Melania Trump: Ending social media bullying would be focus as first lady

[TheCount]

Melania Trump said Thursday she'd work to improve a social media culture that "has gotten too mean and too rough, especially to children and teenagers," if she becomes first lady.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/03/politi...-pennsylvania/


Step 1: Take away Donald's internet privileges?
Step 2: Alt-right something something something?

[dannno]

Improve social media culture = end social media bullying?

[Ender]

Improve social media culture = end social media bullying?

= LESS AND LESS INTERNET FREEDOM.

[euphemia]

Part of the solution is teaching people how to protect themselves from internet bullying.

[dannno]

= LESS AND LESS INTERNET FREEDOM.

Ya, that's what I'm trying to figure out, where did you and the OP get that idea from? How does the first lady restrict internet freedom? Is that really what she meant by saying she wanted to improve social media culture?

[Ender]

Ya, that's what I'm trying to figure out, where did you and the OP get that idea from? 1) How does the first lady restrict internet freedom? 2) Is that really what she meant by saying she wanted to improve social media culture?

1) 'Bout the same way as the current First Lady ruined school lunches.
2) Pretty sure.

[dannno]

1) 'Bout the same way as the current First Lady ruined school lunches.
2) Pretty sure.

What do you think Milo thinks of all this?

[euphemia]

It doesn't always have to mean a loss of freedom. Teach people how to protect themselves. Remove restrictions so more parents can home school. Get kids away from each other. Kids are oversocialized, and have become socially stunted.

[Ender]

Mordon- Your -neg rep was stupid & completely UnFreedom.

You can't FORCE manners on others.

[Ender]

It doesn't always have to mean a loss of freedom. Teach people how to protect themselves. Remove restrictions so more parents can home school. Get kids away from each other. Kids are oversocialized, and have become socially stunted.

Basically get the $#@!ing government out of everything and let people work it out themselves.

[Mordan]

Mordon- Your -neg rep was stupid & completely UnFreedom.

You can't FORCE manners on others.

You can teach them though. That's why I got banned for 1 month here.


Melania's move does not mean less and less internet freedom.

[Ender]

You can teach them though. That's why I got banned for 1 month here.


Melania's move does not mean less and less internet freedom.

NO. It does NOT.

[Ender]

What do you think Milo thinks of all this?

Maybe that one should be smarter in the disregard of a private company's rules?

[bunklocoempire]

A real solution for a fake problem.

Free speech means there is no such thing as bullying with written word.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but I can assign the same attributes to written word if I can get people to act out of fear and pride. Reject cyber bullying and embrace anti-free speech.

yay T-rump

[Brian4Liberty]

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen thirty Years a Resident within the United States; the same requirements shall apply to the spouse of the President.

FTFY.

[TheCount]

Improve social media culture = end social media bullying?

Is your mouse button broken? She directly says bullying.

"It is never OK when a 12-year-old girl or boy is mocked, bullied or attacked. It is terrible when it happens on the playground, and it is absolutely unacceptable when it is done by someone with no name hiding on the internet. We have to find a better way to talk to each other," Melania Trump said.

[tod evans]

Part of the solution is teaching people how to protect themselves from internet bullying.

[dannno]

Is your mouse button broken? She directly says bullying.

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So where does she claim she wants to end it?

[rprprs]

If you can't stand the heat.... then yes, THIS...

Or, at the very least, get off of FedBook and other social media. Mission accomplished and you can still enjoy other benefits of the internet.

[Occam's Banana]

I wonder how many people would grant Michelle Obama the benefit of the doubt if she said the same things.

First Ladies should just sit down and STFU - and the same goes for First Gentlemen, if and when there ever is one.

[LibertyEagle]

I wonder how many people would grant Michelle Obama the benefit of the doubt if she said the same things.

First Ladies should just sit down and STFU - and the same goes for First Gentlemen, if and when there ever is one.

I think one hell of a lot of people gave Michelle Obama all kinds of benefit of the doubt. The problem is she removed all doubt that she would use government force to carry out her bull$#@!. I don't think anyone here would agree with Melania Trump doing likewise. But, she hasn't said she would do that. At this point anyway. Once upon a time, there used to be things like public service announcements. I don't have much of an issue with those. I'd rather not have either, but in the scheme of things, not a big deal. And it's not force.

[asurfaholic]

All the very real problems in the world, and this chump picks up on the issue that is in no way a federal responsibility. It's a parenting problem.

No respect

[Occam's Banana]

I think one hell of a lot of people gave Michelle Obama all kinds of benefit of the doubt.

