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Rep Al Green ejected from Trump's State of the Union after holding a ' Black People Aren't Apes' sign (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] 154 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Was he even being disruptive, other than holding a sign? MTG was screeching during one of Biden's and wasn't escorted out.

Also, a republican trying to tear the sign out of his hands and then all of them chanting "USA" as Green is led out is fucking wild. I thought they were pretending to not be racists? Is that gone now?

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  • [–] 91 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Trump makes racists feel safe to be openly racist. He has since his first term after he wouldn't denounce his endorsement from the former grand wizard of the kkk. Since the "good people on both sides".

    Unrelated, but just a reminder its ok to punch nazis 👍

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    They wouldn’t chant that shit in public. Only in their protected little enclave. Never forget these people are fucking cowards on top of being Nazis.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    actually I think I just watched an old West Wing episode about this recently. I beleive there is a rule about when and where you can carry plaquards, signs and posters, so he likely had to be removed by the rules but was doing it deliberately.

    Not a criticism of the method, just explanatory.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Honestly I think it's brilliant.

    Imagine having to go to some event where the speaker smells like diaper shit and dementia-rants for three hours.

    Bring a sign, get lots of photos, then forced to leave... All before a single geriatric shit smell hits your nose.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Yea it's a great way for a congress member to protest. It's visible, you can control the narrative, and it's way more active the boycotting or going to the alternative state of the union put on by notable Pro-Clinton PAC MoveOn.org

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    • [–] 39 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    Soo they think black people are actually apes. Man do I hate the state of the country

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    • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    I'd rather be an ape a 100 times more than a fascist. At least then I'd have some reasonable excuse for my actions.

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    [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    that will show him for spreading such lies. I hate this timeline.

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    [+] -23 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Well, ackshually....

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    How about you clarify what you mean, because right now, ambiguity implies that you think black people are apes. And if you're trying to make the joke that "all humans are primates", it's probably not the best time, or at least you'd better do it carefully to make sure it's funny and not cringe.

    edit: Brief perusal of your comment history implies that it's not very likely you were going for a super-racist joke; probably the "all humans" thing. Maybe rework it a bit? :)

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    edit: Brief perusal of your comment history implies that it's not very likely you were going for a super-racist joke; probably the "all humans" thing. Maybe rework it a bit? :)

    Time and place.

    It's "All lives matter" energy while ignoring the root issue.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I had thought about making the statement too, "well, we are all actually apes" but then I thought better against it

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, it's exactly the type of joke I would normally make, but same… I happened to think it through and thought better of it. lol

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Agreed. I came to this comment section to see whether someone would make that point and whether they could do it without pissing everyone off.

    I didn't expect it to be so amateurish and in all likelihood racist.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I'm glad my comment history passes the smell test.

    It's OK to make jokes on serious topics. My joke was that some smartass would come in and make an accurate but ill-advised point. That's why I misspelled "actually" and didn't complete it.

    I saw this post first, but there's another one with much more responses in a more popular community. Someone else made the joke, and it seemed like no one wigged out about it.

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