MLKs Daughter Just Took Out Trump On Facebook Donalds Going To Flip Out

[Stellar]

http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/02/08/mlks-daughter-just-took-out-trump-on-facebook-donalds-going-to-flip-out/

Daughter of Civil Rights activists Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bernice King wiped out Donald Trump with one Facebook post. On her official Facebook page Be A King, Ms. King gives wise advice on how to deal with the man in the Oval Office. The president will be enraged.

The Kings carry serious weight in Civil Rights, every bit as applicable today as it was half a century ago. Monday evening, something happened on the Senate floor that drew enormous attention to her mother Coretta Scott King. Bernice King offered people a path forward, in spite of the continuing frothing prejudice.

Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell arbitrarily gaveled down Democratic Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren for reading Coretta Scott King’s letter. That meant Warren could no longer participate in the discussion about Attorney General nominee Senator Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard Sessions, III. Whatever McConnell’s intent, he drew millions of people to read the letter describing Sessions’ terrible record on Civil Rights.

Bernice King posted on her Be A King’s Facebook page 10 steps to deal with Trump and take back our democratic government. She passed on this wise advice:

Don’t use his name; EVER (45 will do)
Remember this is a regime and he’s not acting alone;
Do not argue with those who support him–it doesn’t work;
Focus on his policies, not his orange-ness and mental state;
Keep your message positive; they want the country to be angry and fearful because this is the soil from which their darkest policies will grow;
No more helpless/hopeless talk;
Support artists and the arts;
Be careful not to spread fake news. Check it;
Take care of yourselves; and
Resist!

[1965Comet]

1. "Focus on his policies, not his ... mental state;"

I have to disagree with that one. His mental state impacts all of us.

[Stellar]

3. and out of his mental state comes his politics, right? nt

[LudwigPastorius]

13. Indeed.

His policies are repugnant and dangerous to the well being of many, many people, but his mental state has the potential to be lethal for all of us.

I wish people, the media in particular, would quit portraying him as a normal guy who is just "brash" and "thin-skinned", and who "quips" about destroying his political opponents.

In fact, he is mentally unbalanced; deeply paranoid, narcissistic, a pathological liar, and he has no control over his impulses...oh yeah, and he can launch nuclear weapons.

[calimary]

15. Welcome to DU, LudwigPastorius!

You make a great point: wishing people would NOT keep portraying him as some normal guy who's just "brash" and "thin-skinned." And you're spot about a "quip" about destroying his political opponents! That's no quip! It's quite possibly a death sentence, considering some of the evil folks with whom he surrounds himself, and who seem to gravitate toward him.

[LudwigPastorius]

16. Thanks for the welcome.

[niyad]

55. welcome to du. a most excellent post.

[LudwigPastorius]

57. Thanks.

[90-percent]

18. Focus on his sociopathic sleigh of hand

Lifelong bullshit artist that never had to even do a job interview his entire life.

As I heard on tv recently; "Our system of checks and balances wasn't designed to deal with bullies." Or people with no shame or sense of basic human decency. Or people with the world view of a Richie Rich twelve year old.

-90% Jimmy

[2naSalit]

25. +1

[Zambero]

20. I get where she's coming from

Policies can be remedied. His mental state cannot. It's about dealing with the possible.

[Hortensis]

43. Bernice King's post is wise. Of course, don't forget

he's mentally dysfunctional. How could we? She just advises focusing attention on his policies.

His less deplorable voters don't want to hear from us that they voted in a dysfunctional buffoon. Those hearing about his behaviors will already concerned, or trying not to be; if they haven't they'd be angry at our "lies." But most do, in fact, hold the same positions as us on many, often huge issues, like destroying the ACA, privatizing Social Security, selling off federal lands, sabotaging public education, and dozens of others.

[Dustlawyer]

49. I think she means focus on what he is really doing, the important things, not his

tweets and BS statements. We lose sight of things like:
The Russian hacking and his relations with Putin;
His possible attacks on Medicaid, Medicare, and SS;
Cutting regulations;
Voter suppression...

