'ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!?' TNR editor says #FreddieGray rioters are just 'communicating'

Sarah D. | 5:58 PM on April 27, 2015

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This one comes courtesy of The New Republic senior editor Jamil Smith:

I don't condone this, but we need to listen to what these children in Baltimore are communicating. Make no mistake, this is communication.

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) April 27, 2015

Ohhhhhhh. “Communication.” So that’s what they’re calling it these days.

So well said. #FreddieGray https://t.co/uALwC9Swwa

— Laffy (@GottaLaff) April 27, 2015

+ one million. https://t.co/b41yvxs3NQ

— Daniella (@dgibber123) April 27, 2015

@JamilSmith @MichaelSkolnik This is righteous outrage born of frustration,despair, years of unchecked police murder & lies.They demand truth

— Marilyn Richardson (@MarilynElaine) April 27, 2015

I definitely agree! https://t.co/8d90VPQvaY

— Tee (@teeBeeEnn) April 27, 2015

@JamilSmith Truth. They need to be heard.

— AlexSTL (@AlexJDFilms) April 27, 2015

Well said, @JamilSmith https://t.co/snk8qk5tvb

— Scott Cunningham (@musicscott) April 27, 2015

“Well said”? In what universe, exactly?

@JamilSmith @MichaelSkolnik: ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!?!?!

— Melisa (@MelRiaCarLite) April 27, 2015

We wish. How can anyone possibly rationalize this kind of savagery?

This isn't communication https://t.co/xurcBdFQNA

— kristYn (@kristynmags) April 27, 2015

@JamilSmith @MichaelSkolnik Well it's the wrong kind of communicating. most of this is an excuse to be violent, not about Freddie Gray

— TripleR ???️‍? (@TerpGrad01) April 27, 2015

@JamilSmith where are their parents at? I'm sorry but if this is how they learned 2 communicate they have a rough road ahead.

— living in america (@libbyconservy) April 27, 2015