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By Nick Rosato
In response to Gaylord Livingston’s 6/20/25 letter “Hatred in the mouth of babes.”
I understand Mr. Livingston’s sentiments, but do not relate to them. I write this in an effort to help him and others understand why a parent might allow a child to hold a sign that says F— Trump. Please understand that I am not making a comment on Mr. Livingston’s politics, although this will get political in an effort for us to understand why the No Kings protesters were protesting.
My republican leanings are the Phil Scott, John Rogers type, instead of Trump. I agree with Livingston that using children as mouth pieces for political hit points is bad parenting. Unless, that is, the circumstances warrant it. And in this case I sympathise more with the protesters than Mr. Livingston.
One needs to consider what the parent was protesting when considering the ‘indoctrination effect’ of the F— Trump sign. When considering the entirety of Trump’s actions and words, as the protesters did, it is easy to identify the vitriol that he drivels as reliably as Old Faithful blows its steam. To quote Mr. Livingston, “Anyone with a shred of decency should be appalled.”
The protesters were appalled by Trump and Mr. Livingston was appalled by the sign. However, Mr. Livingston was not considering the entirety of the parent’s education for the child: just the sign. How narrow minded. I’m guessing this was the first interaction he had with the parent based on his article. His article is a poor attempt at hyperbole to extrapolate a grand scheme on why such parents should be ‘barred from organizing or participating in youth-centered events’ and should be ‘publicly shamed’. For most of us, public shaming is something we have matured beyond.
He thinks there should be a child welfare investigation because of the F— Trump sign. Dude, if there was an investigation for every time a parent used the word f— in front of their child this nation would be on fire. And I give props to the parent for teaching the child an appropriate way to use the word. And, no, my moral compass does not need calibrating.
For a moment, consider Trump as the parent and his supporters as the child holding the F— Trump sign, except the sign says F— Everyone. Both parents exploit their youth by taking advantage of their gullibility. Both children follow their parents like a gosling a goose.
The difference is that Trump supporters willingly disrobe their adult dignity and shed their ability to question authority in an effort to support whatever he says. In a disgusting display of affection they splash in his words as giddy toddlers in a pool. They marinate in the vicious attacks on illegal immigrants, citizens, and American institutions alike. Trump supporters chastise Biden for losing his mind, but when Trump says immigrants eat neighbor’s pets they salivate like Pavlov’s dogs. They criticize Hunter Biden for profiting from his father’s political career, but when Trump’s family profits from his presidency they invest in his companies. This, my friends, is exploitation of grown men and women alike, treating them like freaks on a leash.
The No Kings protesters were protesting the Trump administration for harms that are far worse than a F— Trump sign. I would rather my seven-year-old see a F— Trump sign than see the video of Rumeysa Ozturk being snatched by federal agents. That action alone makes everyone feel like a mouse in a cat’s den. I’d rather explain the F— Trump sign to my child than to explain Trump’s disgusting public shaming of Cyril Ramaphosa in the White House.
These are just a couple examples of why the protesters were protesting. They have a genuine fear for the wellbeing of their immigrant friends who are here legally. Genuine fear that Trump is trying to erode the institutions that made America great in the first place. Trump is engaging in fear tactics the likes of which Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa exposed in the Philippines under Rodrigo Duterte, a man Trump praised. It’s fine to disagree with others, but Trump is playing judge and executioner. These reasons and many more are the reasons why the F— Trump sign became a learning experience for the child.
In conclusion, Mr. Livingston is offering a knee-jerk reaction to a sign that has a defendable purpose. Republicans should reclaim their ability to question authority and disagree with the disgust that is MAGA. Republicans need to stop salivating over Trump like ravenous animals in search of the next obscenity. Only then will our party take the upper hand and begin healing our society from extreme behavior like the F— Trump sign and foolish articles like Mr. Livingston’s. I encourage all republicans to learn from a governor that can bridge the gap between parties in a state where such extremists like Bernie Sanders and Emma Mulvaney-Stanek have leadership roles. Although, perhaps the real reason Phil Scott is our governor is that he’s won more races than any driver in the late model division at Barre’s Thunder Road.
