John Lewis on Bernie Sanders and Civil Rights Movement...

[heyjude]

And apparently Berners are saying terrible things on Twitter about John Lewis now.

Surprise, surprise.

[sfy]

The only way to really learn how to best shade someone is to sit at the feet of old black people and let them teach you along with old Negro spirituals and the best way to de-stem and cut collard greens. Rep. Lewis is clearly a master. My husband and I once spent a few minutes sweating him at the airport and soaking up the knowledge, but we didn't even think to request shade tips. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

[jillboston]

Feb 11, 2016 17:03:27 GMT -5 heyjude said:

And apparently Berners are saying terrible things on Twitter about John Lewis now.

Surprise, surprise.

RAGE........!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you do NOT fuck with John Lewis. NO

[heyjude]

bluenationreview.com/civil-rights-legend-john-lewis-trolled-by-bernie-supporters/

[cville]

Feb 11, 2016 17:10:08 GMT -5 jillboston said:

Feb 11, 2016 17:03:27 GMT -5 heyjude said:

And apparently Berners are saying terrible things on Twitter about John Lewis now.

Surprise, surprise.

RAGE........!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you do NOT fuck with John Lewis. NO

Messing with John Lewis is goddamned unconstitutional.

I'm appalled and enraged. You know whose word I buy? John Lewis. You know whose I don't? Stupid ass Berners.

[pixy0stix]

Feb 11, 2016 17:11:39 GMT -5 heyjude said:

bluenationreview.com/civil-rights-legend-john-lewis-trolled-by-bernie-supporters/

Didn't Bernie just tell his supporters to cool it?

[suzyp]

Feb 11, 2016 17:11:39 GMT -5 heyjude said:

bluenationreview.com/civil-rights-legend-john-lewis-trolled-by-bernie-supporters/

HOLY SHIT.  My eyes look just like these -

And wtf to tweeting that you don't know who he is - then don't say anything. 

[tacosforlife]

Excellent GIF usage, 1234FIF!. Solid work.

[sfy]

Feb 11, 2016 17:30:25 GMT -5 1234FIF! said:

Actor Jeffrey Wright is going in on folks. 

I just love him so much. He is so point. Also, he and Carmen were basically my favorite Hollywood couple ever after Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.

[gretchenindisguise]

Feb 11, 2016 17:03:27 GMT -5 heyjude said:

And apparently Berners are saying terrible things on Twitter about John Lewis now.

Surprise, surprise.

The Trump comparisons just keep on coming.

[ttt]

Yes BUT Bernie marched with MLK!!!! And got arrested!!!!!!11!!

[elleblue]

Feb 11, 2016 17:11:39 GMT -5 heyjude said:

bluenationreview.com/civil-rights-legend-john-lewis-trolled-by-bernie-supporters/

I know you'll find this very shocking, one of those tweets is by Milo Yiannopoulos, you know he of the White Privilege Grant we discussed here a few weeks back. 

[elleblue]

Oh and everyone should also check out #HowToTalkToBlackWomen. link

[ttt]

By the way, Bernie apparently wouldn't answer Al Sharpton with anything but "Wall Street!" and "income inequality!" during their talk either lol:

thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/269070-sharpton-sanders-did-not-address-how-racism-affects

[elleblue]

Feb 11, 2016 17:55:12 GMT -5 ttt said:

By the way, Bernie apparently wouldn't answer Al Sharpton with anything but "Wall Street!" and "income inequality!" during their talk either lol:

thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/269070-sharpton-sanders-did-not-address-how-racism-affects

[turnipthebeet]

Feb 11, 2016 17:55:12 GMT -5 ttt said:

By the way, Bernie apparently wouldn't answer Al Sharpton with anything but "Wall Street!" and "income inequality!" during their talk either lol:

thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/269070-sharpton-sanders-did-not-address-how-racism-affects

I mean, I know he's a one trick pony, but at this point he isn't even trying.

[heyjude]

Feb 11, 2016 17:54:31 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Oh and everyone should also check out #HowToTalkToBlackWomen. link

What is the back story here?

[heyjude]

Feb 11, 2016 17:50:48 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Feb 11, 2016 17:11:39 GMT -5 heyjude said:

bluenationreview.com/civil-rights-legend-john-lewis-trolled-by-bernie-supporters/

I know you'll find this very shocking, one of those tweets is by Milo Yiannopoulos, you know he of the White Privilege Grant we discussed here a few weeks back. 

