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MichMary

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55. Someone upthread mentioned this, but it bears repeating

Reply to appleannie1943 (Reply #31)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 03:32 PM

Jan 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2014/12/01/embattled-hill-staffer-elizabeth-lauten-reportedly-resigns-after-controversial-remarks/?utm_term=.810c135f832e

Embattled Hill staffer Elizabeth Lauten has resigned amid a backlash over critical remarks she posted on Facebook Friday about President Obama’s daughters.

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I see a lot of "Leave Barron Alone" posts. What I don't see are . . . . [View all] Stinky The Clown Jan 2017 OP

Katie Rich exboyfil Jan 2017 #1

Did Katie Rich do something on SNL? LAS14 Jan 2017 #4

Tweet metroins Jan 2017 #8

Some people fail sarisataka Jan 2017 #26

While I don't think it is appropriate to mess with the little kids Bettie Jan 2017 #44

It's not funny, it is at best nastily ignorant - not funny to mock a ten year-old like this. Yo_Mama Jan 2017 #46

I don't see the autism link metroins Jan 2017 #54

I did too. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2017 #62

I do not view that tweet as an attack Gothmog Jan 2017 #56

i did too. okieinpain Jan 2017 #70

She tweeted that Barron exboyfil Jan 2017 #11

But calling him autistic isn't? scscholar Jan 2017 #17

I think that is as well exboyfil Jan 2017 #23

In another thread some posters sarisataka Jan 2017 #33

HIPAA doesn't apply if we force the parents to release the info... scscholar Jan 2017 #35

It still begs the question sarisataka Jan 2017 #39

Not only that... jmowreader Jan 2017 #71

She posted a tweet on her personal account, nothing to do with SNL. Atman Jan 2017 #15

Actually no exboyfil Jan 2017 #25

A comedian's routine rather than a collective sentiment. LanternWaste Jan 2017 #9

A few posters are saying barron is fair game since the repukes went after dionysus Jan 2017 #2

Don't forget Amy Carter. nt TexasTowelie Jan 2017 #34

Really? I haven't seen any DU'er posting that. Sorry, I doubt your claim is true. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #64

Of course it isnt a mainstream sentiment, but it had been said... dionysus Jan 2017 #75

Oh, there were a couple of well-publicized tweets. RedWedge Jan 2017 #3

It effectively spreads the RW alt+fact of oppression against the Trumps LanternWaste Jan 2017 #5

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #52

An SNL writer posted a tweet abbeyco Jan 2017 #6

It is always selective on their side, they are horrible always Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #12

Yep, no need to descend to their sewer abbeyco Jan 2017 #16

The right wing of America is never on the side of truth or justice, and is therefore Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #19

Thank you - this is a descent to the worst rather than defense of party principles. Yo_Mama Jan 2017 #47

You forgot one jmowreader Jan 2017 #73

Yeah, I'm not seeing any posts about him since basically the night of the election. PearliePoo2 Jan 2017 #7

Me, too. I'm perplexed. Lifelong Protester Jan 2017 #10

SNL Writer Katie Rich tweeted an offensive comment regarding Barron Lurks Often Jan 2017 #13

So should SNL/NBC do anything to alter exboyfil Jan 2017 #14

That's up to them, their legal department and HR Lurks Often Jan 2017 #29

That explains the concern, but on DU?? Lifelong Protester Jan 2017 #20

I haven't seen any either, but I don't spend all day here either Lurks Often Jan 2017 #27

It's a huge right-wing meme, and we should NOT waste time on this crap. We have not been anneboleyn Jan 2017 #59

It's not Katie Rich...someone..prob R/W started a Facebook posting HipChick Jan 2017 #18

Trump talks about a 10 year old in a sexual manner and gets voted President. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #21

I had forgotten about that Trump video Worktodo Jan 2017 #78

Okay, so an SNL writer wrote a twit she thought was funny but it wasn't. Stinky The Clown Jan 2017 #22

+ 1 red dog 1 Jan 2017 #67

its just fake news pushed by the right wingers. much ado about nothing except generating sympathy msongs Jan 2017 #24

Yep...Fake news...but it was being pushed on DU.. HipChick Jan 2017 #41

I know -- and we are responding that it is still a right-wing meme, posted here on DU or not. anneboleyn Jan 2017 #60

You aren't missing anything. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #28

+1, looks like a distraction uponit7771 Jan 2017 #32

I don't give a shit about living-in-the-lap-of-luxury Barron. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #30

He's just a kid. He has no choice who his parents are. dionysus Jan 2017 #36

That's irrelevant to me. I don't care about him. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #40

Someone who goes after a kid for cheap laugh is a douche. dionysus Jan 2017 #42

Oh FFS. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #48

If your political arguments are so weak you need to diss a kid dionysus Jan 2017 #49

I plan to wait until he's 21. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #57

Saying you are not concerned about the child of a billionaire isn't attacking said child KittyWampus Jan 2017 #65

How many people lost their jobs when they called the Obama girls monkeys? I agree that children appleannie1943 Jan 2017 #31

I wonder that as well blueseas Jan 2017 #38

Someone upthread mentioned this, but it bears repeating MichMary Jan 2017 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Jan 2017 #37

I have the same question lillypaddle Jan 2017 #43

A few posters are trying to bait others into saying something that can be distorted by fake news lostnfound Jan 2017 #45

Okay, that's only right matt819 Jan 2017 #50

FAKE NEWS: It seems that even some DUers believe it Warpy Jan 2017 #51

I agree with you! Babushka Jan 2017 #53

The "leave Barron alone" hysteria is a right-wing meme. One stupid tweet by an SNL writer anneboleyn Jan 2017 #58

Definitely not cool Moral Compass Jan 2017 #61

I refuse to engage in it, i also refuese to care if others do. Amimnoch Jan 2017 #63

I haven't seen anyone attacking Tiffany hamsterjill Jan 2017 #66

Oh please. Even our new ruler attacks her constantly. scscholar Jan 2017 #77

What? hamsterjill Jan 2017 #80

Leave Barron alone, but go after the two older Trump sons who like to shoot lions & tigers red dog 1 Jan 2017 #68

You mean Uday and Qusay? Stinky The Clown Jan 2017 #74

Lol red dog 1 Jan 2017 #81

People right on this site are defending bullying Barron NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #69

why? is that like calling him retarded in your mind or something? mopinko Jan 2017 #79

I haven't seen one post attacking the kid adigal Jan 2017 #72

Lame Lotusflower70 Jan 2017 #76