Melania Trump plagiarism/rickroll megathread

[Dr. Arch]

Seriously?, I understand that the themes are similar, but what do you think the chances are that such similar phrasing and construction would be used in both in multiple instances?  That's like 1-in-1 million territory, and that's being generous.

This is your standard political speech when it comes to "we worked hard," blah, blah, blah.

How many possible ways can you say: My parents raised me to work hard. Instilled values in me. You are only as good as your word. Treat people nicely. We want our kids to have the same values, yada yada, yada?

I guarantee you many a politician has pretty much used the same concepts over and over and over again. The horse can only be beaten so many ways.

Seriously? Stop, you're embarrassing yourself. Seriously. It is what it is.

[Dr. Arch]

Seriously?, you are completely ignoring my statistical argument.  Do you not understand it, or is there some other reason you're avoiding it?

Clearly, he doesn't want to acknowledge what just happened, and it's creating cognitive dissonance. He's right on the borderline of being thrown into my Ljube list.

[Dr. Arch]

Seriously?, you are completely ignoring my statistical argument.  Do you not understand it, or is there some other reason you're avoiding it?

Clearly, he doesn't want to acknowledge what just happened, and it's creating cognitive dissonance. He's right on the borderline of being thrown into my Ljube list.

LOL.
In all fairness to Ljube .... he can sometimes talk serious about issues.
And I have seen him admit to OBVIOUS trump (or Pub) blunders, and the like.
Now Seriously ..... he is a different cat altogether.

Agreed.

[Dr. Arch]

Well everyone, this will not be official until we give it a #gate name. What do you think?

#SpeechGate?
#CopyGate?

[Dr. Arch]

Well everyone, this will not be official until we give it a #gate name. What do you think?

#SpeechGate?
#CopyGate?

Those are OK, but you have to have "Melania" in there, somewhere.
#MelaniaSpeechGate
#MelaniaCopyGate
etc.

I was thinking that, but I felt it was too long and not "catchy" enough.

[Dr. Arch]

FWIW, even my non-political friends are sharing this. This one might have some staying power.

Agreed. It's all over my Facebook even from friends who pay 0 attention to politics. This will just play to push away the educateds further.

[Dr. Arch]

The kinds of pictures making the rounds on Facebook at the moment:



and

[Dr. Arch]

The conspiracy theory being sent to me is that they did this on purpose so there would be lots of media coverage showing Melania and Michelle next to each other in order to subliminally put the idea in our heads about her being First Lady. Thoughts?

No. That's horrible. lol

[Dr. Arch]

Poor thing. Many people have lost their careers and their futures for much less. No pity.

[Dr. Arch]

Dear lords Please... This is embarrassing!

[Dr. Arch]

That anyone would take this issue seriously is proof of our culture's decline.

Plagiarism is a serious issue. It's the theft of intellectual material and one of the highest offenses that can be committed in high-education and in professional spheres. The fact that it is NOT taken seriously by the majority is proof of our culture's decline, not the other way around.