Discussion: Trump Issues Vague Statement After Reports On Melania Trump Plagiarizism

[nalinali]

In some cases, or at some colleges, you can even fail for plagiarizing your own previous work let alone the work of someone else.

[blue_bear]

Standard GOP operating procedure - take as your own the fruits of someone else’s labor without paying for it. Trump doesn’t see it as wrong because it is the core of his world. In his mind, we are all just losers for not understanding this simple business fact.

[serendipitoussomnambulist]

What a joke. Melaria Tramp experience consists of being a sleazy Naked Centerfold. She lied about writing her own speech. Her plagiarism just reflects Tramp’s values. If she plagiarized from the Obama’s it is their fault.

It is pretty clear from last night’s speech that Donald Tramp has not surrounded him with the best people.

[yail_bloor]

I’m pretty sure it’s a joke. The time and dates are exactly the same except one is from 2012 and the other is from 2016. POTUS Obama wouldn’t drunk tweet something as dumb as the gibberish in Drumpf’s tweet.

[centralasiaexpat]

I know about this standard, and it is not adhered to in mathematics—nor should it be, in my opinion. If you write a series of papers on the same topic, it’s quite common for the introductory sections to use text from the earlier articles. This enhances readability.

[elbobo]

At the University of Virginia you can be kicked out of school entirely for plagiarism.

[dorado]

his followers will probably blame the librul media for making a ruckus out of it.

[srfromgr]

[crackerjack]

A search of Obama’s Twitter says, unfortunately, it is comedic.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%20from%3Abarackobama%20since%3A2012-07-19%20until%3A2012-07-20&src=typd

[centralasiaexpat]

It would be interesting to check the plagiarism standards at Wharton.

… which I just found. https://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/mbaprogram/publications/Ethics%20Presentation%202015.pdf

[zsak]

Yeah, I tried to locate and couldn’t. Didn’t realize when I first saw it.

[sociosam]

What else could she do? As a college dropout who lies that she has a degree, plagiarism is the best she could do.

[darcy]

I would think most Wharton graduates wind up on Wall Street. So if they had any standards at Wharton they ditched 'em for Wall Street.

[suicide_arsonist]

That’s what happens when you hire an infinite number of monkeys, they don’t always come up with Shakespeare. Who knew…

[ajaykalra]

Trump: Some blacks do have some good skills. Michelle picked good speech writers, who I am sure were white. We certainly thank them.

[oistein]

Just waiting for Trump to take credit for writing Michelle’s original speech in 2008.

[frankly_my_dear]

@yail_bloor

I’m pretty sure it’s a joke.

It’s clearly a joke. The Democratic National Convention in 2012 was from Monday, September 3 to Thursday, September 6. The July 19 date on the tweet identifies it as a fake.

[cpl593h]

A careful comparison of the two speeches clearly shows that Michelle Obama leapt forward in time 8 years to plagiarize Melania. How dare this African-American immigrant usurper steal something so precious from the white European Christian US citizen who created it?

[yail_bloor]

@frankly_my_dear

The Democratic National Convention in 2012 was from Monday, September 3 to Thursday, September 6.

Yes…and the alleged (snort) plagiarism was from 2008, not 2012. “Pretty sure” was meant as mild sarcasm.

[spencersmom]

You know, even if the sentences convey common thoughts, the fact that they were strung together in the exact same order is clear indication of plagiarism.

ETA: Come on, headline writers, is “plagiarizism” a real word? I think not…