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,495
    That s a pretty shitty generalization by her. Be better than that Michelle. 
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  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    A private citizen has to be more careful of their metaphors than the President?
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,445
    njnancy said:
    A private citizen has to be more careful of their metaphors than the President?
    Really going to make this about trump? Wtf
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,495
    njnancy said:
    A private citizen has to be more careful of their metaphors than the President?
    Why does EVERYTHING have to be about Trump?
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,265
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,265
    Must be tough for her not to call him a giant walking pile of garbage, or worse, after all of the bad shit he has said about her husband.
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,445
    The Juggler said:
    Haha....let me get this straight: You guys are upset at her depiction of divorced dads? Really? 

    My goodness. Is there not a segment of the population, in this day and age, that gets offended at any hint of a slight against them anymore?! This pc culture is pretty much a joke at this point. 

    It's a metaphor that the article says was used in jest....either way, I think the metaphor applies. 
    Yeah I said not too outraged...but seems weird for her. I mean her trying to find the right metaphor must have been like a retard trying to piss in the corner of a round room. Or wait...is that a bad metaphor? 
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  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    cincybearcat said:
    njnancy said:
    A private citizen has to be more careful of their metaphors than the President?
    Really going to make this about trump? Wtf
    The country supported him because they were so sick of how PC America had become. Now people are upset that MO made a metaphor about a divorced dad speaking about how the country is right now. 

    I'm making it about what the atmosphere of the country has become. Our president has absolutely no filter and can say anything he wants but private citizens are held to a higher standard. 

    That makes no sense. 
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,445
    njnancy said:
    cincybearcat said:
    njnancy said:
    A private citizen has to be more careful of their metaphors than the President?
    Really going to make this about trump? Wtf
    The country supported him because they were so sick of how PC America had become. Now people are upset that MO made a metaphor about a divorced dad speaking about how the country is right now. 

    I'm making it about what the atmosphere of the country has become. Our president has absolutely no filter and can say anything he wants but private citizens are held to a higher standard. 

    That makes no sense. 
    Weird. Cause we can actually talk about things on their own merits without putting it on the trump scale.  

    If the trump scale is all that matters then we are in bigger trouble.
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,495
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

    She's better than that.  I don't care that she was talking about Trump but I do feel her generalizations about divorced dads was pretty shitty and wrong.   
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,445
    mcgruff10 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

    She's better than that.  I don't care that she was talking about Trump but I do feel her generalizations about divorced dads was pretty shitty and wrong.   
    Yeah that’s all I’m saying. If I said that the country on Donald trump was like a stay at home mom...watching tv and eating bons and all over social media all day and then complaining about how busy they are in the evening...I don’t that would go over well.
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  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    mcgruff10 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

    She's better than that.  I don't care that she was talking about Trump but I do feel her generalizations about divorced dads was pretty shitty and wrong.   
    So no one will complain about how ineffective her 'when they go low, we go high' mindset is/was anymore. Deal?



  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,495
    cincybearcat said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

    She's better than that.  I don't care that she was talking about Trump but I do feel her generalizations about divorced dads was pretty shitty and wrong.   
    Yeah that’s all I’m saying. If I said that the country on Donald trump was like a stay at home mom...watching tv and eating bons and all over social media all day and then complaining about how busy they are in the evening...I don’t that would go over well.
    Exactly.  
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,908
    mcgruff10 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

    She's better than that.  I don't care that she was talking about Trump but I do feel her generalizations about divorced dads was pretty shitty and wrong.   
    hahahaha

    This thread is a joke, right? My god, people...
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,265
    mcgruff10 said:
    cincybearcat said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

    She's better than that.  I don't care that she was talking about Trump but I do feel her generalizations about divorced dads was pretty shitty and wrong.   
    Yeah that’s all I’m saying. If I said that the country on Donald trump was like a stay at home mom...watching tv and eating bons and all over social media all day and then complaining about how busy they are in the evening...I don’t that would go over well.
    Exactly.  


