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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 11:43 AM Jun 2016

Anti-Clinton protest organizers to hold giant "fart in" in Philadelphia during convention

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/worlds_largest_fart-in_planned_for_hillary_clintons_acceptance_speech_in_ph


Philadelphia: Cheri Honkala, the leader of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, announced that her group was organizing the world’s largest “fart-in” to be held on July 28 at the Wells Fargo Center during Hillary Clinton’s anticipated acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination.

“We will be holding a massive bean supper for Bernie Sanders delegates on American Street in my Kensington neighborhood on the afternoon of July 28,” she said. “We are setting up a Clintonville there, modeled on the Hoovervilles of the 1930s where the poor and unemployed built shanty towns. The Sanders delegates, their bellies full of beans, will be able to return to the Wells Fargo Center and greet the rhetorical flatulence of Hillary Clinton with the real thing."

Honkala said she would issue an invitation to Sanders to join the bean supper, which she is calling Beans for Hillary. She has asked donors to send cans of beans to 1301-W Porter Street, Philadelphia, Pa., 19148.

“Any remaining beans will be served to the homeless, although we will, of course, be urging Sanders delegates to eat as much as possible,” Honkala said.

Chris Hedges, an author and activist who is an ordained Presbyterian minister, will open the Beans for Hillary meal with a nondenominational prayer.

“I am happy to bless a meal that will be put to such effective political use,” Hedges said.


I have no idea why the entrenched establishment voters don't take this crowd seriously.

