Hey, have you guys heard of Chris Fields, deputy
chairman of the Republican party of Minnesota? If not, all you really
need to know is that he is a creepy, opportunistic asshat who thought it
was a good idea to use Robin Williams' passing as a way to get some votes. Disgusting, right? Of course it was.
It started when a social media director of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party tweeted this:
My cat's nickname is Nanu Nanu. The world is lucky Robin Williams was able to share his genius with so many.
That's sweet, right? That's a person who happens to be involved with politics who also felt some feelings on Twitter. But then this Chris Fields character responded with this:
how very 80's. Want an economy like we had in 80's under Reagan... vote @Jeff4Gov tomorrow in the primary.
When people started to point out that hey, it's not really the time to pitch your politics like that, poor Chris kind of blew up:
I'm more concerned abt kids that don't have a future than abt ur pretend grief for someone u didn't know
The Dr who contracted Ebola while trying to help poor children suffered a tragedy. This ain't that.
It's curious to me why ppl mourn the loss of celebrities but ignore the misery everyday ppl live with as policies crush hope and opportunity
Interesting if I lived in a world or country where I didn't feel free to speak my mind I might get depressed and then what?
I'm not sure why this is so hard to understand, but people are capable of caring about more than one thing. Just because someone is sad about a beloved actor's death doesn't mean that it's suddenly impossible for that person to feel sad about anything else, or that no other upsetting issue is unimportant. It's a stupid, simple way to think, and, luckily for us, good ol' @Jeff4Gov, the guy Chris Fields was trying to promote in the first place, isn't into all this either:
The Tweets last night mixing Robin Williams' death w/politics were inappropriate & wrong. America will dearly miss him
Well, thank goodness for logic and sensitivity and, you know, being a decent human being, huh?
It started when a social media director of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party tweeted this:
My cat's nickname is Nanu Nanu. The world is lucky Robin Williams was able to share his genius with so many.
That's sweet, right? That's a person who happens to be involved with politics who also felt some feelings on Twitter. But then this Chris Fields character responded with this:
how very 80's. Want an economy like we had in 80's under Reagan... vote @Jeff4Gov tomorrow in the primary.
When people started to point out that hey, it's not really the time to pitch your politics like that, poor Chris kind of blew up:
I'm more concerned abt kids that don't have a future than abt ur pretend grief for someone u didn't know
The Dr who contracted Ebola while trying to help poor children suffered a tragedy. This ain't that.
It's curious to me why ppl mourn the loss of celebrities but ignore the misery everyday ppl live with as policies crush hope and opportunity
Interesting if I lived in a world or country where I didn't feel free to speak my mind I might get depressed and then what?
I'm not sure why this is so hard to understand, but people are capable of caring about more than one thing. Just because someone is sad about a beloved actor's death doesn't mean that it's suddenly impossible for that person to feel sad about anything else, or that no other upsetting issue is unimportant. It's a stupid, simple way to think, and, luckily for us, good ol' @Jeff4Gov, the guy Chris Fields was trying to promote in the first place, isn't into all this either:
The Tweets last night mixing Robin Williams' death w/politics were inappropriate & wrong. America will dearly miss him
Well, thank goodness for logic and sensitivity and, you know, being a decent human being, huh?