The author is a Monkton resident
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A young lady once suggested that people use profanity when more eloquent vocabulary eludes them.
If I would have said that word in any context at that age I would have eaten soap for a week!! And it didn’t matter which brand it was (though I was partial to Ivory!!)!!
Lot of rhetoric here and will have no consequence / importance tomorrow.
I disagree, Tom. Mr. Rosato’s remarks are indicative of the endemic and myopic perspective consuming many Vermont progressive/liberal/RINOs.
Last week, it was our illustrious Representative, Becca Balint, claiming that we need immigrants to ‘wipe our a$$es’.
Yesterday it was Carolyn Hawkes-Riley allowing her 7-year-old daughter to express hateful profanities on her mother’s behalf.
Today, it’s Nick Rosato justifying Carolyn Hawkes-Riley’s child-rearing practices, actions that Vermont’s Child Protection Services could and have described as bordering on reprehensible child abuse, if someone else committed the grievance.
Typically, Balint, Hawkes-Riley, and Rosato practice hit-and-run gaslighting tactics. And yes, it’s a nuisance. But they need to be challenged. They will interpret our failure to do so as implied consent.
Mr. Rosato is a lost soul at best. More likely a practiced political provocateur. I intend to challenge all of them, Balint, Hawkes-Riley, and Rosato, on the record, at every turn, whenever I can. Then, in our November and March election cycles, I hope that reasonable Vermonters begin to understand the deficiencies in their points of view.
If my choldren had used that language they would have had their mouths washed out. Your TDS is showing loudly in supporting this kind of intolerance and hate. I took an oath to support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. The demonrats and rinos are just such enemies. Raising a generation to hate and use foul words is in keepings with this viseral contempt for our great nation. People like you and Scott drove me away from VT republican party.
I see no different between minors protesting and carrying signs that contain inappropriate swear words based on which politician they support. To me it alwaya amounts to child abuse and manipulation. There was once a time when most people agreed with me
Okay, Mr. Rosato, let’s discuss the detailed similarities in your comparison of Hunter Biden’s ‘profiting’ from his father’s political career to the circumstances “when Trump’s family profits from his presidency they invest in his companies.” Be specific.
And yes, VDC readers, I recognize that the semantic and grammatical syntax of Mr. Rosato’s above-mentioned remark leaves much to be desired. But I think I understand the point he’s trying to make.
So, let’s have at it, Nick. There’s enough rope here to hang all of us. Can you focus on this one specific instance? Because, if you can’t, there’s no point in paying attention to anything else you have to say.
Jay, I see how my words were confusing. My intentions were to identify that so many republicans pointed the finger at Hunter for corrupt profiting from Burisma and Joe’s presidency. They dug and dug and dug to find dirt. And found some. With Trump, the profiteering is on the surface. Amazon paying $40 million for a Melania documentary? Trump coin? Really? I bet my shoes there are few anti-trumpers purchasing that. And they held a dinner for the biggest donors to the coin! One doesn’t have to dig to find MAGA people investing in him. I don’t like Hunter’s profiting nor Trumps. I’m not sure where you stand, but please refrain from saying I lost my soul. I still have chops on my 4-string. Please challenge me, dude. I’m here to have someone straighten me out. So far, just people whining about the f word.
Nick –
here’s a quote from Hunter Biden’s text to Hallie, bemoaning the scale of the Trouble he was facing:
“… the arrest and conviction of my client the chief of intelligence (sic) of the people’s republic of China (sic) by the US government, the retaliation by the Chinese in the the ouster and arrest of US suspected CIA operatives inside China, …”
Hunter was the bagman for Chinese influence in the Biden administration. And then there was the human trafficking, sex trafficking, etc., really small potatoes compared to the $80k Chinese diamond and the $5 mil shakedown texts of Chinese officials, sitting next to “my father.”
