It’s a threat to get the result they got and I think it’s going to continue until a hero with no fucks to give decides to call their bluff. (By that I mean an ordinary citizen, not the New York Times)

Yeah there is something really icky about this whole thing. She is basically saying that having a disability is such a bad thing that it’s an insult to say that her son has one. What a shitty message to send to kids who have autism or other disabilities.

I guess you’d also have to consider claiming someone is autistic is defamatory. Which, if you think about it, underscores what assholes these people are, that they think being on the spectrum is a horrible stain.

There is no merit to the threatening lawsuit. People are allowed to publicly express and opinion over a public figure. But unfortunately, a lawsuit, even a frivolous one, could easily bankrupt someone who doesn’t have a lot of money. That is what the Trumps are counting on. They use money and lawyers to bully…

The latter, because the first may relate to his stance on vaccinations and disability policies, but the second is a prelude to how he’s going to respond to ANY criticism.

Yes this!

It sounds like she’s positioning for a defamation lawsuit, which she’ll never file because it would mean that they’d have to prove that Barron isn’t autistic, plus they’d have to prove that the person who made the video did it with actual malice. Plus, the video would have to make a clear false claim, which as you…

It’s what the Trumps do. Threaten to sue and since most people don’t have the resources to take on Trump and his team of lawyers they just kowtow to him.

it’s sad when someone was using the video to defend Barron is threatened with a lawsuit. Also (1) the statements that Barron is “normal” (clapping-wise) and (2) the fact that they are willing to sue on this to defend Barron’s “normalcy” (which is what I got out of the article) is more disturbing — that autism is not…

Treating Autism as thought it were some kind of defamatory accusation is truly disgusting. What a horrible, terrible person. That poor kid.

Hey Meliana, Barron having a learning disability and being in a specialist school is the sole reasonable defense for you not moving into the White House, at a cost of millions a week to New York and the tax payer.

Fellow LA mom of two girls here. I’m so thankful for my warm liberal bubble, but in despair that we’re an island alone. Thank you so much about your words of compassion (especially about thinking what “the other side” must have felt like in 2008 and 2012). Shared humanity is the only way we’re going to get through.

I still remember, sitting in the middle of my white and brass canopy bed, wearing my Hollie Hobby nightgown with the cap sleeves, clutching a radio and learning that Jimmy Carter had lost to Ronald Reagan. I sobbed and sobbed until my parents came in to find out what was wrong (they didn’t know about the purloined…

Not ridiculous at all. Bless you. You made me cry (again, but I’ve been crying all day), but you give me hope as well.

Kara? Can we get a ruling here?

Spent most of this morning alternating between numb shock and crying so hard I started dry heaving. Many in my office were openly weeping as well. I feel like the country I love so much has rejected me and everything I stand for. Contemplated moving away. Threw myself into my work, and avoided all news media the same…

Just...where do we go from here? I don’t even know. What can we do?

Open post! Thank you

Thank you all for your posts today. They have been inspirational and comforting. Especially telling me it’s okay to be pissed off and sad. I’m super pissed off and terribly sad. Will wallow in a few vodka & grapefruits and chain smoke tonight. Then try tomorrow to start finding ways I can make a difference in…