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Anti-Clinton protest organizers to hold giant "fart in" in Philadelphia during convention (Original Post) geek tragedy Jun 2016 OP
The Bucket List - Never Trust A Fart DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #1
They who smelt it, dealt it. nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #2
I trust and hope his delegates will reject such aberrant nonsense. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #4
Are Sarandon and Robbins delegates? nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #7
They are there without the beans. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #11
Feel the Beans. nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #12
The participants should wear adult diapers just in case. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #17
"Feel the Beans" - LOL Iliyah Jun 2016 #29
wouldn't want to be there for the blowback bigtree Jun 2016 #3
Not the way to win a blowout victory nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #5
Ya gotta give them credit. I can't recall a single instance of this before, in history... Cooley Hurd Jun 2016 #6
Has Guinness Book of World Records been contacted? nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #8
This is a protest I can get behind! zappaman Jun 2016 #9
You probably want to get ahead of it--and upwind as well. nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #10
I got your back! wildeyed Jun 2016 #41
Start here! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #69
Will blessed lighters and matches be made available? grossproffit Jun 2016 #13
Oh, there will be lighters in that park. Guaranteed. nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #15
Yup... sheshe2 Jun 2016 #70
Prime example of why people don't take "progressives" seriously wyldwolf Jun 2016 #14
exactly - coverage will be expanded to include the adults DrDan Jun 2016 #76
Oh my God ButterflyBlood Jun 2016 #16
This is disturbing DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #20
Is he too good to appear with these activists? geek tragedy Jun 2016 #26
Send Bernie some Beano Freddie Jun 2016 #36
I don't generally like fart humor....(something in my puritan upbringing) but... Armstead Jun 2016 #18
I, in the past, have wished for that gift... Cooley Hurd Jun 2016 #19
My brother had it...he was a real fartmaster Armstead Jun 2016 #40
And it's not always just gaseous nt Freddie Jun 2016 #39
I hope... Mike Nelson Jun 2016 #21
That fits--nothing but hot air coming from the other side. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2016 #22
You won't Feel The Bern without hot sauce in the beans!!! NCTraveler Jun 2016 #23
... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #24
They can serenade the delegates with Wind Beneath My Wings. wildeyed Jun 2016 #43
I shouldn't make jokes...I can't believe adults think this is a good idea. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #45
Ignore them, they are just tooting their own horns. wildeyed Jun 2016 #47
Smart kid. I'd have asked mine if he were around. Hortensis Jun 2016 #67
This might be more appropriate. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2016 #48
#fartthebean, it's trending on Twitter ucrdem Jun 2016 #25
Brocialism at its finest. nt Cali_Democrat Jun 2016 #27
you're right... the establishment doesn't take poor people seriously tk2kewl Jun 2016 #28
Classy people, That will win a lot of people to WhiteTara Jun 2016 #30
Should their right to gather Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #31
No, but note they will be the ones deploying tear gas, not the police nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #34
Fart in? CherokeeDem Jun 2016 #32
In case they need a how-to video BeyondGeography Jun 2016 #33
Send only Rex Beans edgineered Jun 2016 #35
... PeoViejo Jun 2016 #37
Now THAT is funny! NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #38
This article is satire, right? Ace Rothstein Jun 2016 #42
Nope. Same mentality as the Twitter swarms. nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #49
Childish book_worm Jun 2016 #44
I can belch at will (keeps the kids in the family amused) greatauntoftriplets Jun 2016 #46
"It ain't over 'till the . . ." NBachers Jun 2016 #50
Classy SirBrockington Jun 2016 #51
... Scurrilous Jun 2016 #81
Very classy at the nomination of the first woman to lead a major US political party. Metric System Jun 2016 #52
The Revolution is always good from some hot, smelly air LuvLoogie Jun 2016 #53
No smoking will be enforced, I hope demosincebirth Jun 2016 #54
Poe's law needs a liberal corollary TwilightZone Jun 2016 #55
Pulling our fingers? Croney Jun 2016 #56
The Berniacs are revolting! rusty fender Jun 2016 #57
Effectiveness will depend on wind direction, I guess. MineralMan Jun 2016 #58
Gross! nt DesertRat Jun 2016 #59
Juvenile is as juvenile does. That is all. nt glennward Jun 2016 #60
Maybe they're planning to toot "The Star Spangled Banner". Buns_of_Fire Jun 2016 #61
Are they 12? mcar Jun 2016 #62
I'm glad Hedges seems to have finally found his intellectual level. Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #63
Oh how nice, another preacher using prayer for hate and frivolity Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #64
Yup obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #66
And these are the juveniles who think their judgement is better than those who support Hillary. Lil Missy Jun 2016 #65
I wish I Jamaal510 Jun 2016 #68
Any sense of humor I had just went out the door. riversedge Jun 2016 #71
So am I the only one here participating in this HarmonyRockets Jun 2016 #72
Yep.. that's their MO. Cha Jun 2016 #73
Finally they get to fart in public instead of just all over the Internet! Number23 Jun 2016 #74
How utterly stupid and counterproductive to anything. Grow up. AgadorSparticus Jun 2016 #75
Seriously? Classy...not. nt Nonhlanhla Jun 2016 #77
Bernie Beans For A Special Movement Moment Alfresco Jun 2016 #78
infantile behavior....and makes them look like clowns beachbum bob Jun 2016 #79
A fitting tribute Haveadream Jun 2016 #80
This just in . . in a related story, the sale of whoopy cushions are going through the roof. pdsimdars Jun 2016 #82
This too shall pass. VOX Jun 2016 #83
it shall pass .... gas. nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #84
Hopefully that's all that passes... VOX Jun 2016 #85
How did this come off? Did it wind up just being one sad sack sitting in a closed room by himself? George II Jul 2016 #86
I think it's scheduled for today, nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #87
 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
6. Ya gotta give them credit. I can't recall a single instance of this before, in history...
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 11:53 AM
Jun 2016

...except maybe this:



...but this was only one guy.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,704 posts)
20. This is disturbing
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:03 PM
Jun 2016
Honkala said she would issue an invitation to Sanders to join the bean supper, which she is calling Beans for Hillary.
 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
26. Is he too good to appear with these activists?
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:25 PM
Jun 2016

I would hate to think he'd turn his nose up at them ...

