jimnyc
04-18-2020, 01:59 PM
This is not just "right wing activists protesting social distancing measures". They are trying to push this far far right and make it Charlotte again.
With that said, Moore just dipshittingly just gave them more ammo to run with just that. Yes, I get that folks are protesting civil actions preventing them from living their lives. But this is not making one human life more valuable than another, as happened with Rosa and so many others. I completely disagree with this one.
I have zero issue with people protesting rights when there is nothing at all to show why they must adhere to such actions. But much different than having someone allowed in to get a burger when they are hungry, and then not letting someone in when hungry, just because the color of their skin.
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‘Vile’: Twitter STUNNED When Trump Adviser Stephen Moore Calls Coronavirus Protesters ‘Modern-Day Rosa Parks’
Stephen A. Moore, a member of the “Opening Our Country Council” announced by Trump this week, drew fierce backlash for saying that demonstrators protesting social distancing measures are like civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who was arrested for refusing to obey a racist segregation law.
On Friday, The Washington Post published an article in which Moore compared the protesters — some of whom carried Confederate flags and signs featuring swastikas — explicitly with Rosa Parks:
“I think there’s a boiling point that has been reached and exceeded,” said Stephen Moore, a conservative economist. Moore is a member of both the White House council to reopen the country and a coalition of conservative leaders and activists seeking to push government officials to relax stay-at-home orders.
“I call these people the modern-day Rosa Parks — they are protesting against injustice and a loss of liberties,” Moore said of the protesters.
The comparison drew stunned reactions from prominent Twitter users. Moore’s quote really blew up when Bill Kristol tweeted about it, calling it “strikingly stupid and deeply offensive.”
https://i.imgur.com/bJEDvt0.png
Journalists and other prominent figures piled on Moore, and defended the towering legacy of Rosa Parks.
https://i.imgur.com/b0OUGAk.png
https://i.imgur.com/NtQYr7o.png
https://i.imgur.com/VbgB0qc.png
https://i.imgur.com/nzoh0tD.png
Rest - https://www.mediaite.com/news/vile-twitter-stunned-when-trump-adviser-stephen-moore-calls-coronavirus-protesters-modern-day-rosa-parks/
With that said, Moore just dipshittingly just gave them more ammo to run with just that. Yes, I get that folks are protesting civil actions preventing them from living their lives. But this is not making one human life more valuable than another, as happened with Rosa and so many others. I completely disagree with this one.
I have zero issue with people protesting rights when there is nothing at all to show why they must adhere to such actions. But much different than having someone allowed in to get a burger when they are hungry, and then not letting someone in when hungry, just because the color of their skin.
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‘Vile’: Twitter STUNNED When Trump Adviser Stephen Moore Calls Coronavirus Protesters ‘Modern-Day Rosa Parks’
Stephen A. Moore, a member of the “Opening Our Country Council” announced by Trump this week, drew fierce backlash for saying that demonstrators protesting social distancing measures are like civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who was arrested for refusing to obey a racist segregation law.
On Friday, The Washington Post published an article in which Moore compared the protesters — some of whom carried Confederate flags and signs featuring swastikas — explicitly with Rosa Parks:
“I think there’s a boiling point that has been reached and exceeded,” said Stephen Moore, a conservative economist. Moore is a member of both the White House council to reopen the country and a coalition of conservative leaders and activists seeking to push government officials to relax stay-at-home orders.
“I call these people the modern-day Rosa Parks — they are protesting against injustice and a loss of liberties,” Moore said of the protesters.
The comparison drew stunned reactions from prominent Twitter users. Moore’s quote really blew up when Bill Kristol tweeted about it, calling it “strikingly stupid and deeply offensive.”
https://i.imgur.com/bJEDvt0.png
Journalists and other prominent figures piled on Moore, and defended the towering legacy of Rosa Parks.
https://i.imgur.com/b0OUGAk.png
https://i.imgur.com/NtQYr7o.png
https://i.imgur.com/VbgB0qc.png
https://i.imgur.com/nzoh0tD.png
Rest - https://www.mediaite.com/news/vile-twitter-stunned-when-trump-adviser-stephen-moore-calls-coronavirus-protesters-modern-day-rosa-parks/