No skittles for protesters

[dawnzersong]

This is so appalling. As I hear all of this rhetoric demonizing protesters (whether they are destroying property or not), I keep thinking about that piece of shit who killed four people while driving drunk and sent to some cushy spa rehab facility because his severe case of "affluenza" made actually punishing him too mean.


www.rawstory.com/2015/04/maryland-lawmaker-proposes-law-to-take-food-stamps-from-families-of-kids-who-protest/

Republican Maryland state Delegate Patrick McDonough suggested this week that parents did not deserve to continue receiving food stamps if they refused to stop their children from protesting the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.



In audio obtain by First Look’s Lee Fang, a caller on a Baltimore radio program asks McDonough why the government could not “take away benefits from families, from like the parents who are collecting welfare” if the protesters were “too young.”

“That’s an idea and that could be legislation,” McDonough volunteers. “I think that you could make the case that there is a failure to do proper parenting and allowing this stuff to happen, is there an opportunity for a month to take away your food stamps?”



Listen to the audio below.







McDonough goes on to say that a “scientific study” is needed to understand the mindset of “thug nation.”



“These young people, they’re violent, they’re brutal, their mindset is dysfunctional to a point of being dangerous,” he says. “We have got to study, investigate, and really look at what this is all about.”



Listen to the audio below.

[anonymous]

OMFG.

[WOT?*]

What the everloving fuck?

[runforrest]

If I listen to that audio I may throw my laptop across the room and hit somebody.

OMG. HOW could someone think this is a good idea?

[smock]

Um, what about the constitutional right to assemble?

McDonough's response: No Constitution for poor people!

[pixy0stix]

YOU CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE IT IS A PROTECTED RIGHT IN THE CONSTITUTION YOU FUCKWADS!

[pixy0stix]

This might just push me off the cliff.

[meshaliuknits]

*rubs temples*

[NewOrleans]

omfg

And thug nation

omg

You don't need a scientific study. You need need empathy.

[katfco]

Apr 30, 2015 14:26:11 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

This might just push me off the cliff.

Can I recommend others to push instead? I can think of a few choice candidates. 

[ESF]

When politicians are treating their job like a Fox News guest spot audition, this is what you get.

[secretlyevil]

::leaves thread before I say/do something I regret.::

[PatBenatar]

Why are people the worst? STFU McDonough.

[sporky]

What an ignorant, racist asshole.

[penguingrrl]

Taking food away from people who are already desperate sounds like a brilliant idea to stem the violence. Worked great in France...

[AJL]

“These young people  Some of these law enforcement officers, they’re violent, they’re brutal, their mindset is dysfunctional to a point of being dangerous,” he says. “We have got to study, investigate, and really look at what this is all about.”

Fixed that for him.

[Deleted]

But the people are just hangry. I thought they just needed a snickers? Don't take away their skittles- think how angry they will get?

And if someone took away my food stamps, and I was hungry, my peaceful protest would most definitely turn into looting. For fuxking dinner!

[charminglife]

This guy has been acting like an asshole for years.

[ECB]

JFC. Now I'm just embarrassed.

[msmerymac]

Apr 30, 2015 17:47:56 GMT -5 charminglife said:

This guy has been acting like an asshole for years.

Is this real life?

[secretlyevil]

This fuck can just go crawl back under his rock now.