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December 22, 2011
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HAVE A SEAT: New York Magazine

The Have A Seat Movement has been inactive for a few months but apparently the universe needs seats to be given to so many different people/organizations. Today’s seat is for New York Magazine.  In their “15 Minutes Awards” section of their site they describe it as


“Oh, for the days of Alvin Greene and Steven Slater. Remember them? Exactly. In Daily Intel’s third annual Fifteen Minutes Awards, we pay one last tribute to the year’s newsworthy people whose names we couldn’t remember and had to Google — those who made headlines briefly, either for their own foibles or for the problems others forced upon them, but whose time has since expired (figuratively, in most cases). Like last year, there are sex scandals, viral Internet videos, and more, but the stars are all different, except in the sense that they’re no longer stars, and likely never will be again.” 


Guess who landed on the list?


Troy Davis. The man executed in Georgia even with information floating around that called the ruling into question. The man who is currently DEAD because the work to save his life couldn’t push through our broken judicial system. That Troy Davis.

He’s on the list with Bree Olson, Rebecca Black, Smoking Guy from the Herman Cain ads, Ginger White and some couple making out during a riot. 


New York Magazine, We need you to have a seat. Actually—have a fricken stadium of seats.


Your insensitivity is astounding. 

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September 29, 2011
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SEAT HAVING REQUEST #001: Gene Lyons

The Board of Directors for #HASM has received a request:

Columnist Gene Lyons

Mr. Lyons needs to have a seat for having the audacity to call Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry “a left wing Michelle Bachmann” and saying she “moonlights on MSNBC political shows”.  A folding chair with spikes would be nice and approciate, in my opinion. - trojanscooter 

The article referred to in this request can be found here.

After reading the article the board decided to vote on the need for Mr. Lyons to have a seat. The basis for the seat having request was his attempt to characterize a political and race scholar who questioned possible racism among White liberals as “an attractive woman seeking fame and fortune by saying silly things” and saying she was the photo negative of the KKK’s thought process.

Seat Having Decision After the Jump…

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September 27, 2011
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The Art of Having a Seat

Have you ever turned on your television, logged on to the internet or opened a newspaper to read or hear someone speaking completely confidently about things that your common sense argues is absolutely nonsense? Have you watched a scholar, artist, or some public figure speak on topics that they either have no knowledge of or simply are allowing their own personal bias/gain color the course of the conversation? Have you ever just wanted to yell out “COULD YOU PLEASE HAVE A SEAT? STOP TALKING AND GO SIT IN THE CORNER.” 

If so then we are your movement.

The “Have a Seat movement” is a non-partisan action group with the sole purpose of letting those in need of a seat to please have one. This request crosses gender, class, race and political lines.

This isn’t about ideology—it’s about common sense.

When we tell someone to have a seat it doesn’t mean that they are bad people. It doesn’t mean that they are specifically malicious or evil. It means that on this particular issue that they are speaking on they need to stop speaking. They aren’t enlightening. They aren’t helping. They’re causing more harm than good and need to be told that. A seat is needed. They should take it.

We shall be highlighting those in need of a seat—seeking petitions to tell people to, in fact, have a seat and more. Perhaps some folks don’t know they need to sit down. Perhaps they’re inner circle no longer have the ability to give them the advice needed to continue working for the greater good. Hence why a national network of concerned citizens are needed to tell these unreasonable folks to sit the hell down. 

Join the movement. Let us know who you think needs to have a seat. We shall tell them TOGETHER.  #HASM