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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBernie Sanders Supporters Are Having A "Fart-In" Protest During The DNC
NOT. THE. ONION.
The unusual political strategy will have Sanders delegates consuming a lot of beans before heading to Philadelphia later this month, according to US News and World Report.
Protest organizer Cheri Honkala, national coordinator for the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, has been stocking up on boxes of dry beans and canned beans.
The plan is for delegates to chow down, then let presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton smell what they think of her.
"The fart-in is to raise attention about things that really stink in our society, said Dr. Walter Tsou, of the Philadelphia branch of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/287472-sanders-delegates-to-hold-fart-in-protest-at-convention
whathehell
(29,082 posts)PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)whathehell
(29,082 posts)PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)I'm old, and that's older than dirt.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)redStateBlueHeart
(265 posts)Eom
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Initech
(100,099 posts)struggle4progress
(118,330 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,021 posts)Homework on the weekends?
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)sarae
(3,284 posts)DrDan
(20,411 posts)Brickbat
(19,339 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)uawchild
(2,208 posts)Paladin
(28,271 posts)GreydeeThos
(958 posts)LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)it'll become Semi Colon
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Grow up and work to prevent a Prez Trump
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Every time he opens his mouth is a fart.
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)What a bunch of farts they are.
yuiyoshida
(41,836 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Quackers
(2,256 posts)May God have mercy on the clean-up crew.
Heeeeers Johnny
(423 posts)Fartman!
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Initech
(100,099 posts)I am a Bernie supporter, always have been and always will be, but this is embarrassing.
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)In their own stench too.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)villager
(26,001 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)liberal N proud
(60,339 posts)And how do you coordinate a far in?
Initech
(100,099 posts)liberal N proud
(60,339 posts)Initech
(100,099 posts)tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)This is disgusting.
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farts.
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Yes, I went there.
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)dembotoz
(16,826 posts)if i were a delegate and flew long distance and stayed at a strange place and ate not my normal diet. i would anticipate i would be sending out wave upon wave of gas....just gonna happen....sorry.......
so now would hrc supporters nearby by counting my flatulence episodes as a test of party loyalty?
what is the acceptable rate to show devotion to hrc? under once an hour?
Once a day? if its once a day....sorry i am screwed......i think i farted at least twice while typing this.......
will we now have our own potty police?
is this what it has come down to?????
so in philly beside the bomb sniffing dogs will there be fart sniffing dogs(true hazard pay...poor things)
me thinks someone made a joke and the paranoid hrc folks took the bait and are running with it.
3catwoman3
(24,032 posts)...has actually studied this, and determined that the average adult human being passes gas 14 times a day. For the researcher, I am hoping this was done by report of the subjects in the study, not by having to witness it him/herself.
Trivia for the day.
dembotoz
(16,826 posts)although this does not get much in the way of bragging rights
This makes me embarrassed as a Sanders supported.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)tblue37
(65,483 posts)seem too weird, fringe, foolish, or creepy to appeal to mainstream voters. It makes us all look bad. (Or should I say smell bad?)
In the same way that some unpleasant Bernie supporters (and some who claimed to be Bernie supporters) led a lot of people to associate Bernie with their nastiness, so too does this sort of nonsense cause many people to associate our values and causes with fools and immature creeps.
LuvLoogie
(7,021 posts)The Second Stone
(2,900 posts)better world doing something more constructive.
frankieallen
(583 posts)herding cats
(19,566 posts)And really stupid. Not to mention repulsive.
It'll serve them right if they all get cramps and can't attend.
John Poet
(2,510 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Plenty of them will be shitting their drawers as they put a little to much effort into the protest. Remember protesters, let it come naturally. Push too hard and you will end up with a pant load.
lamp_shade
(14,841 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,885 posts)Cooler sphincters will prevail and this too shall pass.
sarae
(3,284 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)boston bean
(36,223 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,192 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Trajan
(19,089 posts)I'm a Bernie supporter, yet I am not going to the convention to participate in a Fart in ...
Seems the story is suspect ...
Not surprised ...
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Javaman
(62,533 posts)anyone who has been to any packed convention knows full well it's just a giant room of hot farts and sweaty people.
I can only take any packed convention hall of any kind for so long before I have to run to the exit gasping for air.
in other news: people fart.
3catwoman3
(24,032 posts)...juvenile. Are these people stuck at age 12?
This is actually an insult to their beloved candidate.