The most progressive of the progressive at Netroots Nation 2015 have provided conservatives with a great deal of entertainment today, not to mention made Bernie Sanders very cranky and Martin O’Malley very apologetic. Fortunately, there’s still plenty of Netroots action to come, and the legendary Instapundit has been busy retweeting some of the most thought provoking posts from the gathering.
First of all, Gregory Cendana, chair of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americas, wants white people to know that it’s time to start talking to other white people about racism.
"It's time for white people to talk to other white people about race and racism" —@gregorycendana #nn15
— Julien Burns (@julienburns) July 19, 2015
"We need white people to talk to white people about white supremacy." @Gregory Cendana #NN15
— Reyna Montoya (@ReynaEMontoya) July 19, 2015
I do want my white friends taking about race! Your silence hurts #nn15 ppl are still getting kill and deported.
— Valeria Gurr (@ValeriaGurr) July 19, 2015
"I am asking—and what is needed—is for white people to talk to fellow white people." @gregorycendana #blacklivesmatter #nn15
— Kevin Banatte (@afroCHuBBZ) July 19, 2015
White people need to talk to other white people about race and white supremacy. @gregorycendana #nn15
— Erin Matson (@erintothemax) July 19, 2015
.@gregorycendana: white people need to talk to other white people about race & racism. It's white people's turn to be uncomfortable. #NN15
— Katie Hegarty (@HegartyKatie) July 19, 2015
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Hey, that sounds exactly like the pitch for MTV’s upcoming “White People” special, directed by illegal alien Jose Antonio Vargas. “Let’s get uncomfortable” (and cry).
Now, can we please talk about the bees?
"The bees are trying to warn us about something." #nn15 #p2 #uniteblue #ctl @Jessxchen
— Chad Sarno (@Wanderer19) July 19, 2015
"There's a correlation btwn the female bees being colonized & brown/black/yellow bodies colonized to feed this country." @Jessxchen #NN15
— Kim Rescate (@krescate) July 19, 2015
'It's the womyn who do the labor & carry the weight of the family' Jess X #NN15 #YellowBlackAndBrownHoney#BeyondBeautiful
— Julieta Garibay (@dreamelder) July 19, 2015
The death of the bees is a sign that colonizing women, people of color, marginalized communities is not sustainable, says Jess X. Chen #NN15
— Katie Hegarty (@HegartyKatie) July 19, 2015
"what we do to the earth, we end up doing to ourselves."
– Jess Chen #NN15 pic.twitter.com/Q315EGnA4e— Netroots Nation (@Netroots_Nation) July 19, 2015
Ecofeminism? Sounds better than what comes next: #NN15 sex education.
https://twitter.com/fissionstrategy/status/622569589461897216
Watching a cis white straight man (and fellow TXan) @AustenLC talking openly about sex, emotions & defining true consent is allyship. #NN15
— Tanya 수정 Tarr (@nerdette) July 19, 2015
Learning how to use a condom but not how to communicate consent is like drivers ed only teaching how to buckle yr seatbelt — @AustenLC #NN15
— Katie Hegarty (@HegartyKatie) July 19, 2015
Have they passed out the sexual consent forms or is it still too early? #NN15
— Erin (@deafhurricane) July 19, 2015
And that’s our sign to pull the emergency eject.