“They found some.” Really?
And then the Biden admin persecuted the authors of the Marco Polo Project, which compiled a 600-plus page documentation of the Biden family’s crimes. Trump is ON TO IT. You’re going to get a dose of reality.
Re: “Please challenge me, dude. I’m here to have someone straighten me out.”
Okay, Dude… here you go.
Re: “Jay, I see how my words were confusing. “
Nice try, Nick. I’m not confused by your words. You compared Hunter Biden’s various business connections with Chinese, Ukrainian and Russian oligarchs to “Trump’s family profits…”.
No one had to ‘dig’ very hard to find Joe and Hunter Biden’s indiscretions. They were preserved for history in Hunter’s laptop. They were recorded on video tape when Joe Biden, the VP at that time, bragged that he pressured Ukraine to remove its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, from investigating Hunter and the company Hunter directed, Burisma.
If you want to ‘dig’ further, we can discuss Joe Biden’s (‘The big guy’) association with Hunter’s Chinese connections and the testimony of and the multi-million dollar payments they and other family members received and laundered in various shell companies. We can listen to Hunter’s business associates, Tony Bobulinski and Devon Archer’s, testimony. And you don’t have to dig very hard to see it.
Re: “Amazon paying $40 million for a Melania documentary?”
Do you have any evidence this was anything put a free market transaction between a willing buyer and seller?
Did the Obamas make a $65 million book deal? Did Bernie Sanders receive $2.5 million in book advances and royalties? Did Mike Pence receive $3 million from a tell all Simon and Schuster book deal? Let’s check out the book deals for Cory Booker, Kamal Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and others.
Re: “Trump coin? Really? I bet my shoes there are few anti-trumpers purchasing that. And they held a dinner for the biggest donors to the coin!”
Has anyone been coerced to buy Trump memorabilia? Isn’t its value contingent on Trump’s success as president? Are there laundered proceeds moving in and out a shell companies setup to hide the Trump memorabilia transactions? Has anyone purchased ‘Obama Wall Art’ from Wayfair? Or Michele Obama figurines and collectibles on Etsy?
Are you trying to imply that Obama, Biden and Harris had no wealthy donors?
Re: ‘One doesn’t have to dig to find MAGA people investing in him [Trump].”
Excuse me. MAGA people, as you call them, are fully invested in President Trump. 77 million people voted for him in the 2024 election. After all, as President Obama so clearly articulated… ‘elections have consequences’.
Re: “please refrain from saying I lost my soul.”
Fine. You admit then to being “More likely a practiced political provocateur.”
Re: “So far, just people whining about the f word.”
Not me, Nick. I, personally, don’t care what you say in your own company. But on VDC, to be sure, I’ll be on everything you say like a rooster on a June bug.
Re: “Jay, you’re skilled at the ‘what about-ism’ argument. “
Hey, ‘dude’. Speaking of ‘a weak approach’. You’re the one who presented the initial ‘what-about-isms’. I’m simply pointing that out to you… one assertion at a time.
Re: “Offering too many questions for me to answer, then when I don’t answer one you’ll point to it as if I evaded it.”
More of the same. I’m responding to the points you made, nothing more. So, if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Re: “What else in my article would you like to tackle next? Trump’s treatment of Ramaphosa? The arrest of Ozturk? Are you a fan of either? Thus far, you seem allusive as to your opinion on matters and avoid commenting on Trump.”
Speaking of being ‘allusive’… now you present even more questions…..?? … do you see your double standard and false dichotomies staring you in the face? What else would I like to tackle? Okay, so be it. I’ll tackle whatever topic you want to raise… for now at least.
Background: Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African businessman and politician serving as the 5th and current President of South Africa since 2018 who met with Trump recently in the WH.
First, whether or not I am ‘a fan’ of any issue is irrelevant. ‘Just the facts, Ma’am’, as Sargent Friday was fond of saying.
