The Khan feud is getting too much media attention

[Proud liberal 80]

And taking away from what I believe is bigger and more disturbing.

Why isn't the media or anyone talking about Trump's statement on sexual harassment and how he essentially believes that a woman should leave a job if harrased? It was brought up and then quickly dropped.

[tonyt53]

1. Gonna have to disagree with you on that one.

Belittling the life and family of a man that died for this country deserves the attention. He can't refute Trump, only his family is left to do that. Women are the strongest of the strong and they will hammer Trump and little Trump all the way to oblivion. They already are.

[Proud liberal 80]

14. Thanks for disagreeing with me

With an intelligent response instead of being sarcastic.

[piechartking]

2. MSNBC talking about it right now 1:43 pm est

[liberal N proud]

3. Trump loses it biggest when it is personal

The Khans made it personal and he can't let it rest. Keep him in this meltdown and it just might finally take him down.

This would bring down any other candidate, but all previous candidates would not have responded in the first place.

[msanthrope]

4. You seem concerned. Please feel free to share more of your concerns, and enjoy your stay. nt

[Blue_Adept]

5. We should all be concerned about the amount of concern we're hearing these days

[msanthrope]

6. It is concerning, the amount of concern indicated by concerned people. nt

[Proud liberal 80]

7. Sorry

I guess sexual harassment isn't that big of deal like I thought it was.

[DonRedwood]

15. It absolutely is!

Like when Trump talked about his employee being super attractive and that he would date her if he could... oh, wait, that was his daughter...also his employee... daughter, employee... both terribly wrong in their own way.

I think the problem with your post was you saying we shouldn't talk about the Kahn situation and should instead talk about sexual harassment. There is enough time and typing skills to discuss both issues without taking Trump's absolute disrespect for a fallen soldier out of the conversation.

Funny how Murdoch's paper is running pictures of Mrs. Trump nude trying to get everyone to start talking about his wife and now sexual harassment is coming up... almost as if someone is orchestrating an attempt to change the conversation.

Anyway, welcome to DU. I'm sure you'll enjoy your time here!

EDIT: I am adding an apology in a reply below-- i got snarky when I should have done my homework.

[Proud liberal 80]

18. You are correct

My title made it seem like I didn't think the Khan issue shouldn't be covered, but it wasn't meant to be that way.

[DonRedwood]

25. My apologies....

When I see a low number of posts I am more skeptical of the poster....it is my automatic troll defense mechanism.

I looked at your journal and realized that you are a long term member who doesn't post much. I should have looked at your posts before I gave a snotty response.

Sometimes what looks like a bait and switch is someone trying to focus a conversation on what is important to them. I agree that sexual harassment is a real problem worthy of much discussion and Trump may give us our best opportunity ever to really define and show examples of the problem. His otherwise outlandish behavior keeps pushing it to the back burner but I am pretty sure everyone here is ready and willing to discuss it.

[Proud liberal 80]

28. No problem

And I didnt even think your response was snotty. I thought you explained your position intelligently.

[DonRedwood]

30. (it was snotty between the lines...)

[Proud liberal 80]

31. for the record

I also thought that the NY Post was trying deflect when they posted the nude photos of Melania.

Edit: Also, I notice the trolls when I am lurking and how you guys handle them. Never thought I would be identified as one, LOL.

[DonRedwood]

32. I was just suspicious!

[PatSeg]

10. The poster has been at DU

for almost four years and asked a reasonable question.

[msanthrope]

13. Indeed, signed up right before the last election. Thank you for pointing

that out.

I can also point that admin provides a helpful search tool in the upper right corner. This is invaluable.

[PatSeg]

17. I just think it is rude

to make assumptions about people with so little provocation. It happens a lot around here and I felt he/she asked a valid question.

[msanthrope]

22. I make no assumptions at all. None. nt

[Proud liberal 80]

16. And have been a lurker for much longer

[PatSeg]

21. I signed up in 2004

but I had been a reader for a couple of years before that. A lot of people come and go, depending on what is going on politically in the world. I can stay away for months on end. This just happens to be a very exciting time.

[Proud liberal 80]

24. I started lurking around that time

This is my favorite but I also visit TPM, daily kos, think progress, crooks and liars, Mother jones, huff post, etc...

[PatSeg]

29. I think

Crooks and Liars was one of my first, along with Daily Kos. I ended up joining DU when I just had to comment on a post. I've met a lot of really great people here.

There are many people who read more than comment, which is understandable.

[niyad]

8. the comments from the drumpf males was the first thing I saw this morning.

[PatSeg]

9. One would hope that the media

could walk and chew gum at the same time. It is ridiculous that they can only report one aspect of a campaign over and over again. Couldn't they talk about the Khans AND the sexual harassment comments?

[Proud liberal 80]

19. Agree

[bluestateguy]

11. It'll peter out as soon as he says something even more offensive, any day now

nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

12. The Khan thing is stirring the pot but MSNBC for one has been working in the other affronts.

[PatSeg]

23. That is good

A 24/7 news channel certainly has enough time to cover all his offensive remarks, though at times it does seem hard to keep up.

[procon]

20. Think about the really big and important issues that are interwoven in the Kahn's story.

First, and most obviously, there's Trumps discrimination against people based on their religion and ethnicity to portray them as unworthy to be Americans. There's his overt racism and demands to deport whole groups of people and ban Muslims, the sexism and misogyny, and the mocking of an American Gold Star family who gave their son to the people of this country. Trump also trash talked the military and the soldier who was killed. Most recently, Trump has even comments that their grief wasn't real, the heartfelt emotions weren't true, because they had appeared at the Democratic convention.

So, on many different levels, all of this feeds into the big picture that Trump in unfit to be the president, and that meme needs to get more media attention, not less.

[emulatorloo]

26. Trump's the one calling attention to it. Will also note his sexism towards Mrs. Khan

Many levels to this story, all important.

[KingCharlemagne]

27. You have got to be joking. The VFW publicly rebuked Trump

just yesterday and his response was to quadruple down by insinuating that the elder Khan wished for more Islamic terrorists to enter the country. We are watching a major-party candidate self-destruct before our eyes. It needs more media attention, not less.

[Rex]

33. This is red meat for the media. Great ratings.

Did you think they care about anything else?

[Skittles]

34. I thought that at first but then....

I realized, when was the last time an indecent act by a repuke actually got a good amount of coverage?