Liberal Celebrities Who Helped Elect Trump, Kindly STFU About DACA

[Abu Pepe]

Dear Famous Liberals Who Refused To Vote For Hillary Clinton,

It’s time to call bullshit on your so-called social-political revolution — one that only a person of extreme privilege has the luxury to champion. Susan Sarandon, let’s start with you. I know you were “so excited and encouraged by the idea that maybe if everything is falling apart so obviously,” we would come together as a people. But spare me your sympathies now that Judgment Day has come.

http://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2017/09/09/liberal-celebrities-daca.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. 1000% Sarandon needs to do an apology like no other

in history and mean it before I could ever consider forgiving her.

[radical noodle]

8. Apology will never be enough n/t

[TomSlick]

2. Sarandon is beneath contempt.

If she had two brain cells to rub together, she would publically admit how foolish she was.

[liberalnarb]

10. She's extremely stubborn.

[Expecting Rain]

3. With due respect, those are not liberals.

[TomSlick]

4. I will allow that they're not my kind of liberal but

as a long-ago political science major, I like to put labels to political positions. So, what label do you propose. I can think of a few but none could be used in a political science text.

[Expecting Rain]

12. This former political science would suggest that "left-wing populist" would be....

the most appropriate term that one could use in polite conversation.

Sarandon (et al) have an anti-liberal ideology, so calling her a liberal is inaccurate in political science terms and tarnishes our brand in the real world.

[TomSlick]

17. I can live with that.

However, I question whether either the left or right wing versions are really populist. They both seem rather elitist.

[Expecting Rain]

18. That's the thing about populism...

it's always a charade by elitists who claim to represent "the will of the people" (even when it is clear that they do not) and then they turn authoritarian when/if they grab power.

[TomSlick]

19. I'll buy that.

The premise is that populism is an intentional misnomer.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

23. It is a political tendency that claims "only some people are really people."

Some form "the volk" or the people, as the Evil One claimed in Nazi Germany and everyone else is "the other," such as Jews, Communists, Roma, Slaves, and the mentally or physically disabled.

The "other" are subhuman, the root of all of society's evils, and they deserve to be subjugated and/or killed.

Trump's playbook (and Greene's) isn't so different. They target Mexicans, trans people, African Americans and others as their scapegoats, but the basics are the same.

Dangerous stuff.

[Bleacher Creature]

5. I'm honestly more disappointed in Rosario Dawson.

Sarandon has always come across as more of a poser, and this isn't her first ride on the purity train.

Dawson has always seemed much more grounded and earnest. I'm watching all of the Marvel shows on Netflix now and she's great in them.

[FLPanhandle]

6. Colin Kaepernick

Who not only refused to vote against Trump but encouraged others not to vote either.

"In the run-up to the 2016 election, Kaepernick repeatedly made it clear he didn't approve of either President-elect Donald Trump or Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. On Election Day, Kaepernick said he would not be voting and followed through on that promise.

Kaepernick said it "didn't matter" who won the election because neither candidate was a good choice."

[JI7]

7. Fuck him

[workinclasszero]

14. Wow what a f**kin idiot!

I had no idea Kaepernick said such a stupid thing!

Shit I was very supportive of him up until I just read that.

He can FO now as far as I'm concerned!

[bathroommonkey76]

20. Keith Olbermann

has admitted numerous times that he doesn't vote.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/10/keith-olbermann-does-the_n_142749.html

[liberalnarb]

9. Why?

I share your frustration towards people who refused to vote for Hillary out of privilege, but if they're opposing the trump administration's heartless attack on DACA why shouldn't they speak? We need as much opposition to these nazis as we can get.

[Expecting Rain]

13. Crocodile tears don't cu it.

These folks enabled the election of Donald Trump and now want to rehabilitate themselves?

Fuck 'em.

They are not allies. Never. No way!

[liberalnarb]

16. Fuck rehabilitating themselves,

but why not let them raise awareness?

[MerryBlooms]

11. Famous liberal celebrity who always stayed home and didn't vote? George Carlin.

I say FUCK OFF, to him and all those I see on political sites who post his bullshit encouraging others not to vote. FUCK HIM and all those who CHOOSE to stay home every election. I know he's a big hero in some circles, but not mine.

[workinclasszero]

15. These rich f**ks like to play holier than thou

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They don't give a damn, they have mountains of cash that will protect them no matter who is in charge of the government.

Money changes everything with very few exceptions.

[Bad Thoughts]

21. People should not protest injustice?

This is a preposterous position. Everyone should protest every curtailment of rights, even if they voted for Trump himself.

[Nevernose]

22. Sarandon and Cornel West share a weird privilege

A privilege we don't usually associate with women or black men. They've got a protective aura (or a filter that only allows dumbness in or out) that means Trump probably won't fuck them over. Money, fame, public platform, whatever.

But if you couldn't figure out that Trump would be a total fucking nightmare on so many levels, for so many vulnerable people, then fuck you. Fuck you, fuck the horse you rode in on, and then fuck you again.

I'm not a big fan of Hillary's foreign policy or tendency towards neoliberal economic solutions for social issues. So fucking what? I think she's petty and entitled, but you know what's even MORE petty and entitled? Deporting a bunch of kids because their parents committed crimes, or unilaterally revoking consent decrees with local police, or blabbing the top secret intelligence of multiple nations to the Russians because you want to impress them, or gutting perfectly sensible environmental regulations because the guy who enacted them made a joke at your expense five fucking years ago, or a thousand other things.

So if you not only didn't vote for Clinton, but actively encouraged others not to vote for Clinton? Then fuck you.