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Congressman Keith Ellison: " Stop by my office. Have a Skittle." (Original Post) ehrnst Sep 2016 OP
K&R Gothmog Sep 2016 #1
Priceless.... CherokeeDem Sep 2016 #2
Arranged a radio interview for Rep. Ellison once Proud Public Servant Sep 2016 #3
Keith Ellison is great! handmade34 Sep 2016 #4
Are you sure you meant to say "all"? redwitch Sep 2016 #5
Just like there is no such thing as a "white race" there are no white Skittles. Coyotl Sep 2016 #6
Ohmigosh, what a poignant posting. Sunny05 Sep 2016 #7
check it lonestarnot Sep 2016 #9
According to wiki they actually make a white skittle its liquorice mint flavor but cstanleytech Sep 2016 #17
A Pre-Columbian Skittle? Coyotl Sep 2016 #18
Well yes they can be dangerous but then so can my younger brother behind the cstanleytech Sep 2016 #19
Fantastic! (n/t) Sunny05 Sep 2016 #8
I love my rep! geardaddy Sep 2016 #10
Skittles for Trump njcpa1978 Sep 2016 #11
Or eat big handfuls of them! Ellen Forradalom Sep 2016 #12
In truth, I hate Skittles. I wish dumbass Jr. had used M&Ms for his stupid analogy. TrollBuster9090 Sep 2016 #13
The nazi analogy was mushrooms, the neo-nazi meme had M&Ms but after Trayvon Martin was bettyellen Sep 2016 #14
Yikes, I'd completely forgotten about the f--ing racist SKITTLES connection to the murder of Treyvon TrollBuster9090 Sep 2016 #15
You're welcome! No link but someone shared an article on the history of the "few that poison" and it bettyellen Sep 2016 #20
No thanks.... whistler162 Sep 2016 #16

Proud Public Servant

(2,097 posts)
3. Arranged a radio interview for Rep. Ellison once
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 08:34 AM
Sep 2016

When I was working in Kabul. Seemed like a great guy then, seems like a great guy now!

cstanleytech

(26,319 posts)
17. According to wiki they actually make a white skittle its liquorice mint flavor but
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 08:14 AM
Sep 2016

only sold in Europe.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
18. A Pre-Columbian Skittle?
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 09:20 AM
Sep 2016

Maybe they'll migrate to America and kill 60,000,000 colored Skittles. Immigrants can be dangerous.

cstanleytech

(26,319 posts)
19. Well yes they can be dangerous but then so can my younger brother behind the
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 09:29 AM
Sep 2016

wheel of a car "shudder"

njcpa1978

(114 posts)
11. Skittles for Trump
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 02:34 PM
Sep 2016

From now on, protesters at a Trump rally should throw Skittles all over the ground. What a simple way to throw his comment back into his face.

TrollBuster9090

(5,955 posts)
13. In truth, I hate Skittles. I wish dumbass Jr. had used M&Ms for his stupid analogy.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 10:01 PM
Sep 2016

But in this case, I'd take a handful just to show my support for Syrian refugees. I've already donated money to a refugee fund.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
14. The nazi analogy was mushrooms, the neo-nazi meme had M&Ms but after Trayvon Martin was
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:03 AM
Sep 2016

Killed the recast meme came to be about Skittles.
Yes it's another white power signal from Trump jr.

TrollBuster9090

(5,955 posts)
15. Yikes, I'd completely forgotten about the f--ing racist SKITTLES connection to the murder of Treyvon
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 05:41 AM
Sep 2016

Martin.

I'd probably forgotten that on purpose, given how repulsive it was. How they tried to vilify the murder victim by claiming he was a thug and a druggie, and therefore he deserved to be shot. About how he "was carrying Skittles and Iced Tea, two of the three ingredients for purple drank." Without mentioning that the third, and only important ingredient was prescription cough syrup, which he DID NOT have. It was like saying that you can make a bomb with a stick of dynamite, an alarm clock, and a paper bag to put it in. And Treyvon Martin was carrying an alarm clock and a paper bag....two of the three ingredients for a bomb, and therefore he was a terrorist.

Thanks for reminding me why the Skittles meme is so much more attractive to the Alt-Right.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
20. You're welcome! No link but someone shared an article on the history of the "few that poison" and it
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 11:44 AM
Sep 2016

It definitely goes back to the Nazis with an infamous (children's?) book comparing them to poisonous mushrooms. The author stood trial at Nuremberg.

Just when you thought it couldn't be more hatefully racist, it gets work. That was from the son who's first campaign was where they killed those three freedom marchers - with the help of local police. As in the movie Missisippi Burning. The racist dog whistles are totally intentional.

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