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Jan 14, 2018 4:16 PM
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ObnoxiousArrogantPrick
"At one point had only $20 in their checking account".....At one point???
konelhft
Markamanic
To be fair tho. Every avarage person, at some point, only had 20 Dollars to their name.
Raecracy123abc
When my mom brought her mom to the White House her mom asked how many levels it goes down & where are the bunkers....mom's German American
PrincessCheesyWieners
Obama's "Jesus Christ, show some composure" expression elevates this.
AnonOmis1000
I thought this was gonna be about Japanese internment during WW2
Eldorian
Twitter should impose a character limit
mcbotulism
And as The Darkness said: "I believe in a thing called love; just listen to the rhythm of my heart."
beardedwolf
mritty
Really? 50k tweets on her first tweet? Damn. Id be lucky to get even one retweet.
givemefakeinternetpointsplease
But where are you from in Korea?
samtherat6
Can someone link the vox article.
usernameBB
Wow!!!
aishkp
As a fellow Asian-American (Chinese/Korean) with a similar upbringing, I support this message.
allthediodes
What a beautiful, uplifting account. Thanks for sharing
TedBundyYourNeighbor
Holy fuck i just realized POTUS means President Of The United States, im so stupid
TestAccount321
And then America stood up and said "A black president? Let's give the government to shysters and racists instead!"
JacobEsplin9
@sarahthetran 안녕하세요! 좋은 이야기 들어주셔서 고마워요! 화이팅!
sarahthetran
너의 말에 고마워, 친구.
UnhelpfulAnswers
There's just one problem, I don't think trump got past the first tweet before he switched on fox news
WhatzitTooya
As if trump reads anything but headlines with "trump" in it...
Dingus2
So here's the thing that's confusing me: Gary Lee is clearly excited about his Korean heritage, but why get triggered just because Trump ->
Dingus2
-> is a poorly spoken fool who tried to ask about someone's heritage and stuck his foot in his mouth?
Dingus2
I mean he's done far worse than this. I just don't get why people look at shit like this and instead of thinking, "This man eats paste," ->
Dingus2
-> it has to be, "The free world has rejected my citizenship."
DiscoPhysicist
Every day that asshole president of ours says or does something utterly catastrophic to our values, ethics and morality. Every. Single. Day
searchingthesouth
Perhaps he’s just continuing the tradition of the former administration.
DiscoPhysicist
That's nice. Here's some playdough and crayons to keep your tiny mind occupied as you find a way to blame this shitstain on Obama.
ColonelSteveSanders
Serious question from someone who doesn't get Twitter. How does someone who's never tweeted before get so many re tweets and likes?
Wayniferus
If one person retweets the tweet it gets shown to their followers. If the followers are like minded it tends to get more retweets.
ColonelSteveSanders
So, how does one accumulate followers without ever tweeting?
Wayniferus
I'd assume since this person was in a big position of government for awhile they had some follower based on that.
IndigoWendigo
Some people keep forgetting that ALL Americans are immigrants.
searchingthesouth
A lot of people forget the meaning of the word illegal. Immigrant is fine. It’s the status of the immigrant that is a problem most times.
archangellefran
well, except native americans...
Geo80
No, they just immigrated a lot earlier then every one else.
Osiricus
I think a better way to phrase the question of "where are you from?", is "what's your heritage?". A question I'd be ok with asking anyone.
mritty
A better option is not to ask at all, unless it’s relevant to the conversation at hand. Ask yourself if you’d be asking a European-American.
Osiricus
I would and do, because I find it really interesting.
mritty
Really? When you first meet a new person, you immediately ask them where their ancestors are from?
Osiricus
That’s not what I said at all. Through the course of knowing someone, I would ask, yes.
mritty
That's exactly the point. Asian-Americans are asked this question upon first encounter, White Americans are not.
TerenceBroxterman911
People questioning why some Asians would dread the question should read the whole piece of WHY Trump was asking the question.
fantasticlight
Well?
TheFlyingSheep
Mr. trump is a piece of shit. In other words water is wet
viaovid
what was the context?
ChickadeeDooDah
His question was completely unrelated to the intel briefing she was giving him on Pakistan. He kept asking til she said Korean descent.
ChickadeeDooDah
Then he asked why the "pretty Korean lady" wasn't working with North Korean issues.
ZOMGsquish
I'm white and I get that the question dismisses the fact they are american and all the work that was done to be so.
Raecracy123abc
w0ntoan
Happened to me at a Wendy's in Indianapolis. I said Oklahoma. Which probably confused them more. Cashier finished order and turned to 1/2
w0ntoan
a co-worker and repeated the account in disbelief. 2/2
MrNightfish
Strikes me as funny that you could very easily reverse his line of questioning. It's not like white people are indigenous to america...
SpruceCaboose
I think that's kind of the point? I know where my family is from on both sides, but not even the kids of the immigrants had any real 1/2
SpruceCaboose
connection to the old country. They were born and raised in the U.S.' culture. 2/2
Snelltaylor
Sauce?
asdfghjklinkin
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MadlyGeeky
TrustMeIAmTheGovernment
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MrRandom314159
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/trump-wondered-why-pretty-korean-lady-wasnt-negotiating-with-north-korea.html
MrRandom314159
According to this, https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/slate/ they're fairly left-wing, but also highly accurate on what they report.