I doubt they did around here. I certainly didn't. And no one else should have either.

Granting such benefits of the doubt is a big part of how we got in the mess we're in today.

Does anyone around here seriously think that a First Lady campaigning against being mean on the Internet is going to end well? Regardless of intent, it will do nothing but energize and give greater social credibility to the efforts of the already belligerently overweening forces of political correctness in society. How is that a good thing?

Remember "Just Say No?" That was Nancy Reagan's pet project. It turned out to be not so much about warning children away from drugs as it was about propagandizing everybody in favor of ramping up the "War on Drugs" in a major way. And the results were disastrous for liberty and smaller government.

I repeat: First Ladies/Gentlemen should sit down and STFU. At most, they should be seen and not heard.

(In fact, we shouldn't even have First Ladies/Gentlemen in the first place. But that's another argument for another thread ... )

[alucard13mm]

First lady should STFU... lol. First Lady should not be involved in any policy making ;s..

[Jan2017]

First lady should STFU... lol. First Lady should not be involved in any policy making ;s..

I don't think it was a "policy" thing . . . not even used to Michelle Obama and Hilly getting involved in policy things.

Part of the solution is teaching people how to protect themselves from internet bullying.

Yeah, I don't think she intended to mean it in a government regulation kinda way . . . a social/education public service program or whatever
that is not such a controversial topic, the more usual First Lady kinda stuff (whatever that is)

the same requirements shall apply to the spouse of the President.

She is an immigrant - got her work visa and all. I wonder any other foreign-born FLOTUS ?

[LibertyEagle]

I doubt they did around here. I certainly didn't. And no one else should have either.

Granting such benefits of the doubt is a big part of how we got in the mess we're in today.

Does anyone around here seriously think that a First Lady campaigning against being mean on the Internet is going to end well? Regardless of intent, it will do nothing but energize and give greater social credibility to the efforts of the already belligerently overweening forces of political correctness in society. How is that a good thing?

Remember "Just Say No?" That was Nancy Reagan's pet project. It turned out to be not so much about warning children away from drugs as it was about propagandizing everybody in favor of ramping up the "War on Drugs" in a major way. And the results were disastrous for liberty and smaller government.

I repeat: First Ladies/Gentlemen should sit down and STFU. At most, they should be seen and not heard.

(In fact, we shouldn't even have First Ladies/Gentlemen in the first place. But that's another argument for another thread ... )

I see your point. Actually, always did. I'm just not going to lose it over her giving that speech. Although, I would have much preferred for her to talk about what her husband was fighting to do, or to just say her role would be to support her husband and to raise her child. But, that would have irritated the feminazis. Can't win these days.

[TheCount]

She is an immigrant - got her work visa and all. I wonderr any other foreign-born FLOTUS ?

Yes, she's one of the dreaded H1B immigrants who steal jobs from Americans.

#americantrophywivesfirst

[Brian4Liberty]

I doubt they did around here. I certainly didn't. And no one else should have either.

Granting such benefits of the doubt is a big part of how we got in the mess we're in today.

Does anyone around here seriously think that a First Lady campaigning against being mean on the Internet is going to end well? Regardless of intent, it will do nothing but energize and give greater social credibility to the efforts of the already belligerently overweening forces of political correctness in society. How is that a good thing?

Remember "Just Say No?" That was Nancy Reagan's pet project. It turned out to be not so much about warning children away from drugs as it was about propagandizing everybody in favor of ramping up the "War on Drugs" in a major way. And the results were disastrous for liberty and smaller government.

I repeat: First Ladies/Gentlemen should sit down and STFU. At most, they should be seen and not heard.

(In fact, we shouldn't even have First Ladies/Gentlemen in the first place. But that's another argument for another thread ... )

Then there was the PMRC, fronted by a Second Lady...

[Occam's Banana]

I see your point. Actually, always did. I'm just not going to lose it over her giving that speech. Although, I would have much preferred for her to talk about what her husband was fighting to do, or to just say her role would be to support her husband and to raise her child. But, that would have irritated the feminazis. Can't win these days.

I know what you mean.

It's not the sort of thing I would even bother talking about if someone else hadn't mentioned it first.

Then there was the PMRC, fronted by a Second Lady...

Another good example ...

[Occam's Banana]

Yeah, I don't think she intended to mean it in a government regulation kinda way . . . a social/education public service program or whatever
that is not such a controversial topic, the more usual First Lady kinda stuff (whatever that is)

It doesn't matter how she intended to mean it.

It does matter that others who DO mean it "in a government regulation kinda way" will use it to advance their agenda.