Tina Fey urges Americans: Stay home from neo-Nazi rallies. Eat a sheet cake instead.

[IronLionZion]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/18/tina-fey-urges-americans-stay-home-from-neo-nazi-rallies-eat-a-sheet-cake-instead/?hpid=hp_hp-morning-mix_mm-tinafey%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.03d3c38c45a9

Tina Fey is fuming about last weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, home to her alma mater, the University of Virginia.

In response, the former “Saturday Night Live” comedian and writer is spearheading a movement: “sheetcaking.”

In a surprise appearance on SNL’s “Weekend Update: Summer Edition” Thursday night, Fey urged Americans not to get into screaming matches with neo-Nazis. Instead, she said, “order a cake with the American flag on it … and just eat it.”

She proceeded to stuff her face with sheet cake as she bashed white supremacists, President Trump, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and conservative pundit Ann Coulter (“yard-sale Barbie”).

With her mouth full of frosting, she seemed to capture the frustration of many Americans in the past week. Almost immediately, the hashtags “#sheetcakemovement” and “#sheetcaking” began circulating on social media.

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Tina Fey

[Clarity2]

1. I agree

they are only going to provoke violence.

Yet on the flip side, I think it is hard for those in a community to stay silent when the nazis come to their own town/city.

Not sure what the right thing is - to ignore and give them as little attention as possible, or shine a spotlight on them.

[IronLionZion]

2. How A German City Found An Absolutely Genius Way Of Handling Neo-Nazis

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/neo-nazi-walkathon_us_59952cfbe4b0acc593e51ae5

This is one option.

The KKK saw a rapid decrease in popularity and influence after their secrets were put into Superman comics after Nazis had been the bad guys during the war. http://mentalfloss.com/article/23157/how-superman-defeated-ku-klux-klan

Exposing them. Ridiculing them. Public shaming. Demanding political leaders speak out against them. It all makes a difference.

[GusBob]

5. I was just gonna post this, about the German cities

use their marches as fund raisers for Anne Frank Center, SPLC

great idea

[Clarity2]

13. Good to know

At least there is a model of what and what does not work.

[Alpeduez21]

3. NO

Where they go. We go. Don't let armed Nazis and white supremacist militias march in your towns willy nilly. History has proven the folly of that path.

You don't have to meet them with violence. You do have let them they know their ideology is putrid and vile.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Good. Moon them too! A la Austin, Texas! . . . nt

[FLPanhandle]

6. I have to agree with the ignore strategy

The Nazis have thrived on confrontation and the media exposure, it's always been a boon to their fund raising and recruitment

Let them wander the park alone and ignored.

[IronLionZion]

7. People live in these towns and neighborhoods

it is intimidating for the folks in the local synagogues and schools and normal people going about their day.

[Adrahil]

8. So, we ignored them for a long time. How has that worked out?

We now have a sympathizer (at least) in the oval office, and Steve Fucking Bannon as a senior advisor.

Seems to me that ignoring them, as a strategy, SUCKS.

[MrsCoffee]

12. You think they just want to wander the park alone?

Is that how it's gonna work? We ignore them and they just go about their peaceful business of spreading hate?

[lunasun]

9. Meet them in court if a town must to stop, but lots of cake just makes you fat and sick

Do something beside diabetes
Peaceful protest is a must . What if MLK marchers went home and ate cake because a rock came his way ? Ghandi ?
Jews who just wanted to close the curtains learned thier alarmed fellow Jewish German citizens were in the end correct
Fuck that cake shit

[Achilleaze]

10. turn your back on the republican KKK & NAZIs....and

use the opportunity to raise funds for honest candidates who are not controlled by russian mob money or republiKKKan hate ideologies, but who instead embrace American values and virtues.

[mountain grammy]

11. I watched this last night

Hysterical. She's ranting the truth and hypocrisy we're living with daily, even mentioned Standing Rock.. say it sister! I was standing and cheering.