Ramaphosa claimed, as I suspect you will too, that white farmers in South Africa aren’t being persecuted. Then Trump played a video showing the crosses along a road representing those who had been killed and speeches from South African politicians calling for the killing of white people.
Ramaphosa then claimed that most of those killed were black. I think you’ve characterized responses like Ramaphosa’s as ‘what about-isms’. Yes?
What do I think about the exchange? Well, nothing definitive. Clearly, there is excessive violence in South Africa. Trump pointed it out for public scrutiny. That’s a good thing. The proof is in the pudding, not in the embarrassment from their encounter at the WH, as long as there is no double standard, of course.
Re: “arrest of Ozturk?”
Background: Ozturk, a Turkish citizen, was pursuing a Ph.D. in child study and human development at Tufts. In a March 21 memo explaining the justification for revoking Ozturk’s student visa, a State Department official said it was determined that she was… “involved in associations that ‘may undermine U.S. foreign policy by creating a hostile environment for Jewish students and indicating support for a designated terrorist organization,’ including [co-authoring] an op-ed that found common cause with an organization that was later temporarily banned from campus.”
“United States immigration law, 8 U.S. Code § 1227 – Deportable aliens, (B)Present in violation of law: Any alien who is present in the U.S. in violation of this chapter or any other law of the U.S. or whose nonimmigrant visa (or other documentation authorizing admission into the U.S. as a nonimmigrant) has been revoked under section 1201(i) of this title is deportable.”
“(i)Revocation of visas or documents: After the issuance of a visa or other documentation to any alien, the consular officer or the Secretary of State may at any time, in his discretion, revoke such visa or other documentation.”
I have no dog in this hunt, except with regard to my opinion that the rule of law and due process is being followed. You, clearly have your opinion, although we really have no idea what it is. You haven’t said. Go figure.
Keep in mind, the law says “… the Secretary of State may at any time, in his discretion, revoke such visa or other documentation.”
Again, the proof of judicial due diligence and due process will be openly disclosed for all to consider as the next election cycle comes around.
Only in America, my friend. Only in America.
Re: “You think I’m a practiced provocateur, no. I’m a woodturner. Seriously, that’s my title.”
Yes, I think you are a practiced provocateur, as am I. You’re not a very good one. But practiced, nonetheless.
By the way, I too am a woodturner. Or at least I was a woodturner. I retired quite a while ago. I’ve turned hundreds of wooden bowls (many sold through Tiffany & Co. in NYC), balustrades, porch posts, faucet handles and tabletops. I had a lathe capable of turning stock more than eight feet long and table tops five feet in diameter. But I digress.
So, I think I know a provocateur when I see one… disagree with me as you surely will.
Re: “Thus far, you seem allusive as to your opinion on matters and avoid commenting on Trump.”
Really. How am I doing now?
Facts do matter, Jay. As trump said about the white crosses ‘they are burial sites’, which they were not. He also held up a picture of Congo and claimed it was from South Africa. Also false. POTUS should know better. So, those are the items I’m addressing. Public shaming the type of which instigates extreme behavior from the left. Lying on this level is dangerous and his supporters love it and, like you, fail to acknowledge his falsehoods. Do you think trump said the crosses were burial sites?
Facts do matter as you say, but without opinions we are not individuals. I prefer to be an individual examining facts. You are reaffirming what i said in my original article: “Trump supporters willingly disrobe their adult dignity and shed their ability to question authority in an effort to support whatever he says.” In other words, trump supporters don’t think for themselves. Just because the law allows something doesn’t mean I have to agree.
And I know many folks on this forum are further right than I. But I’m still here. I don’t get the opportunity to talk to trump fans ever. I would like to. It’d be even better in person. But this is what we have. I’ll take the hits like a professional.
Re: “So, those are the items I’m addressing.”
Nick, the Trump Ramaphosa meeting is one item out of the several you raised.
And did I ever say, facts don’t matter? Your use of innuendo is habitual and disingenuous.
I pointed out positions presented during the meeting between Trump and Ramaphosa. Nothing more. I made no judgement.
