10-year-old moves Clinton with question about bullying

[riversedge]

Source: cnn




By Dan Merica, CNN

Updated 9:26 AM ET, Wed December 23, 2015 | Video Source: CNN


Story highlights

"What are you going to do about bullying?" a 10-year-old girl asked Clinton Tuesday
Clinton was clearly moved by the question

Keota, Iowa (CNN.....................

"I have asthma and occasionally I hear people talking behind my back," said Hannah, a fifth-grader eliciting "awws" and applause from the audience and a long hug from the former first lady.

The question was personal for Hannah, who told CNN after the event that she knows her asthma and medicine to control the ailment makes some of her classmates uncomfortable.........................

She added, "I just thought, there are a lot of kids out there who are getting bullied way worse than I am and it should stop."

Clinton was clearly moved by the question. While she sometimes responds to voters with non-emotional pragmatism, Clinton's voice cracked when she spoke with her young questioner.

"Bullying has always been around but it seems to have gotten somehow easier and more widespread because of social media and the Internet," Clinton said. "People can say something about somebody without having to look them in the eye or see them walk by, and so I think we all need to be aware of the pain and the anguish that bullying can cause."..................


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/22/politics/hillary-clinton-bullying-donald-trump/

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This is a moving and powerful story--for all.

[nyabingi]

1. She laughs at the brutal death

of a foreign leader she lobbied to have killed (Gaddafi), yet her "voice cracked" when talking about bullying with a little girl?

This CNN story is supposed to help "soften" Hillary's image I guess...

[George II]

2. Oh stop, why not stay on topic instead of taking a cheap shot at her.

[randys1]

27. If your ONLY purpose is to BASH and DESTROY Hillary, then this is what they do

[liberalnarb]

36. Only purpose?

Thats a little offensive. Yes the remark was cheap. But thats a little far.

[randys1]

47. Some here are here solely to attack Hillary. They may pretend to also support Bernie but

the Rovians who have been sent here do that to misdirect you.

I am saying this is only a small handful of people, but they are here.

Most Bernie supporters here are reasonable people who supporter Bernie but some of them get caught up in the bashing of HIllary and this is counterproductive.

I am a weirdo, I admit that, in that while I prefer Bernie, my ONLY concern is we keep the terrorist organization aka GOP or Teaparty out of the WH and SC.

[liberalnarb]

48. Prefer Bernie but your ONLY concern is keeping out the GOP

Which I assume means Hillary has you vote. Let me ask you something. How do you feel about the fact that while both Hillary and Bernie beat the repukes in many polls all of them show Bernie beating the gop by more than Hillary would. And in some cases much larger margins.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/bernie-sanders-defeats-trump-by-a-wider-margin_b_8345156.html
https://plus.google.com/+OleOlson/posts/J63kyB1XZUW

[nyabingi]

40. I am on topic

and I think I was being fair to her.

[riversedge]

53. You are NOT on topic as the topic is about bullying.

[still_one]

3. That's good, compare a 10 year old girl to Gaddafi. Maybe I can read another post how awful Hillary

is to say that poor Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rants can induce some toward radicalism

Excuse me while I go search out the faux outrage

.......

[Laurian]

4. Oh, stop!

This need to be negative about every little thing is so tiresome.

[winstars]

9. +1,000,000

[Stuckinthebush]

5. Ridiculous. This place has become ridiculous

I can't wait for her to be the nominee so we can stop these silly posts.

[senz]

15. Life would be so much more orderly and predictable

under an authoritarian regime.

[Stuckinthebush]

17. Yes, yes, yes...

Hilary's will be an authoritarian regime. I'm sure she will do all manner of evil things, and probably imprison us all.

Good grief.

Ridiculous.

[senz]

24. lol, you misunderstand

I'm referring to intolerance for comments with which one disagrees.

[Stuckinthebush]

31. It's the silliness of the comments

We can tolerate comments but that doesn't mean we don't point out the foolishness of said comments.

When the primary is over we will, hopefully, see fewer of these silly comments about Clinton.

[liberalnarb]

37. Too far.

[LanternWaste]

42. And is certainly much more entertaining with the consistency of absurd and absolute reductionisms

"Life would be so much more orderly and predictable..."

And life is certainly much more entertaining with the consistency of absurd and absolute reductionisms such as yours.

[byronius]

6. That's some serious hatred you're beaming out, there.

Almost as if it's nothing at all to do with Hillary, but some personal acidic bitterness you need a convenient vent for.

Do you really hope to persuade others with such invective? I would argue it has the opposite effect. Your statement bears no logic, and no connection to reality other than that of the seriously dedicated Hillary-hater crew.

What's this really about? Something in your life, I suppose.

[winstars]

8. +1,000,000

[senz]

14. Except there wasn't any invective in it

The commenter was merely pointing out a troubling contradiction.

[byronius]

22. Sez the commenter who thinks Hillary is Stalin.

Every time I see a Bernie supporter peddling this crap, I think about Bernie, and how he doesn't.

With supporters like you he requires no enemies at all.

