Megyn Kelly out at NBC after defending blackface

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  1. Terrapinstation

    Terrapinstation Well-Known Member

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    Every word in the English language is offensive to someone nowadays
     
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    Kelly out, Joy Reid still employed....Hmmmmm....
     
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    Context is everything.
     
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    I don't think Obama saying the "N" word would ever fly over. In some ways, I think it would be worse than Trump. You expect Trump to have said or to be caught saying something like that, eventually.
     
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    It is even working hard to affect comedy. And when that happens, the gloves of sanity need to be put on and some ears need to get boxed.

    Comics used to work the college circuits, but even liberal comics no longer do college circuits, many of them.

    Comedy is the canary in the mine when it comes to this issue.
     
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    I see. So a black rapper repeating the word over and over again (as well as rapping about killing cops and banging women) is ok, but a white talking about a Halloween costume 30 years ago is racist?
     
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    Ok, demonstrate the contextual racism in Kelly's statements during that panel then?
     
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    Terrapinstation Well-Known Member

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    He can't. She's white and that's all that matters to these people. And they wonder why they're the laughing stocks of the world
     
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    That’s not just a word, it’s an insulting costume.
     
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    You've just answered your own question.
     
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    As pointed out in this thread, liberal heroes have been doing it for decades. Yet no uproar at all huh?

    How many 'black face' costumes have you seen from trick or treaters in your lifetime?

    Is it also insulting when everyone dresses in green and acts like drunken goons on St Patrick's Day?
     
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    And again which is why people laugh at the liberal PC police, why sane people could care less about being called a racist anymore, and a big reason why Trump was elected.

    Congrats, and thank you!
     
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    Thanks to social media I’ve seen quite a few blackface costumes, all by white people who aren’t smart enough to grasp why thats offensive.
     
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    I'm sure you have....
     
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    No one would’ve known about it if folks hadn’t posted it.

    Why, do YOU need to explanation on why blackface is derogatory?
     
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    A society walking on eggshells, and people losing jobs for being "offensive". Love the fruits of Multiculturalism.
     
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    Never said it wasn't derogatory. It's not like Megyn showed up on set in black face. But I guess if a white person says that slavery was acceptable 200 years ago, that's a racist statement that warrants termination huh?
     
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    That’s not what she said so it doesn’t matter.

    If we’re being honest that one comment didn’t deserve termination but she deserves every bit of ridicule, taunting, mockery and “stupid white person” name calls as possible. As for her show, never watched it so my life and the world will push on with or without it.
     
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    None of it matters to me. I just enjoy pointing out the blatant stupidity and hypocrisy of these liberals.
     
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    Good for you, sport
     
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    Is it insulting to be black? Do you think children dress up in costumes to insult others?
     
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    *sigh* You really don’t know why blackface is offensive?
     
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    The ups and downs of a cheesecake honeypot news reader do not interest me

    All tits and no brains is mika B on msnbc

    Kelly is not THAT dumb but shes not a very important person in my world
     
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    No it is not insulting. Children imitate because they idolize a character. If white kids think it is cool to be black, blacks should be proud. All this does is create separation. Now people are telling their kids, blacks are different and easily offended you don't want to be like that. One of my sons idolized Michael Jordan. On Halloween, he wore his jersey and mask. It was the greatest complement he could give the man.
     
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    yep, she will do just fine, first removed from fox, now here, she can retire
     
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