No, it would be entirely possible to simply release a statement expressing her disagreement, and would demonstrate an actual commitment to one of her causes.AZLizardLady wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:49 pmHow would you like the First Lady to handle this with her husband, the POTUS? Bring him to a podium in the Rose Garden and dress him down, doing so in all the languages she is said to be able to speak?Francee89 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:39 pmIf she’s going to present herself to the world as an opponent of the cyber bullying of children, then it undermines her credibility when she stays silent about her own husband doing it. No one forced her to pick that as a cause, knowing it would put her in the position of looking like a lukewarm spokesperson who’ll only speak out when it’s convenient and easy when she stays silent while her husband inevitably does things like this. It turns the worthy messages of her campaign into a joke - a quick perusal of Twitter will show you countless young people using #BeBest as a punchline because of this.AZLizardLady wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:31 pm I don't believe that the First Lady is under any political or social requirement to admonish her husband publicly and that she hasn't done so publicly doesn't mean she hasn't done so privately.
As for Trump's tweet directed at Miss Thunberg, I am curious....if we are to applaud a 16-year old essentially giving the world a verbal spanking and telling the grown-ups off for their lack of caring that they've (in her sentiments) "stolen her childhood," are the adults to remain quiet and not say anything in retort?
I read his tweet and of course the media has covered it extensively. It was gruff, condescending, and in response to her doing exactly what I wrote above.
The adults can absolutely engage her in debate. There’s simply no need to mock or insult her personally. Children don’t deserve to be bullied by adults simply for being passionate activists.
I don't see his tweet(s) directed at her as actual bullying. Sorry.
What else would a 73 year old man mocking a child be? I somehow don’t think that Melania would be totally cool with, say, Barron’s teacher writing that on a passionate paper he wrote and would be justified thinking he or she was picking on him.