Did Trump misrepresent/exaggerate the video he played at the meeting? Did Ramaphosa misrepresent South African treatment of Afrikaner farmers? Likely answer: Yes and Yes.
And yes: I prefer that Trump, and all politicians for that matter, be more forthright. Nonetheless, we have what we have.
But before we go even deeper into the South African weeds, I would like to remind you that we were discussing your defense of a mother allowing/encouraging her 7-year-old daughter to hold a sign in public protest saying ‘F— Trump’.
So, we’re clear then. You think the Trump Ramaphosa meeting is the one sufficient ‘item’ for encouraging a child’s public use of profanity; despite the myriad other vague and dubious ‘what-about-isms’ you cited.
One and done. I get it.
Amazon is a ‘ho, Nick, and does not care from whom they profit. The F word is a distraction. Get to know who is taking control of the minds of your children (it’s the state). Read my commentaries on VDC. I am a Monkton resident. Search: Vermont Family Alliance or Renee McGuinness in the VDC search bar. I beg to differ Trump supporters are blindly faithful. Questionning and vigilence is required. Please try not to label all Trump supporters as blind followers: that is false.
Jay, when I said “facts do matter” I was agreeing with you, not being snide. The facts about accusations about genocide do matter well beyond the boundaries of VT and a president who is willing to lie about such an atrocity is someone we should not choose to lead. To be clear, this is not ‘the issue’ to support the F Trump sign. It’s one of the many i proposed, as you succinctly outlined. But it seems as you are short circuiting so I’m going to call it quits on this thread.
lol, oh my, Nick just had his first experience with freedom of speech and open debate. Just stating something as true, doesn’t mean it’s true. And Trump supporters regularly and frequently question and give Trump a bum’s rush with massive booing at his very own rallies, but you wouldn’t know that, because you haven’t spoken openly with any Trump supporter or viewed outside the main stream press.
Every time Trump talked about Vaccinations with Covid -19 he was booed, mercilessly. But you may not have all the facts on that event either.
If you do some digging Nick, you’ll find so far, the conspiracy theorists, aka critical thinkers have been close to 100% correct all the time. But if you get your news from VPR, Vermont Digger, 7 Days, Front Porch Forum, you won’t find any other discussions, facts or opinions brought to the table, BECAUSE THEY CENSOR AND CURATE…….JUST LIKE RUSSIA! CUBA! and other organization afraid of the truth or scientific method.
Welcome Nick, Welcome to Vermont only free speech zone, sharpen your pencil because people will bring facts and challenge rhetoric for the weak argument it is. Enjoy!
Guy thank you SOOOOO MUCH!
This post is so weak it’s hardly worth printing, but for the discussion value. In the post,
“For most of us, public shaming is something we have matured beyond.”
Yet his entire article defends supporting young children to protest with fuq trump signs. Seriously are we teaching kids to be complete idiots and lemmings with no argument or reason.
Nick, they have signs for this type of argument you know.
Hey Neil, let’s get specific. How proud are you about Trump’s public shaming of Ramaphosa? Specifically, trump claims he has “thousands of stories” about genocide, but hasn’t released them. He said the white crosses on the video were ‘burial sites.’ But they were not burial sites. He held up a photo claiming “These are all white farmers being buried” But the photo was not even from South Africa. It was from the Congo! Do you support this type of public shaming? Let me have it, Neil. Why should I support this type of behavior from our esteemed president?
Yes, Neil. Be specific.
Do you think Trump and Ramaphosa were completely forthright during their WH meeting? Didn’t Trump’s behavior at that meeting justify the encouragement of a 7-year-old girl to carry a profanity directed at the President of the United States for public display?
