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sheshe2

(94,353 posts)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:17 PM Oct 4

Joy Reid should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.?!!!!!

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

jenn m. jackson (@jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social) 2025-10-04T13:15:17.467Z
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Joy Reid should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.?!!!!! (Original Post) sheshe2 Oct 4 OP
They demand gratitude from African American people for not enslaving them all over again Bernardo de La Paz Oct 4 #1
Precisely. It's KLAN speak for B.See Oct 4 #34
Shady Vance should show a bit of humility UpInArms Oct 4 #2
I guess the trans thing isn't working out too well Keepthesoulalive Oct 4 #3
So I'd give this patronizing piece of excrement at least an 11 on the scale of 0-10 for outrageousness. tetedur Oct 4 #4
Couch fucker should just keep his pie hole shut. SheltieLover Oct 4 #5
Colbert had something to say about this too dickthegrouch Oct 4 #43
Thx! SheltieLover Oct 4 #46
Shady Vance should be grateful to his country for the privilege afforded a mediocre white man Ocelot II Oct 4 #6
He still hasn't shown enough gratitude for being able to buy his way into a Senate seat for which he was likewise ... eppur_se_muova Oct 4 #50
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, Ping Tung Oct 4 #7
Shady McMaybelline can fuck right off Jilly_in_VA Oct 4 #8
All of us are thankful to the side of Baitball Blogger Oct 4 #9
He seems irritated. Did his couch say "no" last night? FoxNewsSucks Oct 4 #10
It had a headache Mblaze Oct 4 #17
Joy made it to an Ivy League college on malaise Oct 4 #11
Omg, I agree with jd Vance! unblock Oct 4 #12
Vance is an idiot LetMyPeopleVote Oct 4 #13
Hey, "news"week, you f'n hacks, it is DEMOCRATIC leaders. niyad Oct 4 #20
"Honest, non-trolling advice" my ASS. Paladin Oct 4 #14
Let me clue you in JD Mblaze Oct 4 #15
Don't get it twisted Shady BaronChocula Oct 4 #16
What did Joy say to upset vladimir futon? niyad Oct 4 #18
STOP IT NIYAD Skittles Oct 4 #24
Don't blame me! I stole it from another DU'er (my apologies, as I forgot who!!!). niyad Oct 4 #44
heh Skittles Oct 4 #45
We are such a clever group! niyad Oct 4 #49
I don't know, but she should say more of it and the rest of us should join in as well! W_HAMILTON Oct 4 #42
Fuck vance........ joshdawg Oct 4 #19
How totally obnoxious, racist and unenlightened. Disgusting. Fla Dem Oct 4 #21
but very, very republican Skittles Oct 4 #26
Oh, Joy has been mansplained! mnhtnbb Oct 4 #22
Vance to Reid: "Did you even say yessa massa?" Beartracks Oct 4 #23
I'm sure Joy would be grateful (as we all would)...... lastlib Oct 4 #25
HEY Skittles Oct 4 #27
Well, I stepped on one (barefoot) once as a dumb farm kid..... lastlib Oct 4 #40
JD doesn't ooze: he's a projectile pustule struggle4progress Oct 4 #28
Vance is a stone cold racist. yardwork Oct 4 #29
Here is her response to that POS! sheshe2 Oct 4 #38
Great response! yardwork Oct 4 #47
Shut UP, Ugly Ass Vance.. you're Cha Oct 4 #30
I agree with you! sheshe2 Oct 4 #35
Neo Nazis Wallow in being Stupid, Evil, Cha Oct 4 #41
Said the sad hillbilly - describing himself... NM Grins Oct 4 #31
jd vance is a dickwad, not worth the energy or time to listen to, ever. SWBTATTReg Oct 4 #32
GRATITUDE!? Jimvanhise Oct 4 #33
So predictable..and christian like. A real leader Deuxcents Oct 4 #36
I love Joy Reid! CrispyQ Oct 4 #37
Non trolling advice? He's the VP of trolling!! MerryBlooms Oct 4 #39
Just another distraction from the Epstein files.... Talitha Oct 4 #48
Hey JD, go shove your gratitude straight up your ass! Initech Oct 4 #51
I hope she gave him an appropriate response. Crunchy Frog Oct 4 #52
See post 38 sheshe2 Oct 4 #53
Did she even say thank you once? InfiniteStardust Oct 4 #54
.. BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 5 #55

Bernardo de La Paz

(59,595 posts)
1. They demand gratitude from African American people for not enslaving them all over again
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:24 PM
Oct 4

As if Shady Wanks doesn't ooze comtempt.