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  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    The Juggler said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

    She's better than that.  I don't care that she was talking about Trump but I do feel her generalizations about divorced dads was pretty shitty and wrong.   
    hahahaha

    This thread is a joke, right? My god, people...
    Is this the outrage culture that people speak about? 

    Carry on, she did nothing wrong. 
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,908
    njnancy said:
    cincybearcat said:
    njnancy said:
    A private citizen has to be more careful of their metaphors than the President?
    Really going to make this about trump? Wtf
    The country supported him because they were so sick of how PC America had become. Now people are upset that MO made a metaphor about a divorced dad speaking about how the country is right now. 

    I'm making it about what the atmosphere of the country has become. Our president has absolutely no filter and can say anything he wants but private citizens are held to a higher standard. 

    That makes no sense. 
    People who support Trump have no leg to stand on when it comes to this stuff for the rest of eternity.

    Seeing people in here getting so offended over this little joke, while the president demeans, insults, and makes a mockery of the office he holds multiple times per day, every day is absolutely fucking hilarious. Hypocrisy at it's highest possible point.
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,017
    The Juggler said:
    njnancy said:
    cincybearcat said:
    njnancy said:
    A private citizen has to be more careful of their metaphors than the President?
    Really going to make this about trump? Wtf
    The country supported him because they were so sick of how PC America had become. Now people are upset that MO made a metaphor about a divorced dad speaking about how the country is right now. 

    I'm making it about what the atmosphere of the country has become. Our president has absolutely no filter and can say anything he wants but private citizens are held to a higher standard. 

    That makes no sense. 
    People who support Trump have no leg to stand on when it comes to this stuff for the rest of eternity.

    Seeing people in here getting so offended over this little joke, while the president demeans, insults, and makes a mockery of the office he holds multiple times per day, every day is absolutely fucking hilarious. Hypocrisy at it's highest possible point.
    Seems a couple of folks are in a round room trying to piss in a corner. Tsk, tsk. Oh the outrage.
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,908
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    The Juggler said:
    njnancy said:
    cincybearcat said:
    njnancy said:
    A private citizen has to be more careful of their metaphors than the President?
    Really going to make this about trump? Wtf
    The country supported him because they were so sick of how PC America had become. Now people are upset that MO made a metaphor about a divorced dad speaking about how the country is right now. 

    I'm making it about what the atmosphere of the country has become. Our president has absolutely no filter and can say anything he wants but private citizens are held to a higher standard. 

    That makes no sense. 
    People who support Trump have no leg to stand on when it comes to this stuff for the rest of eternity.

    Seeing people in here getting so offended over this little joke, while the president demeans, insults, and makes a mockery of the office he holds multiple times per day, every day is absolutely fucking hilarious. Hypocrisy at it's highest possible point.
    Seems a couple of folks are in a round room trying to piss in a corner. Tsk, tsk. Oh the outrage.
    It's pretty funny
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,445
    So - I have a serious question. I even stated that this is not something to get all upset about but that it was a very weird metaphor...and I think inappropriate. And I didn’t expect it from Michelle.

    so - people here really don’t care at all about this? Saying that divorced dads all don’t care about there kids and just do the fun stuff? You all are ok with keeping that line of thinking going? 

    Perhaps it’s fine, but then I’m sure hoping we can feel free to make all the other generalizations too. Please don’t jump all over my opinion like some Jew who saw a penny....wait...is that not ok? 
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,495
    The Juggler said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

    She's better than that.  I don't care that she was talking about Trump but I do feel her generalizations about divorced dads was pretty shitty and wrong.   
    hahahaha

    This thread is a joke, right? My god, people...
    No i thought it was  a pretty dumb and ignorant analogy. I m not going to lose any sleep over it but I am surprised she said it. 
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,445
    The Juggler said:
    njnancy said:
    cincybearcat said:
    njnancy said:
    A private citizen has to be more careful of their metaphors than the President?
    Really going to make this about trump? Wtf
    The country supported him because they were so sick of how PC America had become. Now people are upset that MO made a metaphor about a divorced dad speaking about how the country is right now. 

