A friend and I got into an argument about Barron Trump of all things.

[Are_grits_groceries]

He said Trump was such scum that all of them were fair game.
I vehemently disagreed. I say leave the kids alone. Unless they are older and engaged in political activity such as policy, etc, leave them alone. I have said this for decades and I am not changing now.

Edit to add: I have also said for decades to be tougher on the GOP. We need to go after them and never give them an inch.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Underage children are off limits.

[KG]

2. right. i say leave morticia and pugsly out of the name calling!

[Bucky]

23. LOL

but shame on your clever ass anyway.

Any attention given to the kid or to Ivanka's stand-in, actually helps Trump. He's able to get away with things because of all the distractions he creates.

All of our attention should go to his attacks on civil liberties, his attacks on basic civility, his attacls on Medicare and Social Security, his destruction of the healthcare infrastructure we were starting to build, and all the other terrible things he's doing.

it's time to stop playing his game and just start resisting.

[MrModerate]

27. I resent the fact that . . .

Regardless of how perfect the "Morticia and Pugsley" reference is, I can't in good conscience use it.

And I really, really, really want to use it.

Oh well, I guess we have to make sacrifices in the war against trumps.

[whathehell]

30. It's wrong to smear, or even mock, little kids..

He's only ten years old, and he can't help.who his father is.

[MrModerate]

32. And I agree completely, which is why I reluctantly say 'No' . . .

But it's still a brilliant comment.

[watoos]

43. I totally agree

One of the repulsive things that Trump did was to look at a 10 year old girl and say that he would be dating her in 10 years. Only a pervert looks at a 10 year old girl and says that.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. I agree.

I heard Republicans poking fun at Amy Carter's appearance and all kinds of awful things when I was a kid.

I didn't like it then, and I still don't.

Edit: I grew up in an area where being a red-head was apparently the worst trait in the world.

[scarletlib]

4. No child chooses his or her parents.

I loathe Trump. However, Barron is just a child. He has no control over any of this. He shouldn't be attacked. Let's not stoop as low as the people who attacked Chelsea and President Obama's daughters.

[exboyfil]

5. Katie Rich, SNL writer, has stepped into it

Saying Barron is going to be the first Homeschool shooter.

She may be fired, and I will not lose any sleep over it. At a minimum her penitence should be severe.

[Jim Beard]

46. Would not a homeschool shooter be shooting the ones in his HOME SCHOOL?....

For one his psycho father

She needs to lay off the kid, he is autistic, which is why I can not figure out why his father made fun of people with disabilities.

[B2G]

50. You don't know that.

But what a sneaky way to get in a slam at a child.

He's not homeschooled either.

[spinbaby]

6. I feel sorry for both Melania and Barron

They act like they're being held hostage.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. Go to about the 1:14 mark in this video.

?t=1m14s

[WePurrsevere]

21. The more I watch Melania the more I tend to agree with you.

Women enter into and stay in abusive relationships for a variety of reasons, some we may not be able to wrap our heads around but they're very real to them.

[whathehell]

34. With all due respect, it's wrong..

that it's wrong to assume that Melania is in an abusive relationship with Trump...We really don't know anything about the inside of their marriage.

[WePurrsevere]

54. I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough. I'm not assuming that she is...

I was trying to say 'if' she is. As you said we don't know about the inside of their marriage. We also don't know all the facts about her nor that her politics are truly the same as her husband's so for now... for HER... I'm inclined to take a "wait and see" approach.

[MrModerate]

28. Best sign I saw at yesterday's march (Oakland) . . .

Was held by an elegantly dressed young woman, reading: "Melania girl, are you OK? Blink twice for yes."

[Richard D]

36. Ha!

Another sign said "blink twice if you need to be rescued"

[Scarsdale]

39. Gold digger

Mrs. tRump finally discovered that money can not buy happiness. Waiting for her husband to discover that it can not buy CLASS or INTELLIGENCE, either.

[kskiska]

53. Marla has a tale to tell

She wrote a book called "All That Glitters Is Not Gold," but just as it was about to be shipped to stores, Donald put a stop to it.

[Vinca]

7. I think Barron is off limits, too. He's just a kid.

I feel sorry for him living in his gilded castle wearing suits all the time. The kid needs dirty jeans and a slimy frog to pick up every so often.

[True_Blue]

9. I agree

I remember back in the 90s when the right said absolutely horrible things about Chelsea Clinton. No child should be subject to abuse like that.

[AngryAmish]

11. I firmly believe two wrongs DO make a right.

[Jim Beard]

48. Rush got what was comming to him by losing his hearing and a divorce..........

Why do the rightwingers love to act like grade schoolers.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. I'm with you. Please leave him alone.

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He has severe social anxiety. Being in the spotlight is his worst nightmare. Well, what could happen as a result is his worst nightmare.

Been there; done that.

He's a victim, not a perpetrator. He has enough problems already.

I'll link to a thread about Barron from Friday. I'm on a slow connection now.

ETA: OMG, Baron looks so uncomfortable, almost terrified.

