Saffie Rose Roussos was 8 year’s old. She died last night.
“I won’t call them monsters because they would like that term. They would think that’s a great name. I will call them, from now on, losers, because that’s what they are. They are losers. And we will have more of them. But they are losers, just remember that.”
I don’t like Trump and I don’t like anything he stands for, but I like what he said today.
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If he wasn’t so free with the term “loser” in other contexts I’d be more excited about it.
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Specifically, he’s called a lot of people “losers” that I have sympathy for, and assholes like this bomber ain’t that.
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/05/23/trump_isis_terrorists_are_evil_losers.html gets to some of my mixed feelings on it
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He’s right. They are losers, but he could have simply sent condolences and a message of unity.
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Like every other politician?
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Some?
Justin Trudeau tweeted: Canadians are shocked by the news of the horrific attack in Manchester tonight. Please keep the victims & their families in your thoughts.
Or even Theresa May: “We struggle to comprehend the warped and twisted mind that sees a room packed with young children not as a scene to cherish, but as an opportunity for carnage,”
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Have to say I like the direct approach in this instance, but it is quite a personal UK thing maybe.
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