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ProudMNDemocrat

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Fri Aug 17, 2018, 10:17 AM Aug 2018

Define Irony: Melania Trump to address Cyberbullying Summit...That's a joke, right?


The first question asked of Melania Trump SHOULD be this..."When is it okay to call an African-American woman a "DOG"?

Melania Trummp will address a Government summit next week on Cyberbullying days after her husband referred to a former White House staffer , Omarossa Manigult-Newman as a "dog', a "crying low-life", a "loser", "crazed" and 'wacky".

The first lady will discuss the “positive and negative effects of social media on youth” on Monday, the White House announced. She also plans to attend a panel discussion with representatives from social media platforms, though the White House didn’t identify those platforms.


The cyberbullying summit is being organized by the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention in Rockville, Maryland. The first lady is appearing as part of her “Be Best” campaign that seeks to improve the lives of children.

The annual summit was started in 2010 to create a national strategy to reduce cyberbullying, according to education officials.


The federal government’s “Stop Bullying” website warns children that cyberbullies post “negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. Some cyberbullying crosses the line into unlawful or criminal behavior.” The site warns that “hurtful comments” can create a “permanent public record” of a poster’s views and behavior that can destroy a poster’s reputation — as well as the reputations of those the poster attacks.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump-to-address-cyberbullying-summit-thats-a-joke-right_us_5b7643bfe4b0a5b1feb99b66

The Twitter responses were none too kind.
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Define Irony: Melania Trump to address Cyberbullying Summit...That's a joke, right? (Original Post) ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2018 OP
Yes, she is certainly a joke, a pretend FLOTUS, to match the present POTUS lark Aug 2018 #1

lark

(26,113 posts)
1. Yes, she is certainly a joke, a pretend FLOTUS, to match the present POTUS
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 10:20 AM
Aug 2018

Both are really bad jokes played on the America people and the world courtesy of PUtin.

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