Virginia megathread

[henster]

So someone got offended by a history lesson? All she literally did was hand out a bunch of cotton to students and one of them was black, nobody was singled out. I'm so tired of these social media outrage mobs who feel the need to be offended by everything.

[Coastal Elitist]

So someone got offended by a history lesson? All she literally did was hand out a bunch of cotton to students and one of them was black, nobody was singled out. I'm so tired of these social media outrage mobs who feel the need to be offended by everything.

[gerritcole]

My god. What is wrong with these people? How can they be so tone deaf and gaffe prone?

this was neither tone deaf or gaffe prone. how should history be taught exactly? should everything just be whitewashed

[Progressive Pessimist]

I think the issue with the First Lady's history lesson is more based on awkward timing than it is over-sensitivity by the people reacting to it. Had Northam not become known as that Governor who dressed up in blackface (or as a klansman, whichever one he was) this probably wouldn't be as big of a deal.

[OSR stands with Israel]

I think the issue with the First Lady's history lesson is more based on awkward timing than it is over-sensitivity by the people reacting to it. Had Northam not become known as that Governor who dressed up in blackface (or as a klansman, whichever one he was) this probably wouldn't be as big of a deal.

[Santander]

So someone got offended by a history lesson? All she literally did was hand out a bunch of cotton to students and one of them was black, nobody was singled out. I'm so tired of these social media outrage mobs who feel the need to be offended by everything.

A piece of cotton is a history lesson now?

[Fuzzy Bear Loves Christian Missionaries]

I think the issue with the First Lady's history lesson is more based on awkward timing than it is over-sensitivity by the people reacting to it. Had Northam not become known as that Governor who dressed up in blackface (or as a klansman, whichever one he was) this probably wouldn't be as big of a deal.

[Ban my account ffs!]

So someone got offended by a history lesson? All she literally did was hand out a bunch of cotton to students and one of them was black, nobody was singled out. I'm so tired of these social media outrage mobs who feel the need to be offended by everything.

A piece of cotton is a history lesson now?

We should just start history at like 1992.  "in Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Two, Clinton sailed the ocean blue.  Discovered a new world full of sleeping fatties, and lured them awake with peppermint patties."

[Virginiá]

Virginia GOP offers $1,000 reward for photo of Herring in blackface

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-gop-offers-1000-reward-for-herring-blackface-photo/2019/03/05/93decce4-3f8e-11e9-a0d3-1210e58a94cf_story.html

The Republican Party of Virginia is offering a $1,000 reward for a photograph of Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) in blackface.

The party announced the offer Tuesday, one day after Herring said on a radio interview that he is not sure if any photos were taken when he dressed in blackface for a college party in 1980.

The offer of a reward comes during a state election year in which Virginia Republicans have made it clear that they plan to highlight recent scandals that have embroiled Herring and the state’s other two top Democrats, Gov. Ralph Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax.

[Frodo]

Virginia just posted in her own thread!   

[Comrade Funk]

Virginia GOP offers $1,000 reward for photo of Herring in blackface

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-gop-offers-1000-reward-for-herring-blackface-photo/2019/03/05/93decce4-3f8e-11e9-a0d3-1210e58a94cf_story.html

The Republican Party of Virginia is offering a $1,000 reward for a photograph of Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) in blackface.

The party announced the offer Tuesday, one day after Herring said on a radio interview that he is not sure if any photos were taken when he dressed in blackface for a college party in 1980.

The offer of a reward comes during a state election year in which Virginia Republicans have made it clear that they plan to highlight recent scandals that have embroiled Herring and the state’s other two top Democrats, Gov. Ralph Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax.

Are they sure they wanna play this game? Not only can it come off as politically juvenile and opportunistic, but I'm sure there are some VA Repubs with some bad photos themselves.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

So someone got offended by a history lesson? All she literally did was hand out a bunch of cotton to students and one of them was black, nobody was singled out. I'm so tired of these social media outrage mobs who feel the need to be offended by everything.

