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LuckyCharms

(22,683 posts) Thu Jun 21, 2018, 05:21 PM Jun 2018

I've been busy. Just back on DU. Why did Melania's jacket [View all]

say something about her not caring?

What was that supposed to mean:

a) On its surface,

and

b) A deeper meaning?

I can't keep up with these fuckers.

Thank you very much in advance, I appreciate any responses.

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I've been busy. Just back on DU. Why did Melania's jacket [View all] LuckyCharms Jun 2018 OP

here you go... DonViejo Jun 2018 #1

Thanks, Don.. I just got DU and I didn't know what the heck the uproar about her jacket could be.. Cha Jun 2018 #13

Chris Cilizza and Nick Confessore think the choice was intentional... brooklynite Jun 2018 #2

they could be clueless, feckless and tone deaf... Raster Jun 2018 #7

I agree, they couldn't be THAT tone deaf. spanone Jun 2018 #8

Of course it was intentional.. Cha Jun 2018 #15

I think it was a message the the children she was visiting lunamagica Jun 2018 #3

Exactly, Luna. We already knew that but just to make it clear.. Cha Jun 2018 #16

The Frat House ran out of afro-wigs and blackface... Anon-C Jun 2018 #4

Thanks to all who have and will respond...what I am trying to understand is... LuckyCharms Jun 2018 #5

It's a jacket for a teenager trying to act cool marylandblue Jun 2018 #9

I mean in general... blugbox Jun 2018 #10

How can people ask if it was on purpose? torius Jun 2018 #6

The orange one has now defended it in a tweet mnhtnbb Jun 2018 #17

Because just a picture of a middle finger to America would have been too obvious? Marie Marie Jun 2018 #11

It's not rocket science. It's a big fuck you to America and big reinforcementof the beachbum bob Jun 2018 #12

Yes, it is a big, disgraceful republican FUCK YOU to America and Americans Achilleaze Jun 2018 #14