She was an unknown until she filmed a promotional video for MSNBC in which she stated that [[United States|America]] needs a ''"collective notion of 'these are our children'"'' and that ''"we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents"''.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/04/09/critics-slam-msnbc-hosts-claim-that-kids-belong-to-community-not-parents/#ixzz2QDK2AH2L</ref> When criticized for allegedly wanting to take children from their parents into the her [[utopian]] collective, she used the classic [[liberal]] tactic of claiming to be a victim.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/08/msnbcs-melissa-harris-perry-wants-your-children/</ref> | She was an unknown until she filmed a promotional video for MSNBC in which she stated that [[United States|America]] needs a ''"collective notion of 'these are our children'"'' and that ''"we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents"''.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/04/09/critics-slam-msnbc-hosts-claim-that-kids-belong-to-community-not-parents/#ixzz2QDK2AH2L</ref> When criticized for allegedly wanting to take children from their parents into the her [[utopian]] collective, she used the classic [[liberal]] tactic of claiming to be a victim.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/08/msnbcs-melissa-harris-perry-wants-your-children/</ref> |