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Tanuki

(14,914 posts)
Mon Jan 16, 2017, 08:26 PM Jan 2017

"Crawl back to the end of the credits of an Adam Sandler movie"

Whatever possessed Rob Schneider to whitesplain or stupidsplain Civil Rights activism (via twitter) to John Lewis? Fortunately the twitterverse is setting him straight


https://www.google.com/amp/observer.com/2017/01/rob-schneider-just-got-in-the-middle-of-the-john-lewis-donald-trump-twitter-war/amp/?client=ms-android-att-us

Rob Schneider

Rep. Lewis. You are a great person. But Dr. King didn't give in to his anger or his hurt. That is how he accomplished & won Civil Rights.
........

Will Wheaton

Rob Schneider lecturing @repjohnlewis is the most embarrassing thing he's ever done. Yes, this includes The Animal
.......

Who on God's green earth even asked your opinion on the Civil Rights Movement?Crawl back to the end of the credits of an Adam Sandler movie https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/821054409106821120

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Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre white man who tries to lecture a civil rights hero about MLK.
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(Edited to add that only the first response was from Wil Wheaton, and the others are from different tweeters, in case that wasn't clear)

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"Crawl back to the end of the credits of an Adam Sandler movie" (Original Post) Tanuki Jan 2017 OP
Good one. dalton99a Jan 2017 #1
Yipes shenmue Jan 2017 #2
Yes we can! underpants Jan 2017 #3
Mr. Wheaton scores big! Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #4
D'oh! That's going to leave a mark. Baitball Blogger Jan 2017 #6
He just got his ass handed to him by Gordie LaChance JustAnotherGen Jan 2017 #5
Even worse........by Wesley Crusher. nt cstanleytech Jan 2017 #13
The Hot Chick was actually kind of funny Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #7
Every loser is kook is coming out of the closet and showing their colors. Dawson Leery Jan 2017 #8
It's good that they've identified themselves as who they really are. dalton99a Jan 2017 #9
I can't find the name of the person who wrote this renate Jan 2017 #10
calling Dennis Miller? Victoria Jackson? your turns to make fools of yourselves! NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #11
I had to google who Schneider even was which goes to show how unimpressive a career he has had. nt cstanleytech Jan 2017 #12

renate

(13,776 posts)
10. I can't find the name of the person who wrote this
Mon Jan 16, 2017, 10:30 PM
Jan 2017

"Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre white man who tries to lecture a civil rights hero about MLK."

... but I love them.

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