Valentine’s Day has its problems, but at its core, it’s always been about love. In fact, that’s why my mom calls it “Love Day.”
However, a recent tweet by The White House on X, formerly known as Twitter, just completely trashed the wholesome sentiment of the holiday.
“Roses are Red,
Violets are Blue.
Come into this country illegally,
and we’ll deport you(sic).”
Instead of making the day about love like it is supposed to be, their “joke” makes the holiday filled with hate.
Valentine’s Day, which originated as the feast of Saint Valentine, has become a corporate holiday now, to the chagrin of lovers everywhere. Corporatism has already left a sour taste in many people’s mouths about the day.
However, when the staff of The White House makes a hateful “joke” at the expense of others, it causes the holiday to further lose its meaning.
The only good thing we have left with Valentine’s Day is the love we share with one another. When that is entirely forgotten and then perverted by the Trump Administration to spread a hateful, politically charged message, the day becomes further tainted.
Corporations had already muddied the waters with their greed, and this post was the last clump of mud.
This is not even an argument over sensitivity or not. Some may see this article as just an example of people of the left being “offended” by a joke. I didn’t hate the tweet just because it was hateful.
I hated the tweet because it’s shooting fish in a barrel. For one, we get it: you’re going to deport thousands of immigrants, but to use that during a time of the year when we are supposed to spread love is purely despicable.
Furthermore, there’s so much more the right could use as a Valentine’s Day message without them being hateful. For example, they could make a joke off the 2nd amendment that they’re so proud to tout. “I love you as much as I love my Colt 1911,” or even, “Will you be the Elon to my Trump?”
At the end of the day, Valentine’s Day is supposed to be about love. There are so many other ways for the GOP to celebrate the holiday without being explicitly hateful. By glorifying deportations, the holiday is being corrupted and warped by people who don’t even know the true meaning of love.
Andrew Sarhan is a mass communication freshman from Baton Rouge, La.
