2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWil Wheaton - When a black man, who is a civil rights hero, is talking about civil rights...
...maybe shut the fuck up for five minutes about the TPP.
https://twitter.com/wilw/status/757691346240937984
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Wait... who the hell is Wil Wheaton? Lemme know when Shatner chimes in.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)it is ASSHOLES on display
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)THANK you
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)So, I would say that, in this case, he's using his white privilege for good.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)From Wonkette:
Elijah Cummings! Wonkettes legislative badass of the year! THAT Elijah Cummings! A fuckin HERO!
I like Bernie. Every Wonker does, it is the law. But some of his delegates are being horrifying, and if you want to talk about privilege (which, face it, I usually dont!) then the white children drowning out the black lady congressman and the black congressman need to take a look in the fucking mirror.
Its not funny, its not cute, and if YOUR democracy looks like this, go be a fucking Trumpkin and you can be the anti-democratic authoritarian you so clearly wish to be while shouting down your fucking betters. You know you want to, you fucking little pricks.
http://wonkette.com/604665/stop-yelling-over-elijah-cummings-and-show-some-goddamned-respect
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)I think that we got a little lost here.
abetterkid
(47 posts)🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Cha
(297,349 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Civil rights prevail over TPP bs.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Nice to see some speaking out.
sweetloukillbot
(11,032 posts)Journeyman
(15,036 posts)but if you must interrupt, ensure your issue is analogous to the one the speaker is addressing, and that your objection is pertinent to the moment. Otherwise, why should others accord you any interest or respect?
(I say this not knowing what the particular individual, topic, or potential "conflict" may be, but simply from a well perceived attitude toward accommodation and productive personal interaction.)
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)When it's over 100°, but you have to roll down the windows in the car because your rotting-corpse fart is suffocating you and your wife.u s
***********
He says a lot of stuff.
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Stated on behalf of a friend.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Maybe Giuliani would have some resonance with this crowd by calling BLM terrorists.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)that Wil Wheaton is confusing Elijah Cummings for John Lewis.
4lbs
(6,858 posts)n/t
calimary
(81,340 posts)Liberal, opposed dubya, denounces limbaugh and Pox Noise & Co. He's also a Bernie supporter, as it turns out. He's well-enough informed that I'd guess he knows who Elijah Cummings and John Lewis each are.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil_Wheaton
Sparkly
(24,149 posts)Because the horrible oppression these people experience over the TPP makes it impossible to respect someone like Elijah Cummings.