https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/442932378168619008
What did Christine Pelosi, daughter of Nancy Pelosi say? Oh, just this:
Nutty Pelosi Spawn Links Pacific Earthquake Off California to Fracking http://t.co/HLBlZfjiKj @sfpelosi
— JWF (@JammieWF) March 10, 2014
No, seriously.
#BREAKING: 6.9 #earthquake off Northern CA coast per #USGS http://t.co/1vM7tnRQAL //another reason I oppose #fracking on the fault line
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) March 10, 2014
What the frack?
.@exjon i think @sfpelosi wins the dumbest tweet of the night award. https://t.co/cX3LKyp7lw
— Mike Benedict (@mikeyb310) March 10, 2014
Yep.
.@sfpelosi You're a goddamn lunatic.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2014
Pelosi did get the early win for the dumbest tweet of the night. But, she didn’t even stop there and instead kept digging after Twitter users tried to educate the ignorant, fear-mongering Pelosi. Giver @ExJon started off the schooling.
Anti-science lunacy –> MT @sfpelosi #BREAKING: 6.9 #earthquake off N. CA coast per #USGS //another reason I oppose #fracking on fault line
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
Blaming fracking for an oceanic earthquake? Might as well blame vaccinations, second-hand smoke or tiny demons who live under the sea.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
Envirolefties are as superstitious as medieval villagers.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
Can we require politicos and media to prove they got better than a C in Physics 101 before they expound on plate tectonics?
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
"Fracking causes Earthquakes 30 miles into the Pacific Ocean.."
"Uh wait..I have a ques…"
"THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED. IT'S A FACT!"
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2014
@redsteeze WHY DO YOU HATE SCIENCE, DENIER??!!1!
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
Can we elect an engineer president? A degree in the hard sciences would show a basic understanding of how stuff works in the real world.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
The other thing I love about Pelosi's tweet: Her 1st reaction to a massive earthquake isn't concern for people, but her pet political cause.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
Because of course. Every. Time.
"A massive earthquake just hit California? Well, that's why I buy my organic kale locally from Arizona fair trade farmers." ::pats back::
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
Pelosi responded with more idiocy.
No @exjon you're wrong twice: 1. Linked article said no injuries 2. The tweet didn't cast any blame. That was your projection. Grow up.
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) March 10, 2014
Really? Except for that whole “another reason I oppose fracking” thing, right?
.@sfpelosi Fracking has ZERO to do with the earthquake. Might as well blame chemtrails.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/442916210632445952
@exjon @sfpelosi Clearly, holographic lizard people from deep inside our hollow Earth are to blame. Oh, and Bush. Can't forget to blame him.
— Charles Alexander (@HolographicRibs) March 10, 2014
.@Matthops82 It's like Ralph Reed blaming the quake on gay marriage. @sfpelosi
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
.@sfpelosi @exjon "#earthquake off Northern CA coast per #USGS //another reason I oppose #fracking" That's not blaming?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/442916588765724672
@sfpelosi @exjon Well, if it's not fracking, it's gotta be global wa- I mean Climate Change. Or the Polar Vortex. Or something. Right?
— Lisellle (@Lisellle) March 10, 2014
@Matthops82 @sfpelosi's
ignorance of science, another reason women should stay in the kitchen. WAIT NEVER CASTED BLAME. @exjon— don't come for me (@elisabethlehem) March 10, 2014
Beautiful.
Pelosi just couldn’t stop and continued to expose her ignorance and absurdity.
Interesting but unsurprising that folks who troll a comment about our fragile environment go immediately to personal #sexist insults.
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) March 10, 2014
There we go! Point out facts? Sexist, natch.
I don't say it was related at all – no blame ascribed in my tweet. Quake just a reminder that Mother Earth is fragile. @seismogenic
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) March 10, 2014
Crazy tweets by some who -unlike you – did not bother to read in context before chiming in. The "blame" stuff is bizarre. @seismogenic
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) March 10, 2014
@nilgirian so every single tweet by itself has to make sense to you? That's an odd standard for twitter – or life. How bout reading my TL?
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) March 10, 2014
I've tweeted on #fracking before. Should I be called "wench" or "Botox poisoned" by folk who didn't read my TL for context? I think not.
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) March 10, 2014
Twitter has a search function where you enter words and seek context. Context like https://t.co/Z5wdggwTP2 and https://t.co/14EwS9SpfH
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) March 10, 2014
And with that, she got even more bless her heart-y. Check out the tweets she is using in her defense; Totally not blame-y:
Yikes –> “@evrybdeezgt1: Confirmed: Fracking Triggers Quakes and Seismic Chaos http://t.co/iXfRSTg6sY pic.twitter.com/igRm62K3u5
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) July 18, 2013
Uh.
Maybe. Def. safer w/out fracking on the fault line MT @HuffPostSF Wld you feel safer with #earthquake warning system? pic.twitter.com/oy31TxG5Lh
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) September 13, 2013
Double uh.
.@sfpelosi Yea those both just make you look even dumber.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2014
.@sfpelosi I am so confused.. Am I the only one here confused? Weren't you just denying this association? pic.twitter.com/3YyPJoIVvw
— nilgirian (@nilgirian) March 10, 2014
@sfpelosi So now you're trying to backup an idiot statement that you denied saying in the first place. Just dig, baby.
— GoSellCrazy… (@rrobertschwartz) March 10, 2014
Ding, ding, ding!
More digging:
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/442936131655454720
Yep, she retweeted this:
@sfpelosi That quake is at the southern end of the Cascadia Zone that can yield scary 8s and 9s. Also, Fracking is occurring off Cali coast.
— FogBelter (@FogBelter) March 10, 2014
Precious.
Citizens continued to give Ms. Pelosi the business and it was delicious.
@sfpelosi @seismogenic How is this NOT Blaming fracking? LIke WTF is fracking doing in this tweet then? https://t.co/R5tdeVtkE4
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2014
Frack is Whack, Yo.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/442926211329576960
@Matthops82 @sfpelosi unless her context was "use a massive earthquake to push my political ideals with no regard to victims"
— don't come for me (@elisabethlehem) March 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/kesgardner/status/442933031779569664
.@seismogenic @sfpelosi She made a completely asinine assumption of causation, & she was called out on it..Is that not scientific principle?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2014
But … but … sexist!
@sfpelosi Thinks people reacting to her idiotic fracking comment was sexist.
— Victoria Taft (@VictoriaTaft) March 10, 2014
.@seismogenic @sfpelosi And instead of retracting, she blamed sexism.. sorry.. no.. We don't play that game. You shouldn't either
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2014
@sfpelosi Bullshit… Retweet them.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2014
.@sfpelosi I did nothing of the kind and you know it. Pathetic smearing.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
"People called me out for blaming a massive earthquake on fracking without any proof. Clearly it's sexism." – @sfpelosi
— don't come for me (@elisabethlehem) March 10, 2014
Fracking causes earthquakes. Sexist earthquakes.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 10, 2014
Hey, Ms. Pelosi, you may need to blame yourself soon.
.@sfpelosi @seismogenic Keep digging that hole. Dig deep enough you might cause another earthquake!
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2014
And an exit prediction: Coming next from Ms. Pelosi?
"Earthquake off SF coast.. Another reason why I support free birth control" – @SFPelosi basically.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 10, 2014
Stay tuned!
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