Forget about the Catholic Church issue, or whether Marc Elias is a credible authority on anything, or whether or not our elections are secure, or that Trump’s use of Executive Orders is over the top (let alone Biden’s use of the autopen), or what immigration law actually says with regard to due process and the arrest of Rümeysa Öztürk, or the Biden family money laundering scheme vs. Trump family investments, or the Biden laptop evidence, or wealthy political donors being an exclusively Republican phenomenon, or the various Republican only political book deals and memorabilia marketing, and, of course, the initial inference that assault, battery and rape perpetrated by illegal aliens was never substantiated,… all issues once raised by Mr. Rosato to justify a child’s use of profanity, … but then ignored, by Mr. Rosato.
Forget about all of that, Neil. Didn’t Trump’s misrepresentation of murders in South Africa during his meeting with Matamela Ramaphosa (perhaps hiding the possibility that there actually were no murders in South Africa), justify the encouragement of a 7-year-old Vermont girl to carry a F— Trump sign at a public protest?
If innuendo is the name of the game, next time, Neil, we should consider getting an entire first grade class to carry F— Trump signs.
Another long-winded, emotional rant not about solutions, but about scoring points and painting anyone who disagrees as some kind of monster.
But what really bothers me is the way they keep dragging kids into their protests. We’ve seen this before with the school debates, abortion, and now again: using children like props to push a political message. When you’ve got a kid walking around holding an “F Trump” sign, that’s not empowerment. That’s adult frustration being funneled through a child for provocation.
It could’ve been a teaching moment. They could’ve used that time to explain how elections work, what the three branches of government do, how we resolve political differences in a democracy. But instead, it’s just more outrage theater, and frankly, it’s exhausting.
Neil, regarding your statement: “… emotional rant not about solutions…” let me refer to paragraph 10 (yeah, that proves it was a bit long winded) sentence 3: “Republicans need to stop salivating over Trump like ravenous animals in search of the next obscenity. Only then will our party take the upper hand and begin healing our society from extreme behavior like the F— Trump sign and foolish articles like Mr. Livingston’s.” That is my solution to avoiding the sign. Stop salivating over Trump. And I also noted the sign was extreme behavior. But extreme behavior is necessary in extreme circumstances. It’s not like the parent was walking around with the sign prior to Trump being a pseudocoprostasis. And, yes, I am outraged. And yes it is getting old. And I wonder, as I’ve proposed to others, what do you think about the public shaming of Ramaphosa in the white house? Are you able to regurgitate anything in support of it?
Appreciate the reply Nick, but let’s be real. Calling for Republicans to “stop salivating over Trump” isn’t a solution, it’s a soundbite. It’s just another jab wrapped in a moral lecture. And saying the F— Trump sign was “extreme behavior” while immediately defending it as “necessary” pretty much proves the point: you’re justifying the very thing you’re pretending to disavow.
If you’re actually outraged by that kind of behavior, especially when it involves children, then don’t excuse it. Don’t say, “Well, it’s okay because Trump is [insert over-the-top insult here].” That’s not a standard—it’s a double standard.
And sorry, no, I’m not going to suddenly pivot into foreign policy trivia just because you tossed in a curveball about Ramaphosa. That’s another classic move: change the subject when the original point starts to unravel.
The truth is, a kid was used to make a political point, and when called on it, you doubled down and tried to intellectualize it. That’s not dialogue. That’s theater. And frankly, the audience is catching on.
Exactly Matt. The issue being discussed is children being dragged into politics and carrying foul mouthed political signs. But Nick refuses to address the real concern being shared.
Tyler Austin, sorry I didn’t emphasize enough how much I agree that Hunter’s actions were terrible. I agree with you. In no way am I supporting him. I didn’t vote for Biden. Is there anything Trump has done that you disagree with?
Jay, you’re skilled at the ‘what about-ism’ argument. Such a weak approach. Offering too many questions for me to answer, then when I don’t answer one you’ll point to it as if I evaded it. That is all I ever get from Trump supporters: avoidance. Are you afraid to talk about him?