IZ42
Facts do tend to bias leftwards, so yeah.
EmergencyAbortionSavingsAccount
Fucking twitter is one of the worst ways to tell stories like this.
MrRandom314159
What would be better?
CirdanShipweigh
Description of post and link to pastebin with normal full text easily readable
LoTRFanatic42
It's the best way to share your thoughts with millions of people, though.
GorgeFloyd
It's also not a great way to run a country...
TheMentelgen
ISeeAnApple
MadlyGeeky
Eldibs
Unless you're trying to run it into the ground.
WashedOutWreckingBall
Even though I like trump this was a pretty good burn!
KawaiiRonPaul
But... But... I don't... You... I... I don't... Um... ... Alright man, sorry about that, good luck?
GorgeFloyd
What? How? Why? Would love to know why you like him?
WashedOutWreckingBall
You can message me if you really want to know, I’m open to any opinion.
GorgeFloyd
Likewise, will msg you :)
Defecakes
I’ve never dreaded people asking me where I’m from. I’m from America, but my dad is from Japan. Most people just want to get to know you
DudePlayinADudeDisguisedAsAnotherDude
It is problematic that, generally speaking, it is only satisfactory when a White person says they are American but not a POC.
kittyperfect
I like asking because I love learning about new places. And if they're from here I ask where there grandparents were from and hopefully I'll
kittyperfect
Get to hear a story or twp
baronramsey
Find it a lil annoying tho. No one asks white ppl that same question, it's just assumed they're pure American. My ancestors were here too.
Geo80
White person here. Yes they fucking do.
CapnMawf
As a white guy, some people do ask where your family is from. Or what my heritage is. But no one has ever said 'where are you REALLY from'
CapnMawf
I imagine that would be annoying, but 'where is your family from' seems innocuous to me.
yak3ftw
If you're white with a non western first and or last name, you will get asked. All the time.
Defecakes
Although there certainly are times when people are just being pricks. But it’s easy to pick up on that and I just think less of them.
feelskindawierd
The best part is when people think they should talk slower at you, or talk in broken sentences, in case ‘you no speaky english’.
viaovid
Nah, just regale them with your ancestry in exacting detail. Trap them in such a way as for it to be impractical to stop your litany.
iWishThereWasAWayToDeleteThis
That last quote
SgtThunderfistMD
So to drive out trump people have to love him?
wileypdf
Truth
KillaVLY
Yeah I teared up
Whazitooyah
I'm more partial to "I hate Mondays"
nomnombabies
The whole tweet.
GuardsmanMiku
Rose would aprove
ILoveMeAGoodTime
100% love that quote but MLK would absolutely not have approved of much of the way Obama governed. He was a staunch conservative who 2)
ILoveMeAGoodTime
Would have not appreciated how Obama approached the matter of race relations either
Watchtheadventuresofpeteandpete
Curious as to why you say this, what exactly did Obama do to ruin race relations. My FIL feels the same way. When I investigated I could
Watchtheadventuresofpeteandpete
Not really find any concrete things.
Watchtheadventuresofpeteandpete
People downvote but can’t give a legitimate example. And I’m pretty sure Trump is making race relations better /s
Watchtheadventuresofpeteandpete
It’s beautiful, and it is the way. I wish he got as much credit for this as the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Undeity
Well now my 'about' quote doesn't seem so original...
nwaw
It's inscribed on the wall at his memorial in DC.
edgarbird
It is da wae
ShrubNinja
I thought it, but wasn't brave enough to say it. +1
Un0riginalComment
I hate the meme but God damn is it catchy
Watchtheadventuresofpeteandpete
I know it’s trite, but I’ve spent a lot of my life thinking anger was strength. It’s not, I’ve solved a lot more problems with love and
Watchtheadventuresofpeteandpete
Kindness but it takes a lot of practice and cognitive behavior therapy.
mistastealyogirl
MLK Jr. is quoting Jesus btw
LadiesInboxMeYourInsecurities
Pretty sure it's more a re-phrasing of John 1:5 rather than a direct quote.
fulminatrix
I've spent quite a time looking and can't find anything closer than Romans 12:21 (which is not Christ speaking): "Do not be overcome by 1/2
fulminatrix
evil, but overcome evil with good." 2/2
Watchtheadventuresofpeteandpete
Maybe a paraphrase but the direct quote is MLK.
AxelTenveils
Wasn't he a priest? If not correct my ignorance.
GentlemanScientist
A Baptist minister, yes.
YankeeBomb4
No he worked on a farm in Mexico.
TheKerfuffle
Came back to upvote this.
mistastealyogirl
Edit: sorry i went to look to find where Jesus said this and was wrong. He didn’t say it.
mistastealyogirl
I was thinking of when the Pharisees accused him of using the powers of Satan to drive out demons and
mistastealyogirl
He said that darkness cannot drive out darkness or something. My bad guys