First time a crowd tear gases itself.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
18. I don't generally like fart humor....(something in my puritan upbringing) but...
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:00 PM
Jun 2016

I do admire their creativity.

Only catch is that individuals cannot always control the time and place of gaseous emission after consuming.

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
19. I, in the past, have wished for that gift...
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:02 PM
Jun 2016

Who needs whoopie cushions when you have such control?

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
40. My brother had it...he was a real fartmaster
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:42 PM
Jun 2016

maybe that's one reason for my discomfort with it....He used to fart in my face or otherwise use his "talents" to annoy me.

Evergreen Emerald

(13,069 posts)
22. That fits--nothing but hot air coming from the other side.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:06 PM
Jun 2016

Its the same arguments I have heard against Clinton since she started. They have nothing but hot air.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
23. You won't Feel The Bern without hot sauce in the beans!!!
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:13 PM
Jun 2016

Clinton will grab some for you out of her purse.

wildeyed

(11,240 posts)
43. They can serenade the delegates with Wind Beneath My Wings.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:24 PM
Jun 2016

A fart track on the chorus would be so moving!

wildeyed

(11,240 posts)
47. Ignore them, they are just tooting their own horns.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:50 PM
Jun 2016


I asked my 12-year-old son if this protest was a good idea. He said no because no one would actually be able to smell the farts in the convention center, so what was the point. Boom. There it is. 12-year-old boys are all eminent experts on farts, so he should know.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
67. Smart kid. I'd have asked mine if he were around.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 05:24 PM
Jun 2016

He might still know, thought I'd probably just check with one of our 10-year-old grandsons first. Well, all I can do in this case is hope what goes round comes round, and not spiritually or metaphorically either.

WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
30. Classy people, That will win a lot of people to
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:28 PM
Jun 2016

their side. I want to make sure all their needs are met from that fabulous demonstration.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,691 posts)
46. I can belch at will (keeps the kids in the family amused)
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:36 PM
Jun 2016

but I can't fart at will. Guess I'll just stay home.

Does anybody have any idea of what they expect to accomplish with this fart in? And can you imagine them telling their children someday that their contribution to the revolution was to fart in the general direction of the DNC???

Croney

(4,646 posts)
56. Pulling our fingers?
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 02:54 PM
Jun 2016

There will be music and chatter, so no one will be able to hear farts. The only people who will smell them are those in their own group, so they will just be stinking up their own space. I think this has to be a joke.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,119 posts)
61. Maybe they're planning to toot "The Star Spangled Banner".
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 04:45 PM
Jun 2016

My advice: (1) Eat LOTS of beans; (2) Be careful of that high 'F' at the end!!!

Maru Kitteh

(28,303 posts)
64. Oh how nice, another preacher using prayer for hate and frivolity
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 04:51 PM
Jun 2016

Poor confused dear. Guess she's never heard of this guy.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
68. I wish I
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 07:55 PM
Jun 2016

could say I'm surprised by this, but I'm not. Not after all the temper tantrums throughout the primaries.

Number23

(24,544 posts)
74. Finally they get to fart in public instead of just all over the Internet!
Sun Jun 19, 2016, 02:25 AM
Jun 2016

So glad they found something to do with their time since there are no more rallies to attend or Democratic officials to assault and threaten!

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
79. infantile behavior....and makes them look like clowns
Sun Jun 19, 2016, 10:31 AM
Jun 2016

and the rest of us wondering how badly did their parents fail them

Haveadream

(1,630 posts)
80. A fitting tribute
Sun Jun 19, 2016, 11:04 AM
Jun 2016

Because nothing says "here are the programs we want to enact for the poor" like standing around trying to fart. And these are the people who want to direct policy? What a relief many don't identify as Democrats!

Welp, Bernie and his supporters have been spewing hot air for months now, constantly belly aching, stinking up the place with conspiracy theories and inexplicably butt hurt. This explains a lot.

Bernie and his "movement" will go down in history as a fart joke. And they are doing to themselves.

Good job Berniacs!

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