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Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 06:03 PM Aug 2015

BLM Activist Who Shut Down Sanders is Radical Christian, Sarah Palin Supporter

Why am I not surprised?

One of the Black Lives Matter activists who shut down the Bernie Sanders rally in Seattle is a self-identified “radical Christian” and former Sarah Palin supporter.

Marissa Jenae Johnson along with another protester, Mara Jacqueline, interrupted the planned Seattle rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday afternoon, preventing the Vermont senator from addressing the massive crowd.

The rally at Westlake Park ended around 3 p.m. with Sanders choosing to leave after the belligerent protesters took the stage and stayed there, controlling the microphone, and hurling racist insults at the progressive crowd gathered to hear Sanders speak.

After disrupting the Sanders’ event and taking the microphone, a hostile and obnoxious Johnson accused the audience of “white supremacist liberalism” before telling the Seattle crowd:

I was going to tell Bernie how racist this city is — with all of its progressives — but you’ve already done that for me. Thank you.
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BLM Activist Who Shut Down Sanders is Radical Christian, Sarah Palin Supporter (Original Post) Feeling the Bern Aug 2015 OP
But she's a hero! MannyGoldstein Aug 2015 #1
Bad, bad Manny......bad.... haikugal Aug 2015 #2
I'm so mad at Bernie and his supporters I'm voting for Trump. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #4
I'm going to write-in H2O Man Aug 2015 #14
LMAO! beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #16
Thank you. H2O Man Aug 2015 #19
Rumsferatu? Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #21
Ya, Rumsferatu! He can be the secretly in charge one this time~ Hydra Aug 2015 #24
And I'm going to do what H2O Man says lostnfound Aug 2015 #43
Hey Manny, do you ever get tired of being so absurdly right hifiguy Aug 2015 #26
One of these days Manny JackInGreen Aug 2015 #28
I'm gonna start backing Pataki RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #29
that explains a lot. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2015 #3
BLM would be wise to eject this leader of the HBLM* from their organiziation. A Simple Game Aug 2015 #27
Scapegoating, possibly. Igel Aug 2015 #5
Her views and affiliations don't invalidate the (apparent) main point, by any means. nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #13
As though Xian fundie blacks cannot participate in BLM, do not think black lives matter, AlbertCat Aug 2015 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Go Vols Aug 2015 #6
Yeah....that one's not actually true. (nt) jeff47 Aug 2015 #10
stop linking to that. It's been debunked uhnope Aug 2015 #23
It's all making much more sense now. K&R nt TBF Aug 2015 #7
No wonder she thinks Bernie is "the enemy" -nt- 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #8
I thought so too. Betty Karlson Aug 2015 #40
Lol she said she had a Palin button on her backpack... PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #9
I was politically aware when I was 16 years old tabasco Aug 2015 #11
I would've voted for Gore in 2000, if I'd been old enough. I've voted in every Pres. election since. nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #15
my political knowledge and awareness at 16, was barely a fraction of what it is now. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #20
Less than 5 years ago she wrote this: cprise Aug 2015 #22
Wow, she is wigged out! Elmer S. E. Dump Aug 2015 #31
She would totally fit in with the yuiyoshida Aug 2015 #32
I'm simply *shocked*, I tell you! nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #33
disgusting. LeftOfWest Aug 2015 #39
No need for snark. I was just giving an anecdotal example. nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #34
No need for snark. I was just giving an anecdotal example. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #36
Totally agree. She may have some valid points somewhere, but she's clearly a bizarre human being. nt nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #37
union and democratic party aware Facility Inspector Aug 2015 #45
Even at 16, she should have had the wisdom to know she was supporting bullwinkle428 Aug 2015 #35
Your classic "low-information voter," perhaps? In addition to her youth and (perhaps) naivete? nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #38
she could be a future Elizabeth Warren JI7 Aug 2015 #42
typical RW brownshirt activity Bill USA Aug 2015 #12
Another radicalized Armagedonist acting irradically. Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #17
Sounds about right. Now the whole thing makes much more sense. nt ladyVet Aug 2015 #25
Lets see if the rwingers try to pull this trick again; twice now, going for a third? Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #44
This "radical Christian" is a teabagger impostor meow2u3 Aug 2015 #30
She's not a Christian, any more than I am straight. n/t Betty Karlson Aug 2015 #41
 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
1. But she's a hero!
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 06:08 PM
Aug 2015