[hlthe2b]

12. Uday & Qusay are fair game.... Lets hope Barron manages to be the exception..

I hope Melania keeps him far away from that crew. I wish more, that she would try to give him some normal childhood--with some exposure to the real world (and its problems), as Diana did with William and Harry.

But, regardless, I think he is off limits.

[milestogo]

37. I am always amazed when young men who still have good hair growth

comb it straight back like an old man. Its like they are trying to be unattractive.

[Scarsdale]

41. Trying?

Now looking unattractive is something Beavis and Butthead have actually succeeded at, doncha think? Now that daddy warlock has made his way into the WH, they can go shoot some beautiful amimals overseas.

[TrekLuver]

45. Melania has been removed from "real life" for quite awhile.

[kskiska]

52. Barron is close to his grandparents

and speaks fluent Slovakian. Donald was never home much, anyway.

[oasis]

13. I'll give Barron the kid glove treatment, but Beavis and Butthead,

his dipshit brothers, get as much of my venom as they deserve.

[WePurrsevere]

14. Go after those adults who deserve it...

... for their attacks, attitude and stances on facts, rights, beliefs and policies we hold dear. IME it does nothing to further our agenda, and may actually harm it with many, to mock and belittle minor children.

[Squinch]

15. Anyone who would fuck around with a child's psyche is evil. Yes. They are evil. We are not.

By all means take off the gloves and bring them down with every dirty tactic that we have to use against them.

But leave the kids out of it.

[Bengus81]

16. Of course the Republicans let HATE radio do all the children bashing

And then claim they would never do such a thing. Limbaugh has been bashing WH children of Dems since Carter.

[FailureToCommunicate]

24. Ain't that the truth! Gotta neutralize hate radio somehow in the days ahead.

[Scarsdale]

42. Limbaugh

Yes, the handsome, beguiling, much married hunk - NOT. Has his 3rd wife left yet, since her contract must be over by now.

[crazycatlady]

17. Ivanka and her brothers are fair game

As they took active roles in the campaign and put themselves in the spotlight.

Free Barron and Tiffany.

[Bengus81]

19. The only thing I've said anywhere similar

Is....that the crowds at your Inauguration looked Barren Trump............

[Tommy_Carcetti]

18. Barron's probably the only member of that family who showed any humanity on Friday

Pretty telling that only a 10 year old seems the genuine one of the bunch.

I hope against hope the kid turns out to be okay and the antithesis of who his dad is.

[yardwork]

20. Attacking a child is unethical and unkind. And makes us look terrible.

[Yo_Mama]

22. Of course you're right. Unless they're of the age to vote, they're non-combatants.

Unless, of course, they are actually holding a gun or a weapon and threatening people, which is not common among the children of US politicians, but sadly, has happened all too often in areas beset with civil violence around the world.

Your "friend" has an ethical screw loose.

[mnhtnbb]

25. Leave Barron alone. Melania, though, I think is fair game.

I do doubt that she supported Trump's decision to run for president and probably wants
nothing to do with living in DC or the duties that fall to the wife of the president.

But, she made her bed. She can either go with it, refuse to participate, separate from him, or divorce him.

The adult children are also fair game.

[LenaBaby61]

26. IF and I say IF ....

What has been alleged is true, tRumputin called his OWN son Barron a "retard."

So you know that piece of filth doesn't give one shit about other people's kids who he's going to end up MURDERING because it's his INTENT to remove their health care.

Barron's lucky--he has health care, and I'd have NO qualms about bringing Barron into the discussion in this way at all.

He's fair game in that respect IMHO.

[cwydro]

29. Yet another thread about Barron.

Sigh.

[Horse with no Name]

31. MT seems to protect him fiercly

and I honestly believe that * has been sexually inappropriate with Ivanka.
Makes me wonder if THAT is why MT protects Barron so fiercely...since * is clearly a sexual predator.

[lunatica]

33. Agreed. Non involved and young kids are off limits

But his adult kids are actively working against us so they're fair game.

[tiredtoo]

35. Agree, children should be off limits

Interesting to note. Yesterday a Trump supporter posted on Facebook her dismay the "girls" were not at the inauguration. She suggested this showed no respect. She spun and spun until i pointed out to her the fact that historically children have been off limits. To top it off her son snidely replied "Maybe they were afraid they were going to be groped". This silenced her.

[Ilsa]

38. Barron is off limits.

He's a kid, and he may have other issues at work.

Melania is generally fair game, but not for trump's policies.

[Bettie]

40. There is plenty to go after

without bringing the young boy into it.

However, his older spawn are all fair game as well as a cornucopia of conflicts of interest.

[TrekLuver]

44. Well someone just posted a link to his facebook page....and it is filled with inflammatory posts

can that really be his facebook page? I just can't believe it !! He is 10 years old and I just can't imagine a child posting what is on his page.

[marylandblue]

49. Pretty sure it is not his own page

Facebook TOS requires that you be at least 13.

[TrekLuver]

51. People are easily fooled...as we see with Trashbag in charge.

[malaise]

47. You are correct

The adult children are fair game because they're involved

[mountain grammy]

55. Agree..

[applegrove]

56. Good for you.

[Kaleva]

57. Rec'd