There are more but you get the point. The administration produces so much white noise that the important things get drowned out.

[The Polack MSgt]

2. k&r nt

[Delphinus]

4. Great -

I like this.

[randome]

5. 45 is vulgar and stupid. Hey, she's right, that DOES sound better.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Donald Trump's scorecard:
Muslim ban = failed. Yemen raid = failed. Approval ratings = failed.
Mexican wall = failed. Economic utopia = failed. Grade point average = 0.[/center][/font][hr]

[Stellar]

6. LOL...I like it too!

[Hortensis]

45. LOL, but that is an interesting one. At first I was

a little put off by by her recommendation to NEVER use his name, "45" would do. Really? Afraid the list would go downhill from there from what seemed to be recommending a show of disrespect. But, then the rest of her list turned out to be very responsible and smart. A resistance list.

So, anyone know why never using his name would have the value she places on it as a tactic?

Anyway, Bernice, will do happily enough, pejoratives already having replaced his name a good part of the time anyway. "45" 45 is, and "4F 45" for hypocrisies about our people in the military.

[zentrum]

7. Wow, yes. nt

[Quayblue]

8. Good list.

I have a couple of these I do already and will incorporate the rest.

[Granny M]

9. Dolt 45

is my new fave.

[calimary]

14. EXCELLENT!

I like that one, too, Granny M! Dolt 45!

[BumRushDaShow]

22. DUzy!

Found this from someone's tweet -

Link to tweet

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[KT2000]

10. Wise advice indeed!

noting "regime" is a really good point.

[Squinch]

11. Excellent. I hope she speaks out regularly during this regime.

Her voice is a good one.

[mgardener]

12. I would only add

Support the press and newspapers.
Also give support to your Democratic representatives. They need our support just as our Republican reps need to know when they have not lived up to our American values.
My representative did come out against the Muslim ban and I did thank her.

Kindness and honesty do matter.

[ailsagirl]

17. Excellent!!!!

Resist! has really become the rallying cry, hasn't it??

[alfredo]

19. Knr

[maddiemom]

21. Good for Bernice King!

And great advice, as well. After hearing the odious McConnell's treatment of Senator Warren, I said to my daughter, "I hope the King "kids" respond to this."

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

23. For what it's worth, I've been seeing that posted on FB

for several days now. Not sure who originated it, but it's quite good.

[WePurrsevere]

28. She wrote/originated it. It was on her FB page although she updated #1 recently.

Here's the updated version...
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158323845430571&id=222731605570

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

35. Thank you. People have apparently been reposting without attribution.

[WePurrsevere]

36. I've noticed. Most folks don't seem to think about it but it's a bit of a bug-a-boo of mine. :-) nt

[DesertRat]

24. Excellent advice! k&r

[orangecrush]

26. Kick

And rec for excellent advice.

[pkdu]

27. Also worth remembering that "45" means "penis" in South Africa

according to Trevor Noah

[rainbow4321]

29. Good..because one of my right wing FB friends

Posted a link that had MLK Jr's ***niece*** being interviewed and after reading what SHE said I googled her to find out more information about her and, sure enough, she is a right winger who supported/voted for drumf and also Herman Cain at one point.

She basically trashed Sen Warren for using "race" and the King family name for her own agenda...as soon as I read that I knew something was up with the niece. So drumf supporters are now spreading the article and her interview/comments far and wide, of course!

[m-lekktor]

50. yes, that story of her accusing Warren of playing the "race card" was "trending" on facebook

last night.

[Doitnow]

30. I have another number for 45. He's a rimless zero. Can you picture a rimless zero?

No you can't because it means something worth less than a zero. A worthless person.

[DinahMoeHum]

31. Found another one: "Donorrhea"

[erronis]

32. Obviously below zero. -45

I don't mean temperature (except emotional).

