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erpowers

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10. Self Centered

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue May 23, 2017, 08:51 PM

May 2017

The thing that stood out to me was the self centered nature of the note. I did not at first see it as upbeat. It just seemed like the whole visit was about him. He mentioned himself and his friends while not mentioning anything about the memorial, the victims of the Holocaust, or anything he might have gained from the visit.

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Look at the Difference in Trump and Obama's Notes for Israel's Holocaust Memorial [View all] Miles Archer May 2017 OP

Lazy ass. Uses the easy words like "amazing" instead Ilsa May 2017 #1

What a total jackass secondwind May 2017 #2

Not only that, it looks an awful lot like he added "Never forget" in there after being reminded. WhiskeyGrinder May 2017 #3

Oh, you mean it's not about me? ProudLib72 May 2017 #6

The fact he was so disinterested in Yad Vashem babylonsister May 2017 #8

"Chipper" is a good descriptor ProudLib72 May 2017 #9

Worse than a 5th grader dalton99a May 2017 #4

Does anyone know how to analyze handwriting? Glimmer of Hope May 2017 #5

That's generally considered a pseudoscience...but his handwriting is certainly tempting. WhiskeyGrinder May 2017 #7

Self Centered erpowers May 2017 #10

He thought he was signing a freshman yearbook. DefenseLawyer May 2017 #11

Only he could make the profound exhortation "never forget" into a trite, insipid cliche. JudyM May 2017 #12