The secrecy behind investors in trump coin is unbelievably concerning. The fact that the value of his coin is dependent on his success as a president proves how nefarious the situation is. He is not a man for the people, he is a man for his wallet and reputation. And don’t insinuate that I somehow applaud Obama and Bernie et. al. for signing book deals. I think it’s wise to take money out of politics. I’m searching for someone to defend how his meme coin helps our country. Still searching.
You think I’m a practiced provocateur, no. I’m a woodturner. Seriously, that’s my title.
Now, Jay. balls in your court. ….. RE: “Can you focus on this one specific instance? (Hunter’s stuff) Because, if you can’t, there’s no point in paying attention to anything else you have to say.” …. What else in my article would you like to tackle next? Trump’s treatment of Ramaphosa? The arrest of Ozturk? Are you a fan of either? Thus far, you seem allusive as to your opinion on matters and avoid commenting on Trump.
“I’m a woodturner. Seriously, that’s my title.”
And Vance Boelter is a food service worker, a funeral home worker, and a Congolese preacher.
Mr. Rosato and VDC readers:
FYI, I commented on Nick Rosato’s above missive, addressed first to Tyler Austin, and then to me, in a previous commentary thread dated June 23, 2025 at 5:57.
My apologies for not juxtaposing my recent remarks to the appropriate thread. Mr. Rosato’s stream of consciousness is challenging, at least in this regard.
Can someone explain the difference between a “f” biden flag, a “f” trudeau flag or the now offensive “f” trump sign? Divide and conquer tactics work and the proof is in the signs and the flags. Red team, blue team – crips or bloods – all meant to deceive and divide – after all these years, the pattern of deceptions and manipulations should be obvious – but alas, it is not. Carry on! The overlords are delighted their plan is working and they are laughing at us all – again – depopulation, wealth transfer, reset.
Melissa, I don’t think the issue was about the flag and what it said, but the fact that a child was exploited to carry the flag containing a terribly disrespectful and crude obscenity which we as adults all ought to know is wrong for a parent to let her child do. From my perspective, the outrage about the photo was not about anyone exercising his or her First Amendment rights, but the abusive way a vulnerable child was exploited by her parent for the vicarious expression of the parent’s anger.
“The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie”. Mark twain
DISTRACTIONS. The way to keep the people minds occupied in order to push another agenda. You did not get enough of it during the SCAM DEMIC and maybe the crash of the value of the dollar will be enough to convince you.
I barely knew about candidates when I was in high school in VT. I feel very sorry for this child and her mother; miserable lives don’t get do-overs.
“The difference is that Trump supporters willingly disrobe their adult dignity and shed their ability to question authority in an effort to support whatever he says.” Seriously, dude??? Check out my commentaries on VDC: search “Vermont Family Alliance.” Pay attention to what your Vermont legislators are doing – they difflect from their lack of meaningful work by hating on Trump. BTW I am also a Monkton resident, would like to connect with you. Protect your children from the State, which thinks they own the minds of your children.
Continuing thoughts on Nick Rosato’s reversal of logic, from his initial effort to help us “…understand why a parent might allow a child to hold a sign that says F— Trump”, to “….this is not ‘the issue’, to support the F Trump sign.”
While I know this specific dialog has become a tiresome exercise for many VDC readers (me included), pushback against this constant progressive/democrat/RINO metamorphosis is more warranted now than ever before. Again, these are lost souls at best… more likely practiced political provocateurs, “… who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.”. Matthew 7:15. Certainly, Mr. Rosato is no more a ‘conservative’ (despite his latest self-described pretense) than are any of the other indoctrinated protesters carrying F— Trump signs.
This deception is now exemplified by Mr. Rosato’s claim that he will comment no more on this thread – “Unless, that is, the circumstances warrant it.” His words.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
In the final analysis, we here on VDC are not the victims of Mr. Rosato’s charade. The real victims are the kids in our public schools who are being indoctrinated by this moral bankruptcy. We owe it to those children to continue our efforts exposing this ruse… and we especially owe it to that unfortunate little 7-year-old girl photographed in posterity, while holding the F— Trump sign, for all to see.