Fast food strikers co-opt Nelson Mandela's death

As Twitchy reported, left-wing union organizers once again Thursday put together strikes at fast food restaurants, with protesters demanding a $15 an hour minimum wage. Hearing news of Nelson Mandela’s death, many saw a parallel between their “struggle” and Mandela’s. Mandela might never have worked the drive-thru at McDonald’s, but he was imprisoned for 27 years, so he knows the struggle of the American fast food worker.

#Mandela rip, lets make our resistance his memorial #FastFoodStrikes #copsoffcampus

— AnotherGreen (@Anothergreen) December 5, 2013

I find it amazing that fast-food workers nation-wide are striking today. Mandela's spirit lives on. #Mandela #Occupy #FastFoodStrikes

— Karim Walker #JusticeForAhmaudArbery ??️‍? (@shift_in2_turbo) December 5, 2013

#fastfoodstrikes in the USA today – the spirit of #Mandela lives on

— TUCGlobal (@TUCGlobal) December 6, 2013

Just saying: Nelson Mandela would have solidarity for world fast food strikers. He was a firm believer in the existence of economic slavery

— Bardock Yellow (@KaHoom) December 5, 2013

https://twitter.com/BrigadierSlog/status/408744717354942464

Nelson Mandela has passed away on the same day of the #FastFoodStrikes La lucha sigue/the struggle continues. We learn from his example!

— Andrea *WASH YOUR DAMN HANDS* Serrano ? (@Razafirme) December 5, 2013

Just to be clear, I'm like 1,000,000% sure that Nelson Mandela would have have been in favor of #FastFoodStrikes.

— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) December 5, 2013

#FastFoodStrikes Stand up for what you believe… make Nelson Mandela proud.

— 77 (@BIG_Sevn7) December 5, 2013

https://twitter.com/anchored7/status/408714843307266048

There’s no denying that Mandela’s death quickly pushed aside any news coverage of the fast food strikes.

So sorry to learn of Mandela's death, a true hero. But it did knock the phony "fast food strike" completely off the news. #silverlining

— Fred Hundt (@fhundt) December 6, 2013

Community organizing dickwads can go back to being nobodies again since Nelson Mandela stole your headlines. #FastFoodStrikes

— Jake Bloomquist (@JBMaddawg) December 5, 2013

Given Mandela's passing, a bunch of Fast-food workers just spent the day on strike for nothing. Bye bye bandwidth. Never happened.

— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) December 6, 2013