11-23-2018, 11:35 PM
(11-23-2018, 04:54 PM)bfine32 Wrote: But you cannot determine the impact it has on the individual.
No, I can't. I doubt that's the only thing that matters though. People's sensitivities and how people feel about certain things is not the sole criteria I'd go with. My criteria remains that calling a black woman an ape is worse than anything Melania has suffered.
By that, I'm not belittling the bullying she's faced. But I can to a certain extent expect her to have some perspective on that.
(11-23-2018, 04:54 PM)bfine32 Wrote: The common refrain from the Left and in this forum is "It's not THAT bad".
That's also how I feel, and I no longer indentify with "The Left". To me, to a certain point, there's an element of overblown self-pity aligned with her words here. I say that with all care, I know bad things are said about her (and anyone in the public spotlight) by too many people and I do not intent to give any of these bad things a pass. Still, "ape" or "tra..y" (what Michelle Obama was called with frequency) is just worse. No matter how Melania feels about that, it just is.