IQ.

[pansypoo53219]

33. and TIE that mother fucker to THE GOP PARTY! he is THEIR TURD PILE.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

34. Does Trump use Facebook?

It sounds like he is only into Twitter.

[oberliner]

42. Are you kidding?

Non-stop FB posts, and he has used the platform to post videos of himself speaking "directly to the people".

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

46. I've never heard any references made in news to his FB posts

just tweets. I believe you though.

[oberliner]

48. His first post-election statement was a Facebook video

Donald Trump Stays In Post-Election Hiding, Releases New Facebook Video

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/21/donald-trump-stays-post-election-hiding-films-facebook-video.html

He likes settings where he doesn't have to answer any actual questions and can just spout his BS unchallenged, like a FB video or an interview with Sean Hannity.

[Morris64]

37. Finally, a voice of reason!

[bdamomma]

38. I will take her

suggestions to heart they sound accurate to me.

[zentrum]

39. We need to just keep showing up.

In their offices.
On their phones.
At the airports.
In the streets.

Reposting the news reports of every stumble his staff makes.

It is taking off the shine. The shine is off, in fact.
I know it's getting through to them.
They are not getting the subjective enjoyment of their hubris and lust for power.
It wears them down.

Just keep showing up in every way you can.

[Cha]

40. Mahalo, Stellar!

Don’t use his name; EVER (45 will do)
Remember this is a regime and he’s not acting alone;
Do not argue with those who support him–it doesn’t work;
Focus on his policies, not his orange-ness and mental state;
Keep your message positive; they want the country to be angry and fearful because this is the soil from which their darkest policies will grow;
No more helpless/hopeless talk;
Support artists and the arts;
Be careful not to spread fake news. Check it;
Take care of yourselves; and
Resist!

[Stellar]

51. Hey Cha!

1. Don’t use his name; EVER (45 will do)
2. Remember this is a regime and he’s not acting alone;
3. Do not argue with those who support him–it doesn’t work;
4. Focus on his policies, not his orange-ness and mental state;
5. Keep your message positive; they want the country to be angry and fearful because this is the soil from which their darkest policies will grow;
6.No more helpless/hopeless talk;
7. Support artists and the arts;
8. Be careful not to spread fake news. Check it;
9. Take care of yourselves; and
10.Resist!

Yes, word to live by during this difficult period.

[Cha]

52. I can't even call

him "45".. only the worst epithets will do. That's all he's earned.

And, his policies kind of meld into his mental state but I can forget about the orangeness.. if he wants to be orange.. that's his problem.

But, yeah absolutely a great guide to Resistance!

[oberliner]

41. These 10 steps are great

It would be a good idea for DUers to heed them.

[nikibatts]

44. Forget 45 altogether. l Focus on the GOP. Trump can do very little without them.

They must be defeated in 2018. And I believe they, themselves are just waiting for Trump to sign their tax legislation and they will impeach him for at least one of many impeachable offenses.

[Lunabell]

47. Resist!

I love that ending. We will resist!

[Nitram]

53. Brilliant advice!

Going to share this on Facebook.

[heaven05]

54. great advice, yet

ALSO hammer away at his emotional and mental immaturity. He can't take that type of denial of his 'greatness' at all. Also hammer away at the white supremacist bannon who is the real power in that WH we all have to deal with now, his past ACTIONS and WORDS. The boy-potus who would be fuhrer is bannons puppet, not the other way around. I want the world to continually see that we have white racists running this "land of the free home of the brave" so-called democracy that states "with equality and justice for all" well that last claim has never been, ever.

[Percy Cholmondeley]

56. I've always thought of this irresponsible fool as the shiny object

The shiny object that the other sociopaths direct our attention to while they're robbing us blind. And by "the other sociopaths" I mean McConnell, Ryan, Chaffetz, Blunt, Blackburn, all of them.They have no choice. They'll follow orders, or they'll be out.