She finally convinced me to vote for Hillary because of the unrighteousness of Bernie supporters, even though Bernie himself is pleasing unto G-d.

Thus sayeth THE LORD.

YOU BET'CHA!

Regards,

TWM



H2O Man

(73,477 posts)
19. Thank you.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:53 PM
Aug 2015

I don't think I could have slept tonight, without the calming thought of these leaders re-taking power.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
29. I'm gonna start backing Pataki
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 08:56 PM
Aug 2015

Never heard of him, you say? Neither have many outside of NY.
Maybe we can even get Ghouliani for VP.
If Not Kris Krispy Kreme.

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)
27. BLM would be wise to eject this leader of the HBLM* from their organiziation.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 08:32 PM
Aug 2015

*Her Black Life Matters

She certainly wasn't thinking of the organizations welfare when she performed her stunt.

Igel

(35,268 posts)
5. Scapegoating, possibly.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 06:23 PM
Aug 2015

She's not one of "us" because of something that may be completely irrelevant. It's not the first "shut it down" maneuver. However, it can be deflected and the group boundaries can be redrawn with her outside, saving face for the group.

As though Xian fundie blacks cannot participate in BLM, do not think black lives matter, and don't suffer from racism.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
13. Her views and affiliations don't invalidate the (apparent) main point, by any means.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:47 PM
Aug 2015

But it is curious that the one self-proclaimed BLM activist to interrupt a Dem candidate's speech, would be someone ostensibly opposed to Dems in general.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
18. As though Xian fundie blacks cannot participate in BLM, do not think black lives matter,
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:52 PM
Aug 2015
... and don't suffer from racism.

Or antisemitism.

Response to Feeling the Bern (Original post)

 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
40. I thought so too.
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 05:20 AM
Aug 2015

And using "racism" as a way of stopping him, because "liberal" only works on the other side of the political spectre.

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
9. Lol she said she had a Palin button on her backpack...
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 06:39 PM
Aug 2015

when she was 16 years old.

Palin supporter. lol

She wasn't even old enough to vote.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
15. I would've voted for Gore in 2000, if I'd been old enough. I've voted in every Pres. election since.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:50 PM
Aug 2015

That said, my political knowledge and awareness at 16, was barely a fraction of what it is now.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
20. my political knowledge and awareness at 16, was barely a fraction of what it is now.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:55 PM
Aug 2015

Fascinating....


But you aren't her.... are you.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
36. No need for snark. I was just giving an anecdotal example.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 11:39 PM
Aug 2015

Yes, true. And at that age I didn't care about anything political...except something that made my parents mad.


But this girl is.... well.... weird. And a fundigelical so who knows what she was up to!

 

Facility Inspector

(615 posts)
45. union and democratic party aware
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 05:13 PM
Aug 2015

in grade school.

Most people in our world had a picture of JFK or FDR or both somewhere in the house.

Damn sure knew what a strike was and why it was bad to be a scab from EARLY on.

bullwinkle428

(20,628 posts)
35. Even at 16, she should have had the wisdom to know she was supporting
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 10:17 PM
Aug 2015

someone that used constant racist dog-whistles in an effort to undermine the first major African-American candidate for President.

meow2u3

(24,757 posts)
30. This "radical Christian" is a teabagger impostor
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 09:07 PM
Aug 2015

Does Marissa Jenae Johnson have any sense of Christian decency? or Christian truth and honesty? For a self-described radical Christian, she's giving Satan a run for his money in the lying department.

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