Ugh, Maya Angelou... really?

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

4:00 in the video. This is abhorrent.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. What did she say?

Don't want to waste my time on some right-wing video.

[cwydro]

4. When I clicked, I was led to an app. Something to do with Candace Owens.

I didn’t click further.

Pretty sure Maya Angelou would have nothing to do with these idiots, alive or dead.

[demmiblue]

7. No, no she wouldn't. It is an insult to her memory. n/t

[demmiblue]

5. I didn't watch the video, I only skipped through it...

they played a video of Maya Angelou reciting "Still I Rise".

[sunnybrook]

11. Wasn't that for Clinton

At his inauguration?

[sunnybrook]

12. Never mind

I'm clearly confused! But she did read a poem at his inauguration. She would never support this horse's ass

[demmiblue]

13. Thanks for the reminder.

[brush]

10. One maskless black woman mouthed the typical black repug talking points...

that blacks should not allow themselves to be bullied into being Democrats, and that she wants to go forward and not go back to the Obama days because she wants her 401k to keep going up so she can retire young.

The typical opportunist black, repug-speaker, blabbing with no mask or social distancing, not realizing that trump inherited a growing economy that Pres. Obama pulled out of the gutter that W Bush left it in.

[In_The_Wind]

2. Very few mask. Gonna be a lot of sick people.

[sprinkleeninow]

9. Watched for a couple minutes. One tweet said they're being welcomed with "hugs, yes hugs".

Kissing all with an open mouth is also a full laden warm greeting, doncha think?

[In_The_Wind]

14. I seldom hug anyone these days.

I haven't kissed anyone in months.

Those folks aren't thinking ahead.

[sprinkleeninow]

15. I offer virtual hugs. Kinda like Beverly Hills kisses. Mwah. Mwah. No touching! 😁

[elleng]

3. Born: April 4, 1928, St. Louis, MO Died: May 28, 2014, Winston-Salem, NC

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Wow, I'm out of it, didn't recall that she'd died.

Now I remember. Duh.

[IcyPeas]

8. What.Is.Wrong.With.These.Trump.Supporters?

that periscope above is live. hundreds of people in line. few masks. lots of red hats.

Maya Angelou poem with accompanying video, I Rise:

[gratuitous]

16. It's telling, isn't it?

Conservatives are forever trying to co-opt liberal heroes like Maya Angelou and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but liberals never quote the likes of Reagan or Bush, unless it's to mock conservatives for how far off their path they've strayed.