# If you cry over politics, you're a pansy. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 6, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394 "2008-11-06T01:47:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394/121 "2008-11-07T17:08:54Z")
Someone who doesn’t understand why the election was worth crying over [just](http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/sites/afterdowningstreet.org/files/images/johnlewisb-783621.jpg) [needs](http://www.schillerinstitute.org/graphics/photos/amelia_photos/amelia_bloody-sun.jpg) [a](http://faculty.umf.maine.edu/~walters/web%20104/civil%20rights%20freedom%20riders%20burned%20bus.jpeg) [history](http://staff.imsa.edu/socsci/jvictory/civilrights_04/sit_in_counter.jpg) [lesson](https://webspace.utexas.edu/csf56/GRG/USAfreedomR.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394/122 "2008-11-07T17:13:39Z")
> [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](#): > > Someone who doesn’t understand why the election was worth crying over [just](http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/sites/afterdowningstreet.org/files/images/johnlewisb-783621.jpg) [needs](http://www.schillerinstitute.org/graphics/photos/amelia_photos/amelia_bloody-sun.jpg) [a](http://faculty.umf.maine.edu/~walters/web%20104/civil%20rights%20freedom%20riders%20burned%20bus.jpeg) [history](http://staff.imsa.edu/socsci/jvictory/civilrights_04/sit_in_counter.jpg) [lesson](https://webspace.utexas.edu/csf56/GRG/USAfreedomR.jpg). What is the last one? ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394/123 "2008-11-07T17:41:13Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > What is the last one? I believe it’s two of the Mississippi Freedom Riders in jail. I can’t remember their names, but I recognize their faces. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394/124 "2008-11-07T17:45:31Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > What is the last one? I believe it’s James Chaney and Andrew Goodman. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394/125 "2008-11-07T17:48:14Z")
John Lewis and another Freedom Rider (James Zwerg, I think) after getting the shit beaten out of them by a mob in Montgomery. The local police allowed the assault to proceed without intervening. Zwerg is checking to see how many teeth were knocked out by the mob. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394/126 "2008-11-07T17:58:21Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > I believe it’s James Chaney and Andrew Goodman. [Here they are.](http://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/0506/gallery.civil.rights.murders/content.1.2.html) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394/127 "2008-11-07T17:58:23Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > I believe it’s James Chaney and Andrew Goodman. You’re right, that isn’t Chaney and Goodman. My bad for thinking there were only 3 Freedom Riders. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394/128 "2008-11-07T18:08:41Z")
> [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](#): > > Oh, really? Like what? > > I’ll wait while you scrounge through my post history to find something damning. Hey, this is like real politics! Don’t get all choked up, now. > > Some people find the fanaticism surrounding politics absurd. Deal with it, highly respected member of the SDMB. Good to see you back **two and a half inches of fun**. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394/129 "2008-11-07T18:31:32Z")
> [@tristan](#): > > good to see you back **two and a half inches of fun**. and he scores !!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cry-over-politics-youre-a-pansy/471394.md?page=6)