But even more, the undercurrent is that Wanks and the Orange Tyranny should never be criticized. Anyone, but particularly non-white non-males, who does criticize is "ungrateful".

The manly man regime is so weak they are unable to withstand any criticism.

B.See

(7,016 posts)
34. Precisely. It's KLAN speak for
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:34 PM
Oct 4

"Be thankful you're not out picking COTTON."

Maybe the reason WHY manly MAGAT men have their panties all in a bunch over Black women is because they've, more often than NOT, been in the forefront of the fight TO SAVE DEMOCRACY, even at times when some others have failed to... ahem... rise to the occasion.

Keepthesoulalive

(1,905 posts)
3. I guess the trans thing isn't working out too well
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:29 PM
Oct 4

So we have to find someone else to demonize. These people are mean and morally deficient and people voted for this.

tetedur

(1,373 posts)
4. So I'd give this patronizing piece of excrement at least an 11 on the scale of 0-10 for outrageousness.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:30 PM
Oct 4

Nobody asked JD his opinion on Joy Reid. Nobody wants his opinion period. He's sooooo concerned for Joy Reid's happiness he feels it necessary to advise her on her attitude? It is so obvious he's revisiting his admonishment to Zelensky to show "gratitude". But words fail to adequately express the disgust that this makes me feel towards him.

And I love the phrase "non-trolling advice" he uses as he trolls.

Ocelot II

(127,765 posts)
6. Shady Vance should be grateful to his country for the privilege afforded a mediocre white man
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:32 PM
Oct 4

that made it possible for him to become Vice President, a position for which he is completely unqualified- like all the other privileged mediocre white men who are running the country into the ground while claiming they are better than everyone else.

eppur_se_muova

(40,309 posts)
50. He still hasn't shown enough gratitude for being able to buy his way into a Senate seat for which he was likewise ...
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:28 PM
Oct 4

wholly unqualified.

Oh, wait, I'm sure he's shown plenty of gratitude to Peter Thiel, his purchaser, by trying to help steer Thiel's crazy-ass worldview into law.

Ping Tung

(3,870 posts)
7. Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage,
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:34 PM
Oct 4
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. Thomas Paine

Jilly_in_VA

(13,284 posts)
8. Shady McMaybelline can fuck right off
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:37 PM
Oct 4

and when he gets there, he can fuck off some more. And when he gets THERE, he can keep right on going. Talk about someone who should be grateful for how the country has treated HIM! Well, at least some of it....

Baitball Blogger

(51,122 posts)
9. All of us are thankful to the side of
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:57 PM
Oct 4

America that respected and believed in American principles. And also believed that America was built on a foundation of immigrants. So, the VP should shut up since he represents the antithesis of that.

malaise

(290,151 posts)
11. Joy made it to an Ivy League college on
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 01:10 PM
Oct 4

merit.
His wife is the same as Joy - US born of immigrants.
Eff off you woman hating racist.

unblock

(55,695 posts)
12. Omg, I agree with jd Vance!
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 01:25 PM
Oct 4

Rich people should show more gratitude and appreciation for all this country has done and does for them. Laws and courts and enforcement of property rights, a stabilized banking system, a government that largely lets them do whatever makes the most money, etc.

They can start by paying their fair share of taxes and not constantly trying to lobby the government for endless loopholes and take advantage of every one.

Then they can make sure their workers are paid well and have safe working conditions, and customers actually are satisfied.

I'm suuuure that's what he was talking about. Couldn't possibly be anything else, right?

