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61. cali attempted to disparage (IMO) Melania Trump last week

Mon May 16, 2016, 07:24 AM

May 2016

with a thread about some nonsense she'd done - so silly, I can't even recall precisely what it was, but the thread really went nowhere, lol. Given this photo of Trump and his daughter has been discussed here on DU many MULTIPLE times, I'm surprised it's getting such discussion, yet again.

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This picture of trump and daughter is so creepy it deserves a warning [View all] cali May 2016 OP

Gawker article. Some of the comments recount some startling cali May 2016 #1

From the original article in The NY Times no_hypocrisy May 2016 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author oberliner May 2016 #10

looks professionally done moonbabygo May 2016 #2

oops didn't realize moonbabygo May 2016 #3

I have a daughter close to that age.. trumad May 2016 #26

Everything about it is creepy. That is not remotely a run of the mill cali May 2016 #4

Ex-actly. nt PCIntern May 2016 #6

Well Trump is a creep malaise May 2016 #15

He is but I'm referring to a particular type of sick creepiness cali May 2016 #16

That too malaise May 2016 #18

And yet if the same picture was of a mother and son, nobody would call it creepy Major Nikon May 2016 #51

I don't think the photo by itself really has anything all that wrong with it. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #54

I get that part Major Nikon May 2016 #56

I would bet that 95% of developmental psychologists would disagree with you cali May 2016 #58

I would bet that 95% of developmental psychologists would disagree with you Major Nikon May 2016 #60

cali attempted to disparage (IMO) Melania Trump last week closeupready May 2016 #61

I posted in interesting piece about her from the New Yorker cali May 2016 #62

lol, I can't help but like you and your ideas, but closeupready May 2016 #64

People can say whatever they want about Trump Major Nikon May 2016 #67

There are huge differences. I'd immediately see that for what it is cali May 2016 #57

But you don't see a problem with the one I posted Major Nikon May 2016 #59

That one is not sexualized cali May 2016 #63

To the exact same extent as the other Major Nikon May 2016 #65

I wouldn't have a problem with the picture you posted with the genders reversed gollygee May 2016 #68

In other words you have nothing but subjective criteria Major Nikon May 2016 #69

It's a reaction to a photo. What scientific evidence are you expecting? gollygee May 2016 #70

I'm not expecting anything other than subjective opinion Major Nikon May 2016 #71

I don't doubt the reaction is influenced by the fact that Trump is in it gollygee May 2016 #72

Placement of his two hands on her hips, the way she is holding his face, mahina May 2016 #5

"His image in female form" ---- I hate to break it to the donald Warren DeMontague May 2016 #45

You mean besides the fact that his daughter's nips are showing? Blue_Tires May 2016 #66

Holy Humbert Humbert, Batman! no_hypocrisy May 2016 #7

Perfect response cali May 2016 #11

Sometimes she does seem to have the 1000-yard stare when she is around him. nt tblue37 May 2016 #21

I, however, am not her father Warren DeMontague May 2016 #46

This sick photo needs wide distribution. Paladin May 2016 #9

His behavior with women 7Inches May 2016 #12

Worse cali May 2016 #13

She was 15 at the time. All about the photo and more gross stuff here: cali May 2016 #14

And more cali May 2016 #17

When asked what the favorite thing they have in common with each other is, Ivanka says tblue37 May 2016 #20

So sick. cali May 2016 #22

I think basically anyone who is against incest should qualify as a credible source Maru Kitteh May 2016 #31

To be fair, the picture alone isn't that bad Sejon May 2016 #27

A scantily-clad 15yo, cupping a man's face, sitting on his lap whilst they are perched on copulating Maru Kitteh May 2016 #33

It's his daughter Sejon May 2016 #36

It's inappropriate. It's not just that she's in his lap. cali May 2016 #41

The hand positioning is....odd. Tommy_Carcetti May 2016 #43

it's more than that JI7 May 2016 #48

Only when you consider the comments he's made about her Sejon May 2016 #49

Reminds me of the creepy father-daughter pictures of Miley Cyrus and her dad: tblue37 May 2016 #19

yes. that was pretty freakin' gross. Maru Kitteh May 2016 #34

Fantastic comment worthy of being expanded on and posted as an op cali May 2016 #42

Miley Cyrus is fifty trillion times more successful than Billy Ray ever was. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #55

It's enough to make stone parrots puke! N/T catnhatnh May 2016 #23

It's the stuff of abstinence balls. HughBeaumont May 2016 #24

Emphasis on balls. n/t Maru Kitteh May 2016 #35

creepy as hell lastever May 2016 #25

Makes my skin crawl.....nt Land of Enchantment May 2016 #28

V.C. Andrews comes to mind. n/t demmiblue May 2016 #29

Trump has recently started attacking Hillary through Bill's history of womanizing. drm604 May 2016 #30

Exactly. AngryOldDem May 2016 #39

Right? Especially when it appears he's been womanizing with one of his own children! Maru Kitteh May 2016 #40

I notice the birds are hurling off to the side. bbgrunt May 2016 #32

Just EWWW. AngryOldDem May 2016 #37

He is a creepy man. Rex May 2016 #38

What the fuck kind of shoes is he wearing? Warren DeMontague May 2016 #44

Brogue Major Nikon May 2016 #52

I guess I'll just never be rich enough to understand some things. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #53

the weird part is her hand on his face while looking at him like that JI7 May 2016 #47

it should be his own hand. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #50