Wil Wheaton - When a black man, who is a civil rights hero, is talking about civil rights...

[onehandle]

...maybe shut the fuck up for five minutes about the TPP.

https://twitter.com/wilw/status/757691346240937984

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Yay Wil Wheaton!

Wait... who the hell is Wil Wheaton? Lemme know when Shatner chimes in.

[etherealtruth]

2. That is an embarrassment to the party

[Dr Hobbitstein]

12. Crusher!

[treestar]

3. Really!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. An example of white privilege on display.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. ...

[OnDoutside]

15. +10

[Skittles]

16. no

it is ASSHOLES on display

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

17. OK, racist assholes, then.

[Skittles]

18. important qualifier

THANK you

[MrScorpio]

28. Actually he's talking to other white people

So, I would say that, in this case, he's using his white privilege for good.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

29. Your condescension and sarcasm be damned! I'm not the only one who sees this for what it is....

From Wonkette:

Elijah Cummings! Wonkette’s 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 don’t!) then the white children drowning out the black lady congressman and the black congressman need to take a look in the fucking mirror.

It’s not funny, it’s 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]

30. I was talking about Wheaton use HIS white privilege, by telling other whites to shut the hell up

I think that we got a little lost here.

[abetterkid]

5. Amen!

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[Cha]

6. Great fucking advice from Wil Wheaton! thank you, onehandle!

[fun n serious]

8. Yes indeed!

Civil rights prevail over TPP bs.

[Starry Messenger]

9. That tweet prompted me to refollow him again.

Nice to see some speaking out.

[sweetloukillbot]

24. He was an incredibly vocal Sanders supporter as well. nt

[Journeyman]

10. Seems simple courtesy, when anyone else is speaking, give them their due. . .

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]

11. Fucking SERIOUSLY.

[jtuck004]

13. Wil Wheaton ‏@wilw 2h2 hours ago

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]

21. Does he have good words? (donald decoded) eom

[geek tragedy]

25. Even worse when you do it during winter.

Stated on behalf of a friend.

[TomCADem]

14. Opposition to BLM Movement within DNC?

Maybe Giuliani would have some resonance with this crowd by calling BLM terrorists.

[Enrique]

19. there is some chance

that Wil Wheaton is confusing Elijah Cummings for John Lewis.

[4lbs]

20. I doubt it. Elijah Cummings was also an instrumental figure in the Civil Rights movement.

n/t

[calimary]

22. Wil Wheaton has turned out to be a pretty good guy.

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]

23. So if it was ONLY Elijah Cummings, it's different.

Because the horrible oppression these people experience over the TPP makes it impossible to respect someone like Elijah Cummings.

[Hekate]

26. Kick

[betsuni]

27. K&R