Bernie Sanders Supporters Are Having A "Fart-In" Protest During The DNC

[Initech]

NOT. THE. ONION.

Bernie Sanders's endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Tuesday isn’t stopping his supporters' plans to hold a “fart-in” at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) later this month.

The unusual political strategy will have Sanders delegates consuming a lot of beans before heading to Philadelphia later this month, according to US News and World Report.

Protest organizer Cheri Honkala, national coordinator for the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, has been stocking up on boxes of dry beans and canned beans.

The plan is for delegates to chow down, then let presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton smell what they think of her.

"The fart-in is to raise attention about things that really stink in our society,” said Dr. Walter Tsou, of the Philadelphia branch of Physicians for Social Responsibility.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/287472-sanders-delegates-to-hold-fart-in-protest-at-convention

[whathehell]

1. How mature of them..

[PeoViejo]

34. They look pretty mature to me.....

[whathehell]

49. If by 'mature'you mean old

[PeoViejo]

67. They ain't old.

I'm old, and that's older than dirt.

[BlueStater]

2. Some people have too much free time.

[redStateBlueHeart]

3. Serious question: what, exactly, will they be protesting?

Eom

[Cali_Democrat]

6. They don't even know exactly what they're protesting. nt

[Initech]

8. I was literally wondering the same thing.

[struggle4progress]

10. America's addiction to gas?

[LuvLoogie]

41. An 8 pm bedtime? Spinach and broccoli?

Homework on the weekends?

[NCTraveler]

50. Methane? Nt

[sarae]

53. great question...

[DrDan]

57. just an excuse to fart in public

[Brickbat]

62. The fact that they're getting no attention.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Very mature. nt

[CentralMass]

5. To be lead by the "Spleen" no doubt.

[uawchild]

7. Love that movie. n/t

[Paladin]

9. One thing about Bernie supporters: They're consistent. (nt)

[GreydeeThos]

11. That will be fun

[LongtimeAZDem]

12. Before the convention, they'll be gathering in Colon, PA (nt)

[kentauros]

16. And if they're driving big rigs,

it'll become Semi Colon

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. ...

[NightWatcher]

14. I love Bernie but Jesus on a pogo stick

Grow up and work to prevent a Prez Trump

[Happyhippychick]

15. I'm sure Bernie is mortified by this

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

17. They must support Trump

Every time he opens his mouth is a fart.

[pnwmom]

18. Well, they're going to breathing in the same air as everyone else.

What a bunch of farts they are.

[yuiyoshida]

19. This a joke right?

[seabeyond]

20. Stupidest damn thing I have heard yet in this campaign.

[Quackers]

21. Someone could make a killing selling underwear at the convention.

May God have mercy on the clean-up crew.

[Heeeeers Johnny]

22. It's a bird!... it's a plane! No it's...

Fartman!

[Ilsa]

23. disgusting. nt

[madinmaryland]

24. What the fuck is this nonsense. It belongs in the Weird "News" group or the "Humour Group".

[Initech]

32. This is real, I wish I were making this up.

I am a Bernie supporter, always have been and always will be, but this is embarrassing.

[taught_me_patience]

25. I wonder if theyrealize they have to wallow

In their own stench too.

[RKP5637]

26. Will they be old farts or young farts??? n/t

[villager]

27. Will they fart in the convention's general direction?

[JoePhilly]

28. Won't happen. It'll be about 6 people, if that.

[liberal N proud]

29. And this is going to accomplish what?

And how do you coordinate a far in?

[Initech]

33. I'm guessing some bad gas and soiled underwear.

[liberal N proud]

35. It would be funny if they all $#!+ themselves

[Initech]

46. Brown Note time!!

[tallahasseedem]

30. And they wanted us to trust them with a "revolution"?

This is disgusting.

[rjsquirrel]

31. As Marx once wrote

history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farts.

[Android3.14]

36. IBS - Irritable Bernie Syndrome?

Yes, I went there.

[montana_hazeleyes]

37. Well, I guess it is a way to get ' heard',

[dembotoz]

38. as my family could atest...i generally have gas in excess supply (now live alone)

if i were a delegate and flew long distance and stayed at a strange place and ate not my normal diet. i would anticipate i would be sending out wave upon wave of gas....just gonna happen....sorry.......

so now would hrc supporters nearby by counting my flatulence episodes as a test of party loyalty?

what is the acceptable rate to show devotion to hrc? under once an hour?
Once a day? if its once a day....sorry i am screwed......i think i farted at least twice while typing this.......

will we now have our own potty police?
is this what it has come down to?????
so in philly beside the bomb sniffing dogs will there be fart sniffing dogs(true hazard pay...poor things)

me thinks someone made a joke and the paranoid hrc folks took the bait and are running with it.

[3catwoman3]

63. I don't know who, and I don't know how, but someone...

...has actually studied this, and determined that the average adult human being passes gas 14 times a day. For the researcher, I am hoping this was done by report of the subjects in the study, not by having to witness it him/herself.

Trivia for the day.

[dembotoz]

66. it is generally good to be way above average....

although this does not get much in the way of bragging rights

[romanic]

39. OMG

This makes me embarrassed as a Sanders supported.

[workinclasszero]

40. This revolution really stinks

[tblue37]

42. This is the kind of crap (no pun intended) that makes progressive causes

seem too weird, fringe, foolish, or creepy to appeal to mainstream voters. It makes us all look bad. (Or should I say smell bad?)

In the same way that some unpleasant Bernie supporters (and some who claimed to be Bernie supporters) led a lot of people to associate Bernie with their nastiness, so too does this sort of nonsense cause many people to associate our values and causes with fools and immature creeps.

[LuvLoogie]

43. I'll bet the beans will be bland, boring, and undercooked.

[The Second Stone]

44. Only assholes can have a fart-in, Sanders supporters are working for a

better world doing something more constructive.

[frankieallen]

45. Classy Bernie supporters

[herding cats]

47. I just want to be on the record here saying this is childish

And really stupid. Not to mention repulsive.

It'll serve them right if they all get cramps and can't attend.

[John Poet]

48. Yeah, this is stupid.

[NCTraveler]

51. These people are very enthusiastic.

Plenty of them will be shitting their drawers as they put a little to much effort into the protest. Remember protesters, let it come naturally. Push too hard and you will end up with a pant load.

[lamp_shade]

56. ^^ This ^^

[Funtatlaguy]

52. This just doesn't pass the smell test.

Cooler sphincters will prevail and this too shall pass.

[sarae]

54. I hope the Philly convention is well-ventilated...

[stonecutter357]

55. what a fitting end to this revolution.

[boston bean]

58. I hope it berns on the way out! LOL

[Buns_of_Fire]

59. Farts are Liberty!

[ehrnst]

60. viva la revolucion...

[Trajan]

61. Bernie Supporters ...

I'm a Bernie supporter, yet I am not going to the convention to participate in a Fart in ...

Seems the story is suspect ...

Not surprised ...

*
.

[Javaman]

64. it will have no effect because...

anyone who has been to any packed convention knows full well it's just a giant room of hot farts and sweaty people.

I can only take any packed convention hall of any kind for so long before I have to run to the exit gasping for air.

in other news: people fart.

[3catwoman3]

65. How ridiculously...

...juvenile. Are these people stuck at age 12?

This is actually an insult to their beloved candidate.

[cosmicone]

68. Is someone raising money for delegate gas masks? n/t