I'm sometimes amazed by the levels to which the lowlifes on Twitter will descend. Today, President Trump tweeted congratulations to his daughter Tiffany on the occasion of her graduation from Georgetown Law School. Tiffany is almost never in the spotlight and has essentially no public persona unlike her older siblings Don, Jr., Eric and Ivanka. Nevertheless, the avalanche of nasty comments was astounding. Some of the comments were about the President; some were about Tiffany's brothers and sister; but a whole host of them were just nasty comments directed at Tiffany. She has done nothing to deserve the criticism and certainly nothing to deserve hateful remarks.
I get it that people say nasty things about political opponents. I also get that some people even criticize the spouse of their political opponent (although I think that's going too far unless the spouse has done something political too.) But criticizing the children of a politician just because of who their parents happen to be is something that ought to be way out of bounds.
If you think I'm overreacting, think how you would feel you read some nasty and false things on Twitter about Sasha or Malia Obama.
This kind of behavior really has to stop.
I get it that people say nasty things about political opponents. I also get that some people even criticize the spouse of their political opponent (although I think that's going too far unless the spouse has done something political too.) But criticizing the children of a politician just because of who their parents happen to be is something that ought to be way out of bounds.
If you think I'm overreacting, think how you would feel you read some nasty and false things on Twitter about Sasha or Malia Obama.
This kind of behavior really has to stop.
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