Ivanka Trump posted a fake Socrates quote and her attempt to make it better only made it worse
Ivanka Trump wanted to share something motivational with the world so she turned to Socrates for a quote. Or, at least, she thought she did.
Only problem was Socrates didn’t actually say that, as many people gleefully pointed out.
I think in this case, fighting the old might well advised.
Also, Socarates didn't say that
It was a character called Socrates who was a gas-station attendant in a book published in the 1980s by Dan Millman.— Mister Laurie to you (@SICrecords) October 16, 2018
Duly informed, the president’s daughter deleted the tweet and did a new one.
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
-Socrates (note: a fictional character not the philosopher)— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) October 16, 2018
Which, well, kind of defeats the object but it did prompt this glorious reply.
"Yabba dabba Doo!"
–Fred Flintstone (note: a fictional character)— Average Joe (@Fight4Goodness) October 16, 2018
These weren’t bad either.
“If your last name is Trump,you are a lying Grifter that has a family tradition of not paying your bills.”
-David Dennison (note: a fictional character not The President of the United States)— Mark Ebbers (@fishindesert) October 16, 2018
"They don't think it be like it is but it do." – Oscar Gamble (note: a baseball playing character not the Zumba instructor I meet every 3rd Tuesday of the month)
— Khyzar H. Khattak (@khyzar_ktk) October 16, 2018
“Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: “Mankind.” Basically, it’s made up of two separate words, mank and ind. What do these words mean? It’s a mystery, and that’s why so is mankind.”
-Jack Handy (the real fictional character Jack Handy)— KK (@historia_amoris) October 16, 2018
"The secret to using inspirational quotes is knowing the source, and not just googling random phrases and then attributing them incorrectly to a philosopher."
– Me (note: a real person who thinks original thoughts) https://t.co/WYweUWtAck— Anonymous White House Official (@dvorakoelling) October 16, 2018
Put more simply …
That just made it worse, hon. Delete it.
— justagirl (@michelesanto1) October 16, 2018
Or, if you’d prefer, this.
Stop trying to make yourself sound relevant. You sell shoes.
— Morgan Meadows (@_morganmeadows) October 16, 2018
