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Internet OUTRAGE!!!! at Stephen Colbert

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Mar 28, 2014.

  1. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Because he satirized racism against Asians, basically:

    http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/03/27/stephen-colbert-racism-tweet-cancelcolbert/
     
  2. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Yeah, it's idiotic.... He was trying to make a point.

    It goes back to the "What are we going to be outraged about today?" thread.

    People need to get a sense of humor.
     
  3. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    It reminds me of when people got up in arms about the New Yorker cover satirizing the McCain campaign's characterization of Obama as a radical.
     
  4. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    One of the main outrage-pushers is Michelle Malkin.
     
  5. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    A few months ago some group was trying to get Kimmel fired for something a kid said during a segment on his show.
     
  6. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    That "group" was the Chinese government.
     
  7. H.L. Mencken

    H.L. Mencken Member

    Tommy Craggs weighs in by throwing a growler of gasoline into the flames.

    http://deadspin.com/gooks-dont-get-redskins-joke-1553907157

    I enjoyed when he pointed out what a complete tool Dave Zirin is.
     
  8. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Since when have you needed context to whip people up into a frenzy?
     
  9. ifilus

    ifilus Well-Known Member

    Another genius checks in:


    Stephen Colbert can try to blow off his "Ching Chong Ding-Dong" skit as a joke all he wants -- former NFL All-Pro Dat Nguyen thinks Colbert NEEDS to apologize, and he's shocked he hasn't yet.

    Ex-Dallas Cowboys star Nguyen says he's not buying the "just for comedy" excuse -- telling us, "Whether you think you're right or wrong, if people are hurt, you should apologize."

    Nguyen -- who is Vietnamese-American -- compared Colbert's comments to Riley Cooper ... the Eagles receiver who screamed the n-word at a concert last year.

    Cooper had to apologize, and Nguyen says Colbert should too because ... "Asian Americans are the same as African American, Hispanic Americans, anyone, we deserve to be respected too."


    http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/28/stephen-colbert-report-dat-ngyuen-asian-backlash-ching-chong-ding-dong-cancel-colbert/#ixzz2xJpd0x4Q
     
  10. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    If people can't understand satire, they shouldn't watch satire.

    BTOMO.
     
  11. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    I have no sympathy whatsoever for a guy whose entire schtick is annoying smugness.
     
  12. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    So you're never sympathetic towards Hannity?
     
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