[senz]

25. What??

Time to calm down, byronius. Whatever set you off, let it go.

[byronius]

45. "Life would be so much more orderly and predictable under an authoritarian regime."

Perfectly calm, senz. Relaxed, even. You, however, are slinging bizarrities.

And damaging Bernie. Is that what you're up to?

[yardwork]

64. Seems pretty calm, to me. I'm reading this thread and glad to see people speak up.

At the beginning of this primary season, i was neutral. I still think that Bernie Sanders is a good guy and his candidacy is good for the U.S.

But Bernie's supporters here on DU? I've never seen anything like this. I honestly feel sometimes that I'm reading FreeRepublic. The criticisms aren't even valid - it's just nothing but absurdity all day long, every day.

[senz]

66. Yardwork, you've been a HRC supporter from the get-go

Quite open and outspoken about it. Why pretend you're a neutral party who is shocked at the meanness of Sanders supporters when they dare to question Hillary's sincerity? Who do you think would be fooled by that?

[yardwork]

67. lol! This is what I mean.

It's like you all think this is a football game or something.

[senz]

68. We know how crucial this election is.

It's about the American people.

[msrizzo]

28. Odd you find it troubling.

I find it more troubling to compare a bullied little girl to a brutal dictator, but that's just me. Different strokes.

[senz]

32. Deep inconsistencies in candidates should be examined.

I didn't see anyone compare a little girl to a dictator. The commenter was looking at Hillary's unpredictable responses to cruelty and violence. You can figure that out.

[msrizzo]

33. OK fine.

If you say so. LOL.

[LanternWaste]

44. Often, what the irrational mind refers to as troubling inconsistencies

Often, what the irrational mind refers to as troubling inconsistencies of a candidate are merely projections of what Emerson called the foolish consistencies of little minds.

[LanternWaste]

43. More accurately, a troubling interpretation.

merely pointing out a troubling contradiction.

More accurately, a troubling interpretation.

[nyabingi]

39. Thanks for asking - I'll tell you exactly what it's about

I resent the pro-Hillary media printing fluffy feel-good stories to convince the voting public that Hillary in some way cares about the bullying and intimidation this little girl has endured when she has shown a callous disregard for the many lives lost due to her bad decisions in terms of foreign policy. For me, the whole Libya and Gaddafi incident was the straw that broke the camel's back as far as Hillary's concerned.

Gloating about the death of a foreign leader as if it something to celebrate and laugh about is behavior unbecoming of a publicly elected official, let alone someone whom CNN and others are trying to pass off as especially compassionate. As a Black man, I took personal offense to her gloating over Gaddafi's death (and her State Department's large role in his demise) because Libya was once one the most prosperous and stable on the African continent, with relatively decent living standards, freedom for women, and other trappings you'd see from a place that is one the up and up. Gaddafi's death and the destruction of that country was totally unnecessary and for me, it was another instance of Western meddling setting the continent back when at least this country was making progress.

When the stories were all in the media of people drowning in the Mediterranean Sea trying to escape the chaos that is now Libya, all I could think of was Hillary laughing about the death of the leader who kept a lid on all hell breaking loose there. It incensed me a great deal, so if you sense some acid in my words, there is a reason behind it.

It has everything to do with Hillary and the fact that she is anything but the warm-hearted person this CNN is trying to make her out to be. I hope you understand now.

[winstars]

7. And your post is supposed to do what here on DU??? Divide us? Please switch to the decaf...

I can't wait until the fucking Democratic convention is over with and then all of us here can get behind Bernie or Hillary or Martin...

Its getting tiring to read each day Hillary supporters vibing Bernie people, Bernie people vibing Hillary supporters and so on.

After the convention, we better all get behind WHOEVER the Democratic candidate is or else this country is in big trouble.

Maybe I am stupid but I would rather cast my vote for the worst Democratic candidate we have ever had rather then "sit this one out" because they are all the same. They are not. Our party is the DEMOCRATIC party and the pug's are becoming the Fascist party. This is a fact!!!!

That "they are all the same narrative", IMHO, is just not true. In fact, its probably some Frank Luntz focus group BS that some people wanna believe. The Democratic party has a lot of assholes in it for sure but at the end of the day, OUR IDEAS are at least DEMOCRATIC, and are not designed to bring us back to the fifties, the fucking 1850's!!!!

[byronius]

10. +1,000,000

[winstars]

11. Been here since day one, getting bored with this BS...

A good primary fight is healthy for our party, but using pug BS talking points is, I am just bored with it....

[NotHardly]

19. Hear, hear

... instead of meanspiritedness, let us work together to ensure a Democratic victory ... to one and all, the high horse rides have to cease and I suspicion that much of it comes from lurking republicans on the site, or worse.

[nyabingi]

34. I think the Democratic Party right now

is pretty darned divided between Clinton and Sanders as it is because there's an ideological battle raging as to what the party is going to represent - what the party has been since it became the center-right, pro-corporate organization it is now or a true force to oppose the rightward drift that has occurred politically in this country.

