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oberliner

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Reply to trueblue2007 (Reply #1)

Sun May 21, 2017, 03:01 PM

May 2017

Saudi Arabia is the home of the most fundamentalist, most oppressive version of Islam in the world.

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This Melanie Trump tweet - does she not see the irony? [View all] oberliner May 2017 OP

none of the women look empowered. THIS IS AN AWFUL LOOKING PICTURE trueblue2007 May 2017 #1

Likewise oberliner May 2017 #3

Judas Freaking Priest!! Siwsan May 2017 #2

Very ironic. And why no head scarf. Very insulting. Doodley May 2017 #4

Lol the hypocrisy IOKIYAR Why are you making enemies Melania ? lunasun May 2017 #9

Also hypocrisy with Jared and Ivanka flying on the Sabbath. BigmanPigman May 2017 #34

isn't trump making Enough Enemies for you, melania?! Cha May 2017 #36

They don't look that excited about meeting with her either lunasun May 2017 #5

I sort of doubt Melania has ever seen her own twitter feed. emulatorloo May 2017 #6

Good point oberliner May 2017 #8

Indeed she did. Thanks for posting it. emulatorloo May 2017 #10

The RW Trump hacks don't even seem to be covering this trip oberliner May 2017 #12

And for very good reason. The optics are horrible to the base. SunSeeker May 2017 #32

Stone wrote "#Jaredsidea" as if it was Jared's recommendation. BigmanPigman May 2017 #35

The advisors all hate each other, like the pit of vipers they are. nt SunSeeker May 2017 #39

Striking a pose... 3catwoman3 May 2017 #30

Waiting for the President to get the idea that yuiyoshida May 2017 #7

Pence would definitely go for that. emulatorloo May 2017 #11

Did they give the Mutaween the day off? Thomas Hurt May 2017 #13

OFFS! sheshe2 May 2017 #14

What strides! Only 2/7 are in full burqa. uppityperson May 2017 #15

I have a feeling that what they say about Ivanka's speech being great and acting happy Doreen May 2017 #16

Unlike her hubby, her tweets are probably approved before sending. Amaryllis May 2017 #17

Approved by who? Her husband? mdbl May 2017 #18

Ivanka, Jared, any number of teh dozens who went along on the trip. I dont think her husband pays Amaryllis May 2017 #19

When I lived I Libya MFM008 May 2017 #20

I was 5 at the time MFM008 May 2017 #21

Right, suggesting there was and probably is a lot more to understand elleng May 2017 #28

That kind of head gear leaves a lot to the imagination of a small child. Chemisse May 2017 #29

She's impervious to irony dalton99a May 2017 #22

Like how she was going to combat online bullying as first lady, progressoid May 2017 #23

Yep, that was a textbook example dalton99a May 2017 #24

All show. Haven't heard a peep from her about it since. But if she is sincere then Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #26

Umm.... the Sign Behind Them? Leith May 2017 #25

Tata is an enormous global company. Squinch May 2017 #33

It is wrong to equate women's wardrobes with their empowerment. elleng May 2017 #27

You make a good point. Chemisse May 2017 #31

A woman cannot travel, attend university, work, or marry without her guardian's permission. oberliner May 2017 #40

A woman in a burqa is not empowered. She is imprisoned in a restrictive, suffocating cloth sack. SunSeeker May 2017 #42

Well put oberliner May 2017 #43

How can a woman navigate a flight of stairs in that thing? spiderpig May 2017 #44

A test of empowerment: how many men are those women in charge of? muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #37

What would happen if those women went out looking like her? left-of-center2012 May 2017 #38

If they said they didn't believe in Islam anymore, they'd be beheaded oberliner May 2017 #41