Paladin

(31,783 posts)
14. "Honest, non-trolling advice" my ASS.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 01:32 PM
Oct 4

Vance wouldn't be spewing that "advice," if Joy Reid were a little more white.

Mblaze

(822 posts)
15. Let me clue you in JD
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 01:52 PM
Oct 4

The contempt Joy shows is for Donald Trump, SCOTUS, you personally and the rest of MAGA. There is a tsunami of that contempt washing over our country as I type this. That contempt was well earned by your constant lies and your deep hatred of America.

Ms. Reid stands out because she has a pulpit. Pay attention beardo.

BaronChocula

(3,557 posts)
16. Don't get it twisted Shady
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 01:52 PM
Oct 4

She doesn't go after America - she goes after people like you who ruin America. She believes that the system in America should work for the majority of Americans unlike you who soldier to consolidate wealth and power by sucking on billion-dollar c*cks and advocating for stripping away rights. Everything you do further marginalizes the people you bad-mouthed in your self-hating bio. You aren't America, buddy. You're the problem with America. Get it straight.

W_HAMILTON

(9,683 posts)
42. I don't know, but she should say more of it and the rest of us should join in as well!
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 04:12 PM
Oct 4

As I'm sure Joy knows, a hit dog will holler -- make those fascists holler even more!

mnhtnbb

(32,922 posts)
22. Oh, Joy has been mansplained!
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 02:48 PM
Oct 4

I'll bet she really gives a damn what some white prick has to say about how she should behave!

What an arrogant a$$hole.

Beartracks

(14,159 posts)
23. Vance to Reid: "Did you even say yessa massa?"
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 02:52 PM
Oct 4

So I'm paraphrasing his "thank you" demand to the President of Ukraine, but isn't it really the same thing here, just with the obvious racist, uh... contempt?

MAGA types think Democrats criticize America and fail to see that they are criticizing what Republicans are doing to America.

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lastlib

(26,868 posts)
25. I'm sure Joy would be grateful (as we all would)......
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:10 PM
Oct 4

...if VD Dunce would go f*ck a cactus.
(Saguaro preferred)

lastlib

(26,868 posts)
40. Well, I stepped on one (barefoot) once as a dumb farm kid.....
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:53 PM
Oct 4

...Held a grudge ever since.

sheshe2

(94,353 posts)
38. Here is her response to that POS!
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:41 PM
Oct 4
Reid, whose parents immigrated from the Republic of Congo and Guyana, slammed Vance's remark as patronizing and dangerous.

“Waking up… to the reality that the vice president of the United States deliberately put a target on you… is something,” Reid wrote on Threads.

Reid noted that as a Black immigrant’s daughter, Vance’s framing felt like a direct threat, especially given the rising political hostility toward nonwhite immigrants.

On Substack, Reid wrote that she doesn’t “feel the need to take advice” from a man “whose moral North Star is Curtis Yarvin,” referencing the far-right political theorist. She added that the idea that Black success requires gratitude to white America is “just the same old racist balderdash” from the right.


https://www.binnews.com/content/2025-10-03-joy-reid-slams-jd-vance-for-saying-she-should-have-more-gratitude-for-us/



SWBTATTReg

(25,781 posts)
32. jd vance is a dickwad, not worth the energy or time to listen to, ever.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:22 PM
Oct 4

he may not realize it now, but his and djt's reputations are shot, and sunk to the deepest part of the oceans. No wonder even though they literally have everything (the republicans) they want, both houses, the supreme court, they still don't have the majority of the American People.

Jimvanhise

(532 posts)
33. GRATITUDE!?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:22 PM
Oct 4

In January Trump made DEI illegal, something which largely affects women and blacks. Hegseth has claimed (at least twice) that diversity is not the source of our military's strength. And Trump's WH has been mocking a black congressman with racially charged imagery which they claim is "just a joke."

CrispyQ

(40,332 posts)
37. I love Joy Reid!
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:39 PM
Oct 4

Joy, Alex Wagner, & Katie Phang were my three favorite hosts on MSNBC. We turned the news off after the election so I don't know where they've all landed.

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