I don't know this person?

[heyjude]

Feb 11, 2016 17:55:12 GMT -5 ttt said:

By the way, Bernie apparently wouldn't answer Al Sharpton with anything but "Wall Street!" and "income inequality!" during their talk either lol:

thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/269070-sharpton-sanders-did-not-address-how-racism-affects

omg.

Is he imploding before our eyes?!

I said this last week but I'm beginning to think the there is no room in socialism for unique issues that affect people of color or women.

"Too divisive."

[elleblue]

Feb 11, 2016 18:04:39 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Feb 11, 2016 17:50:48 GMT -5 elleblue said:

I know you'll find this very shocking, one of those tweets is by Milo Yiannopoulos, you know he of the White Privilege Grant we discussed here a few weeks back. 

I don't know this person?

Sorry, for some reason I thought you participated in the thread, I must be misremembering. Here's a quick and dirty on the college scholarship he's starting. link

[eclaires]

Welp.

Is this the portion of the thread where we get derpsplained to? I'll wait.

[heyjude]

Feb 11, 2016 18:15:00 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Feb 11, 2016 18:04:39 GMT -5 heyjude said:

I don't know this person?

Sorry, for some reason I thought you participated in the thread, I must be misremembering. Here's a quick and dirty on the college scholarship he's starting. link

And he is a Berner?!

[heyjude]

Feb 11, 2016 18:17:40 GMT -5 eclaires said:

Welp.

Is this the portion of the thread where we get derpsplained to? I'll wait.

That's offensive!

[eclaires]

Feb 11, 2016 18:18:54 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Feb 11, 2016 18:17:40 GMT -5 eclaires said:

Welp.

Is this the portion of the thread where we get derpsplained to? I'll wait.

That's offensive!

I'm perpetually in the corner for my bad behavior.

[elleblue]

Feb 11, 2016 18:04:12 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Feb 11, 2016 17:54:31 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Oh and everyone should also check out #HowToTalkToBlackWomen. link

What is the back story here?

His union super PAC held a "How to Talk to Black Women" seminar. Or something along those lines. They briefly tweeted this: 

[eclaires]

Feb 11, 2016 18:21:28 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Feb 11, 2016 18:04:12 GMT -5 heyjude said:

What is the back story here?

His union super PAC held a "How to Talk to Black Women" seminar. Or something along those lines. They briefly tweeted this: 

I am fucking dead.

[elleblue]

Feb 11, 2016 18:23:04 GMT -5 eclaires said:

Feb 11, 2016 18:21:28 GMT -5 elleblue said:

His union super PAC held a "How to Talk to Black Women" seminar. Or something along those lines. They briefly tweeted this: 

I am fucking dead.

Right? Twitter is, of course, going in. 

[heyjude]

Feb 11, 2016 18:20:59 GMT -5 eclaires said:

Feb 11, 2016 18:18:54 GMT -5 heyjude said:

That's offensive!

I'm perpetually in the corner for my bad behavior.

We all are in Derp's world.

[heyjude]

Feb 11, 2016 18:21:28 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Feb 11, 2016 18:04:12 GMT -5 heyjude said:

What is the back story here?

His union super PAC held a "How to Talk to Black Women" seminar. Or something along those lines. They briefly tweeted this: 

Oh lol.

And derp scolded me for suggesting Bernie was going on a "oh there is more than just white people in America" tour.

[elleblue]

Feb 11, 2016 18:18:08 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Feb 11, 2016 18:15:00 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Sorry, for some reason I thought you participated in the thread, I must be misremembering. Here's a quick and dirty on the college scholarship he's starting. link

And he is a Berner?!

I don't know specifically, I just noticed his tweet because of his spectacularly terrible hair and put two and two together. I would imagine he's very much a Bernie bro given he's been vocal about gamergate. From Wikipedia:

Yiannopoulos was responsible for early news coverage of the Gamergate controversy, criticizing what he saw as the politicization of video game culture by "an army of sociopathic feminist programmers and campaigners, abetted by achingly politically correct American tech bloggers." In December 2014, he announced he was working on a book about Gamergate

So in other words, between his views on sexism/feminism and starting a white men only scholarship, it doesn't shock me that he called John Lewis' statements race baiting.