Really?    That's what all this fuss is over? 

To be more accurate of Virginia history she should have handed them tobacco I guess, though that would have caused an outcry for other reasons too.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Unrelated to blackface but a virginia jury convicted the security guard who shot and killed a grandfather playing pokemon go.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.insideedition.com/security-guard-23-found-guilty-killing-60-year-old-playing-pokemon-go-51179%3famp

[Landslide Lyndon]

Virginia GOP offers $1,000 reward for photo of Herring in blackface

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-gop-offers-1000-reward-for-herring-blackface-photo/2019/03/05/93decce4-3f8e-11e9-a0d3-1210e58a94cf_story.html

The Republican Party of Virginia is offering a $1,000 reward for a photograph of Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) in blackface.

The party announced the offer Tuesday, one day after Herring said on a radio interview that he is not sure if any photos were taken when he dressed in blackface for a college party in 1980.

The offer of a reward comes during a state election year in which Virginia Republicans have made it clear that they plan to highlight recent scandals that have embroiled Herring and the state’s other two top Democrats, Gov. Ralph Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax.

What's the point of this after Herring himself admitting he wore blackface?

[junior chįmp]

The VA GOP would go bankrupt if they pay out that $1k

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

The VA GOP would go bankrupt if they pay out that $1k

The FL Dems would only be able to pay out a 25$ Applebee's gift card.

[junior chįmp]

The VA GOP would go bankrupt if they pay out that $1k

The FL Dems would only be able to pay out a 25$ Applebee's gift card.

Nelson can sell his moon rock to help out

[Virginiá]

What's the point of this after Herring himself admitting he wore blackface?

Probably to parade around in tv ads next to Northam's yearbook page.

If the picture was found and went public, it would also create a new negative news cycle for Virginia Democrats. So there is that.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Virginia GOP offers $1,000 reward for photo of Herring in blackface

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-gop-offers-1000-reward-for-herring-blackface-photo/2019/03/05/93decce4-3f8e-11e9-a0d3-1210e58a94cf_story.html

The Republican Party of Virginia is offering a $1,000 reward for a photograph of Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) in blackface.

The party announced the offer Tuesday, one day after Herring said on a radio interview that he is not sure if any photos were taken when he dressed in blackface for a college party in 1980.

The offer of a reward comes during a state election year in which Virginia Republicans have made it clear that they plan to highlight recent scandals that have embroiled Herring and the state’s other two top Democrats, Gov. Ralph Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax.

What's the point of this after Herring himself admitting he wore blackface?

It especially wouldn't matter since Northam ultimately survived his blackface/KKK scandal, in part, thanks to the 24 hour news cycle. The same would definitely be true of Herring who even preempted such a thing coming out.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

"I was so ashamed. I was so humiliated on-- on so many levels. Like, here I was this woman working at a rape crisis center, you know, trying to-- like, as a survivor speaker, trying to empower survivors of sexual assault. And it was like I had just walked into a trap," Tyson said, adding that she is a survivor of incest.
 
"Was Justin aware of this in your past?" King asked.
 
"Yes, actually," Tyson said.

"You felt comfortable enough sharing that with him even though you had just met him?" King asked.
 
"Here's the thing. What I was doing for the rape crisis center was actually probably the biggest part of my life at that time," Tyson said.
 
"Do you feel he took advantage of you knowing your past?" King asked.

"In retrospect, yes," Tyson said.

CBS interview with Meredith airs tomorrow.

[heatcharger]

https://twitter.com/UVAMensHoops/status/1112192582497517568

[Bandit3 the Worker]

CBS interview with Meredith airs tomorrow.

Sadly, CBS is Fox News Lite these days.

[heatcharger]

At the mountaintop.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

It's only been two months, and I have totally forgotten about this.

[Sestak]

It's only been two months, and I have totally forgotten about this.

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