“Playing the villain gets you higher ratings on reality TV and saying outrageous stuff on Twitter gets you more followers.” RealityStuffTvsHigherFollowersVillainOutrageousRatingReality Tv Author:Van Jones
“All the old rules - if you say some crazy stuff you get your show canceled or you get your campaign ended - don't apply in the world of social media. They don't apply in the world of reality TV.” IfsWorldShowsRealitySocialStuffCrazyMediaTvsSocial MediaCampaignsReality Tv Author:Van Jones
“Rich countries do civil wars with tweets and votes.” WarCountryRichVoteCivil WarTweetRich Countries Author:Van Jones
“In countries where there are real civil wars, people go through a lot, and we should be willing to go through a lot to help them.” PeopleShouldWarRealCountryHelpingWillingCivil War Author:Van Jones
“Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization.” ValuesKeysCivilizationDemocraticRepublicCivilityMulticulturalOptionalDemocratic Republic Author:Van Jones
“Maybe we should be a little bit more tender-hearted.” ShouldLittlesBitsLittle BitHearted Author:Van Jones
“A lot of liberals think all the Trump voters are a part of the alt right, neo Nazi camp, which is not true. That's a tiny, tiny slice.” ThinkingTrumpTinyVotersCampsNazi Author:Van Jones
“With the Democrats, they see themselves, we see ourselves as the party of the working folks, the striving, you know, the good. But, without anybody acknowledging it, there is now this little camp of folks who come across as very elitist, that look down on red state voters, who think that Republicans are dumb people.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksLittlesStatesPartyRepublicanRedDemocratStriveFolksDumbVotersCampsElitistDumb People Author:Van Jones
“You have the Republican Party, who see themselves in their heart of hearts as being a party of colorblind meritocracy. That's their great belief about themselves. And yet somehow you also have a party where a lot of racial resentment and a camp of even neo-Nazis have set up camp in their party. If you point it out to them, they get mad at you, not at the neo-Nazis.” IfsHeartBeliefPartyRepublicanMadCampsResentmentNaziRepublican PartyMeritocracy Author:Van Jones