Obama tolerance tweet becomes most liked

vostok

vostok

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It may be President Trump's communication tool of choice - but it's a tweet by former President Barack Obama that has become the most liked in Twitter's history.

The tweet, the first in a series of three, quoted Nelson Mandela and was accompanied by a picture of Mr Obama smiling with a group of children from different racial backgrounds.

It has been liked almost three million times since it was posted on 13 August following the attack in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The milestone was reached at approximately 01:07 GMT, Twitter told the BBC.

It overtook a tweet posted by Ariana Grande expressing condolences after the Manchester terror attack in May.

Over three tweets, Mr Obama quoted a passage from Mr Mandela’s autobiography, The Long Walk To Freedom.

"No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion,” the quote reads.

"People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

The picture shows Mr Obama in 2011 visiting a day care centre in Bethesda, Maryland.

It was taken by the then-White House photographer, Pete Souza.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40945096
 
tampee

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vostok said:

It may be President Trump's communication tool of choice - but it's a tweet by former President Barack Obama that has become the most liked in Twitter's history.

The tweet, the first in a series of three, quoted Nelson Mandela and was accompanied by a picture of Mr Obama smiling with a group of children from different racial backgrounds.

It has been liked almost three million times since it was posted on 13 August following the attack in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The milestone was reached at approximately 01:07 GMT, Twitter told the BBC.

It overtook a tweet posted by Ariana Grande expressing condolences after the Manchester terror attack in May.

Over three tweets, Mr Obama quoted a passage from Mr Mandela’s autobiography, The Long Walk To Freedom.

"No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion,” the quote reads.

"People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

The picture shows Mr Obama in 2011 visiting a day care centre in Bethesda, Maryland.

It was taken by the then-White House photographer, Pete Souza.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40945096
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Twitter is mostly used by our liberal pussies obviously. Lol
 
st0wandgrow

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vostok said:
"No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion,” the quote reads.

"People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
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This! Such wise words from an exceptional human being.

This is my belief as well, and this is where some of the liberal/democrat posters on this forum fall short. Responding to hate with more hate, whether it be fat shaming a woman, or ridiculing someone for not having money only encourages more hate, and causes the target of the ridicule to dig their heels in and tune out the message.

Responding to hate with reason, and facts, and understanding will allow thoughtful discourse and may just open someone's mind up to different points of view. If your objective is to help curb racism/sexism/homophobia then heeding Obamas wise words is the way forward. If you respond to hate with more hate, then you're part of the problem, and the moral high ground is lost.

I'm not perfect in this regard either, so I include myself in the category of people that need to work on this too.
 
UncleBuck

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st0wandgrow said:
This! Such wise words from an exceptional human being.

This is my belief as well, and this is where some of the liberal/democrat posters on this forum fall short. Responding to hate with more hate, whether it be fat shaming a woman, or ridiculing someone for not having money only encourages more hate, and causes the target of the ridicule to dig their heels in and tune out the message.

Responding to hate with reason, and facts, and understanding will allow thoughtful discourse and may just open someone's mind up to different points of view. If your objective is to help curb racism/sexism/homophobia then heeding Obamas wise words is the way forward. If you respond to hate with more hate, then you're part of the problem, and the moral high ground is lost.

I'm not perfect in this regard either, so I include myself in the category of people that need to work on this too.
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ok, you try to convince flaming pie muslims aren't out to kill her with facts.

i'll stick to fat shaming her.
 
Justin-case

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st0wandgrow said:
This! Such wise words from an exceptional human being.

This is my belief as well, and this is where some of the liberal/democrat posters on this forum fall short. Responding to hate with more hate, whether it be fat shaming a woman, or ridiculing someone for not having money only encourages more hate, and causes the target of the ridicule to dig their heels in and tune out the message.

Responding to hate with reason, and facts, and understanding will allow thoughtful discourse and may just open someone's mind up to different points of view. If your objective is to help curb racism/sexism/homophobia then heeding Obamas wise words is the way forward. If you respond to hate with more hate, then you're part of the problem, and the moral high ground is lost.

I'm not perfect in this regard either, so I include myself in the category of people that need to work on this too.
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Lol, good luck with that, these people are dangerously insane, and the ones that aren't are backing away from Trump on their own. These Nazis want a fight and they are going to get it. They should be met with swift and deadly force, treating them like the terrorist they are, period.


https://twitter.com/RedTRaccoon/status/898011843712741377
 
tampee

tampee

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UncleBuck said:
quote the KKK grand wizard again.

or better yet, have an epic meltdown in which you call me a kike again and get banned (again).

pedophile scumbag criminal loser.
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As a matter of fact I told you I had an active sock on my attempt to be banned.
 
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