    I'm making it about what the atmosphere of the country has become. Our president has absolutely no filter and can say anything he wants but private citizens are held to a higher standard. 

    That makes no sense. 
    People who support Trump have no leg to stand on when it comes to this stuff for the rest of eternity.

    Seeing people in here getting so offended over this little joke, while the president demeans, insults, and makes a mockery of the office he holds multiple times per day, every day is absolutely fucking hilarious. Hypocrisy at it's highest possible point.
    I would agree that if you are ok with trump and what he has been doing, specifically making fun of the handicapped and using nicknames, etc. You certainly shouldn’t care about this.


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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,908
    mcgruff10 said:
    The Juggler said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

    She's better than that.  I don't care that she was talking about Trump but I do feel her generalizations about divorced dads was pretty shitty and wrong.   
    hahahaha

    This thread is a joke, right? My god, people...
    No i thought it was  a pretty dumb and ignorant analogy. I m not going to lose any sleep over it but I am surprised she said it. 
    I thought it was funny and spot on. 
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,017
    The Juggler said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    The Juggler said:
    njnancy said:
    cincybearcat said:
    njnancy said:
    A private citizen has to be more careful of their metaphors than the President?
    Really going to make this about trump? Wtf
    The country supported him because they were so sick of how PC America had become. Now people are upset that MO made a metaphor about a divorced dad speaking about how the country is right now. 

    I'm making it about what the atmosphere of the country has become. Our president has absolutely no filter and can say anything he wants but private citizens are held to a higher standard. 

    That makes no sense. 
    People who support Trump have no leg to stand on when it comes to this stuff for the rest of eternity.

    Seeing people in here getting so offended over this little joke, while the president demeans, insults, and makes a mockery of the office he holds multiple times per day, every day is absolutely fucking hilarious. Hypocrisy at it's highest possible point.
    Seems a couple of folks are in a round room trying to piss in a corner. Tsk, tsk. Oh the outrage.
    It's pretty funny
    It’s absolutely hilarious, particularly complaining about it “being about Team Trump Treason,” when MO was asked about and was 
    commenting on in the article linked. Also, isn’t Team Trump Treason a “divorced dad?” A few times? Bahahahahahaha!

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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,495
    The Juggler said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    The Juggler said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

    She's better than that.  I don't care that she was talking about Trump but I do feel her generalizations about divorced dads was pretty shitty and wrong.   
    hahahaha

    This thread is a joke, right? My god, people...
    No i thought it was  a pretty dumb and ignorant analogy. I m not going to lose any sleep over it but I am surprised she said it. 
    I thought it was funny and spot on. 
    To each their own. 
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,445
    The Juggler said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Her comment was specifically about Trump, though.

    She's better than that.  I don't care that she was talking about Trump but I do feel her generalizations about divorced dads was pretty shitty and wrong.   
    hahahaha

    This thread is a joke, right? My god, people...
    Did you even read my first post? You are pretending that I’m outraged like y’all were when trump had toilet paper on his shoe. 
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,495
    cincybearcat said:
    So - I have a serious question. I even stated that this is not something to get all upset about but that it was a very weird metaphor...and I think inappropriate. And I didn’t expect it from Michelle.

    so - people here really don’t care at all about this? Saying that divorced dads all don’t care about there kids and just do the fun stuff? You all are ok with keeping that line of thinking going? 

    Perhaps it’s fine, but then I’m sure hoping we can feel free to make all the other generalizations too. Please don’t jump all over my opinion like some Jew who saw a penny....wait...is that not ok? 
    People on the left would be up in arms if a republican said this. And they will say that they wouldn’t be until they are blue in the face but I call bullshit.  

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