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Kingofalldems

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34. Is this fake too?

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:32 AM

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Father says little Honduran girl on Time cover was not taken from mother [View all] oberliner Jun 2018 OP

It doesnt matter the child is a symbol of all the children taken Fullduplexxx Jun 2018 #1

The image is quite powerful oberliner Jun 2018 #3

"Stop them damn pictures" gratuitous Jun 2018 #22

cons are spreading this story all over this morning RandiFan1290 Jun 2018 #10

Theyre clutching at straws Fullduplexxx Jun 2018 #23

Agree 100% SharonClark Jun 2018 #41

I don't think that matters. The photo shows the horror of the treatment of children. Vinca Jun 2018 #2

Where is she then? where is her Mother. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #4

Well, the story goes.... Rorey Jun 2018 #12

NO, but where are they...if he knows they were not separated than where are they? I think it is a Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #20

story is right here bdamomma Jun 2018 #27

There are no pictures...they were told this by a man who claims to the Dad...sorry show me Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #43

I hope they had permission mainstreetonce Jun 2018 #5

The original photo was from a new article, right? ExciteBike66 Jun 2018 #8

Could be, but it doesn't mean the picture doesn't make a powerful statement. chelsea0011 Jun 2018 #6

This. Rorey Jun 2018 #13

I'm confused leftynyc Jun 2018 #7

I think when I first saw the picture mainstreetonce Jun 2018 #9

Ah - thanks leftynyc Jun 2018 #18

The photo is touching, and it represents the children who WERE separated Rorey Jun 2018 #11

Agreed on all counts oberliner Jun 2018 #17

Well, no one ever said she was, that I ever saw. Demit Jun 2018 #14

Time Magazine printed a correction oberliner Jun 2018 #42

Nice spin, but the photo is emblematic of the over inhumane treatment if immigrants Tarc Jun 2018 #15

What's the spin? oberliner Jun 2018 #16

Every day without fail. Kingofalldems Jun 2018 #19

SMFH DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2018 #21

The truth is important to me oberliner Jun 2018 #38

What truth would that be? There is not a bit of proof that what a Trumper spokesman said is true... Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #44

+1... SidDithers Jun 2018 #39

Does the article in Time say she was. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #24

They certainly made the implication. pintobean Jun 2018 #25

Lol! Carry that water! Squinch Jun 2018 #26

++++++ Crunchy Frog Jun 2018 #29

This is a Reuters article oberliner Jun 2018 #36

And did Reuters see the girl and her mom after reunification... no they didn't. A trumper said it Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #45

Who cares, it's the symbolic representation of the policy...good lord beachbum bob Jun 2018 #28

How do we know this is the father? malaise Jun 2018 #30

This story stinks. ICE have access to the woman, and we don't know who has spoken to that father. OnDoutside Jun 2018 #31

Did anyone ever claim she was??? Freethinker65 Jun 2018 #32

Evidently Time did, B2G Jun 2018 #33

Is this fake too? Kingofalldems Jun 2018 #34

Thank god they've been reunited. nt B2G Jun 2018 #35

The Reuters article does not assert that anything is fake oberliner Jun 2018 #37

The Reuters article is worthless without proof that they are together...and there is none...only the Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #46

She's a stand-in for the thousands they *really* don't want us to see. n/t Orsino Jun 2018 #40