The progressive/left of the Democratic Party have been looking for someone to pull the party back towards its true roots, and many thought Obama would be the one, but he obviously wasn't (and he didn't really show that many signs that he was at the time if you look back on it). Bernie's candidacy has created excitement on the progressive side and I think that's why you see so much heated back-and-forth between the Clinton and Sanders sides. Bernie is saying some things that haven't been said by a Democratic candidate in quite a while, especially the idea that Wall Street isn't a friend to the common, everyday working man and woman.

[yardwork]

65. Thank you! Wish I could rec this a hundred times.

[Jesus Malverde]

12. Nailed it.

Jesus

[senz]

13. It is so hard to reconcile the opposites in this person

but of course they're going to jump all over you for not getting with the story.

[winstars]

23. Like I said, try the decaf, you might have more time in your day for fighting the real enemy...

[senz]

26. It's the primary season, winstars. We assess the candidates.

Even the one you support.

[leftofcool]

16. Go away, please. This is about a child.

[Stuckinthebush]

18. ^ Boom

For many on DU it seems that every post can have an anti Clinton angle.

The majority of DUers are sick of it.

[nyabingi]

35. No, it's about Hillary's

apparent concern for the child, not about the child.

The kid is used as a prop to let us know Hillary really cares.

[DinahMoeHum]

21. Nothing but the best for the oppressed, huh?

[LanternWaste]

41. I'd predicate my conclusion wholly on a guess rather than the information provided too...

" to help "soften" Hillary's image I guess..."

I'd predicate my conclusion wholly on a guess rather than the information provided too if my bias depended on doing so.

[nyabingi]

46. I'm admittedly biased against Hillary

but I think the general feeling towards Hillary is that she's not seen as a very warm, sensitive person and many people don't see as being a trustworthy person. My guess is that these type of feel-good articles are aimed at making her more likable.

[treestar]

60. a brutal dictator

and a 6 year old girl being bullied - somehow seem to be set up equivalent here.

[skepticscott]

62. Jury results...seriously

I was juror 7. Whoever alerted on this, get a fucking life and go celebrate some winter solsticey holiday instead of wasting everyone's time with shit like this.

On Wed Dec 23, 2015, 09:03 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

She laughs at the brutal death
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1295398

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Mean

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Dec 23, 2015, 09:06 PM, and the Jury voted 1-6 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Yes, this is a mean post and exactly the kind of thing that is stinking up our forums. Hide.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Ignorant post, but don't like hiding posts in most cases.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: "Mean" OMG Alerter must not have read many other OPs here.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Mean? That's it?
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: So?
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Mean? It's not even that. Stop wasting people's time with such fucking stupid alerts.

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[mhatrw]

20. A nice, safe non-political issue that everyone can get behind!

Great job reporting on Clinton's campaign without mentioning any issues relevant to the primary contest, corporate media!

[msrizzo]

29. I know right?

It's really negligent on their part to forget that their sole purpose in life should be to elect Bernie Sanders.

[ViseGrip]

30. who would use a child in this way.

[Purveyor]

55. Hey it was good scripting at least. eom

[Gothmog]

38. Great story

[CTyankee]

49. I was very moved by this which I saw on Morning Joe...

I really don't think this was a put up job. It showed her in such a good light -- just this one instance -- that I think will resonate with voters. Not that she didn't realize the important impact it would have, but I thought the little girl was not used as a prop. It was a sad story, indeed. Hillary handled it well...and this will be a plus for her in the primary.

I don't see how repubs can jump on her for this without looking like ogres...

[riversedge]

56. Joe actually had something nice to say about this story and Hillary. I was suprized to

say the least. But I will give him credit for this morning.

[CTyankee]

58. He would be embarrassed not to, don't you think?

[riversedge]

63. umm. suppose you are right

[humbled_opinion]

50. Of course Hillary was emotional...

She has spent her adult life married to one....

[riversedge]

54. Nasty thing to say.

[humbled_opinion]

69. Why?

Because it is the truth? She can't out run her own life choices dear....

[restorefreedom]

51. bullying sucks

any opp to get it into the public conversation should be pounced on.

[Chemisse]

52. This was sweet.

That a young child would look to a political leader to address the biggest problem in her world - bullying - is really cute. And Clinton handled it well, even while managing to tie it into the Trump = bully meme.

[riversedge]

57. The 3 students who organized Clinton's visit-beg to differ with Trump's claim the event was staged"

Damon Bethea Retweeted
Monica Alba ?@AlbaMonica 11m11 minutes ago

Monica Alba Retweeted KeotaHopesForHillary

The 3 students who organized Clinton's visit to Keota beg to differ with Trump's claim the event was "staged"

KeotaHopesForHillary ?@KeotaSociology 6h6 hours ago

Sorry @realDonaldTrump, you can't stage passion & determination of young people. Also, @ us next time. #StopBullying

[SunSeeker]

59. K & R

[George II]

61. I see that you posted a very well constructed OP about Clinton's response to Trump:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141295717

Well done!