In some alternate timeline somewhere, George Takei is Americaâs president-elect, and weâre all basking joyfully in anticipation of four very pleasurable, productive, sassy years. Brad would do a fabulous job as first gentleman, and the POTUS Twitter account would become even more fun to read, and a hell of a lot nicer.
Alas, weâre in the dark timeline where all George can do is speak up against an incoming president who believes Americans should have their citizenship revoked for engaging in speech.
And now George is making noise on Twitter about Donaldâs latest unhinged tirade, in which he said that flag-burning should result in a loss of citizenship, something that even Trump idol Antonin Scalia would have opposed. Takei knows a thing or two danger to citizenship, having been trapped in an internment camp as a child by his own government.
I pledged allegiance to the flag every morning inside an internment camp. I would never burn one, but I'd die to protect the right to do so. https://t.co/O5ecSQkyC2
â George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 29, 2016
George, bless his heart, has been doing his best to push back against the incoming administration, which includes officials who have spoken approvingly about internment camps. Earlier this year, Takei recalled the civil rights violations of his youth: âThey said we were all spies and saboteurs, that none of us could be trusted ⌠When Trump says today that Mexicans are rapists and drug dealers, it is his way of similarly dehumanizing whole groups, so that he can set his plans in motion.â
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Mo Bro
More laughable manufactured outrage from the left.
Trump is going to inter Mexicans, he’s going to kill gays, he’s going to rape women, he wants genocide for Muslims, he’s going to start a nuclear war . . . no wonder you people need “safe spaces” and safety pins—everything scares you.
ChrisK
@Mo Bro: You’re an idiot. He’s already raped women and even his Republican colleagues are scared of him being in charge of the nuclear launch codes.
ChrisK
Everyone that Trump is stacking on his administration is an extreme anti gay bigot. Wait till he gets to the Supreme Court too.
ErikO
George is a major drama queen.
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
@Mo Bro: @ChrisK: I hope you’re both right but you both should be worried that Trump said that Pakistan is a wonderful place and that Pakistani people are wonderful.
Alistair Wiseman
Trump does it again! Donald punked the wretched mainstream (Democratic) media again with his tweet about holding people accountable for burning the U.S flag.
You see, Trump wasn’t the first as the ‘Flag Protection Act of 2005’ was sponsored by Senator Hillary Clinton. đ
http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-sponsored-a-bill-to-punish-flag-burning/
Alistair Wiseman
Hey George! What president rounded up you and your family?
You seem to always forget that part of the story.
Mo Bro
@Alistair Wiseman:
Obviously it was Bush.
Kieran
I wish I had a dollar for everybody queerty thinks “destroyed” Donald Trump. Meanwhile,
Trump is going to be President of the United States in 47 days.
ChrisK
@Kieran: Yeah, I remember hearing the same thing about George Bush. First election went the same way. Then the second happened. They even had a movie called Fahrenheit 9/11 made about him. Everyone was sure he was going to be a one term President.
ChrisK
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