Why is the media trying to humanize Melania

[Proud liberal 80]

Just a reminder that she was a birther, too.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/21/politics/melania-trump-state-dinner/index.html

[Kirk Lover]

1. Ok true but technically she is human. nt

[Proud liberal 80]

6. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanize

Second definition

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanize

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

52. You sure about that?

[elleng]

2. Because she's human?

Recall how the media gave trump so much attention, they practically gave him repug nomination, AND presidency.

[Proud liberal 80]

9. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanize

Second definition
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanize

[politicaljunkie41910]

40. But she does have that State Dinner to prepare for. Sssshhhhssss Whatever will she wear??????

It's not like she has to prepare the menu, grocery shop, and clean the White House ...

The services for Mrs. Bush capped a week that included hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife for two days at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, culminating in a dinner for the couple -- a smaller dry-run, perhaps, for the mountainous task of the full state dinner that lies ahead in Washington.

State Dinner prep
Planning for Tuesday's state dinner, being held in honor of the official visit of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, began months ago; it was then that Melania Trump started to think of the details, such as an ideal gift.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/21/politics/melania-trump-state-dinner/index.html

So much to do; so little time. Please spare us the details of this woman's HARD life.

[underthematrix]

3. Yep That's Birther Ho aka Trump's former sidepiece

[jaysunb]

10. +1 n/t

[madaboutharry]

4. I think she didn't have the strength to say otherwise.

I do believe that we are all responsible for what we do and say, but I think she is in an abusive relationship and was saying what she was told by a controlling sociopath. I know a lot of people here think she is a gold digger and have no empathy for her, but I think more is going on in that sick marriage than we know.

[janx]

8. Yes. n/t

[underthematrix]

15. I don't think she's a gold digger. I agree she's in an abusive relationship

[More_Cowbell]

24. I can't believe that she thought she'd come to America and make it on her "talent"

So to me, that leaves only a few ways she could earn a living. Certainly not as an architect or whatever Trump claims she studied.

[Tipperary]

41. Classy.

Not.

[NCTraveler]

28. A lot of consideration should be given to this. Nt

[dawg day]

53. I like to think of her nagging and insulting him at every opportunity

I don't know if she does, but that would be one way he could get 1% of the punishment he deserves.

Also, I like to think that she makes him pay for every single bit of her cooperation in public. Like, "Yes, I'll hold your hand tomorrow, but only for 10 seconds, and that will be $10K paid into my account beforehand. No money, no handy."

[AJT]

5. We all know where dehumanizing can lead. Melania is a human being.

We can dislike her, be angry, but we shouldn't dehumanize. She has said terrible things, we shouldn't forget that, she needs to be held accountable.

[Proud liberal 80]

17. I didnt say that we should dehumanize her

But we shouldn’t pretend that she is some compassionate and caring person.

[AJT]

33. I understand, I just get affraid sometimes that I'll lose perspective.

I guess I'm talking about myself more than anyone else.

[Cha]

7. Just a suggestion.. maybe you

should say.. "..media trying to normalize her.."?

Like they did trump for the GE.

[Proud liberal 80]

16. I can see

I can see how “normalization” could of been used in my OP, but I also think saying humanize was ok, too.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. Not a fan, but I have a hard time believing she'd personally give a shit where Obama was born.

[democratisphere]

12. Slovenian Stockholm Syndrome (SSS)

[Julian Englis]

13. Actually, the robot lobby is also pushing this, too 😃

And the mail order bride companies

[Cha]

19. LOL

[backscatter712]

14. She was smiling at the funeral because she was imagining Donald's body in the casket. nt

[dameatball]

20. Gwarsh.....I thoight I was harsh.....lol.

[backscatter712]

44. "Here, my beautiful Donald! Eat more cheeseburger! Drink milkshake!"

"Is good for you, da?"

[Scurrilous]

21. ...

[dflprincess]

22. I thought she might have been fantasizing about President Obama

I honestly kept expecting to see her reach out and try to rub his leg.

[dameatball]

18. She deserves respect. After all she did cross that river and crawl through the desert to get here.

Oh, wait, nevermind. She caught the express.

[UTUSN]

23. "an inspired state dinner"?!1

[onecaliberal]

25. I have zero respect for her. With her fake cyber bulky cause when her husband is the worst.

Especially since she knows exactly what he is but rather than show her son how a real man acts by leaving and divorcing, she is showing him to be a greedy asshole like the rest. The kind of people who only value money and will never have what they pretend to have.

[PaulX2]

26. Since her husband is such a pile of feces

I want to feel sorry for her. I dont. She chose to marry him. They are both scum. There, I said it.

[flotsam]

27. Why are they trying to humanize Barbara Bush?

She was the wife of one war criminal and the mother of another and her closest to honest member of the family is probably Neil Bush who only embezzled from his own bank...

[Ferrets are Cool]

54. +1

[Pope George Ringo II]

29. It's important and experimental work.

[Nevernose]

30. So whats your point?

She’s an Eastern European college dropout that (at best) married for money (and there are plenty of worse reasons). NOBODY who EVER married Donald Trump EVER expected him to be addressed as “Mister President.” Very few of the people who actually VOTED for Trump thought he would win.

If she was a birther, or repeated birther stuff, it’s really not something worth judging her over. She was clearly fulfilling her paid position as the wife of a giant asshole. She may even believe it. If so, it’s because that’s what she was told to think.

It is really fucking hard to withhold judgment of most Trunpsters/Conservatives/Etceteras. I believe, however, that we should judge the people who programmed them. People like Melania aren’t the problem: they’re the symptom.

[Proud liberal 80]

34. Disagree

If she was a birther, or repeated birther stuff, it’s really not something worth judging her over.

Umm, yes it is.

[CanSocDem]

43. Indeed! Well said. (eom)

[backscatter712]

45. There's a lot of racist pieces of shit out there... n/t

[smirkymonkey]

32. I suppose the one thing we all have in common with her is that we want

to see her husband dead.

[Marie Marie]

35. I think those pics showed more of the humanity in Obama.

I can picture him going out of his way to make her fell comfortable.

[dem4decades]

36. You know if Obama can forgive her who am I to hold a grudge?

[Maeve]

37. More to be pitied than censured

She is more to be pitied than censured
she is more to be loved than despised.
She is only a lassie who ventured
On life's stormy path ill-advised.
Do not scorn her with words fierce and bitter
Do not laugh at her shame and downfall
For a moment please stop and consider
That a man was the cause of it all.

Actually, I prefer this from 1900:

She's only a bird in a gilded cage,
A beautiful sight to see,
You may think she's happy and free from care,
She's not, though she seems to be,
'Tis sad when you think of her wasted life,
For youth cannot mate with age,
And her beauty was sold,
For an old man's gold,
She's a bird in a gilded cage.

[Hekate]

47. Sometimes those old songs and poems tell the tale best. Thanks. nt

[stonecutter357]

38. I think she is KGB .

[ret5hd]

51. Exactly. A trained pro, dt's "handler". Just a job that she's good at.

When the indictments come, hers will be labeled "Espionage".

[FairDemocrat]

39. Jimmy Kimmel had a little fun with her

[kacekwl]

42. Just pointing out that she may

enjoy life away from the scum she usually hangs out with. Being with nice people makes you feel good.

[Hekate]

46. Because she is a human being

[Proud liberal 80]

48. Look up the definition of humanize

Geez! I am tired of all the smart ass comments!

[northremembers]

49. Tradition. First ladies are always humanized by mainstream media.

Barbara and Laura were often presented as decent people despite the monstrous things their husbands did. When Hillary was first lady she was also given fair coverage despite many venomous remarks by Republicans. Somehow, the first lady is still off limits and I don't see that we would be better off by changing that.

Yes, she obviously married Trump for his money and citizenship. We should criticize Donald for conflicting his own policies. I'm willing to give Melania the same pass for standing by her husband that Hillary got for standing by hers. The problem is Donald. If Melania runs for Senate, then she deserves the press that goes with it.

[Proud liberal 80]

50. I would agree

If she wasn’t a birther.