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Fox News contributor gets death threats for mocking Star Wars fans
ew.com ^ | andrea towers

Posted on 11/25/2015 2:03:43 PM PST by BenLurkin

"I have never had any interest in watching space nerds poke each other with their little space nerd sticks, and I’m not going to start now," Timpf shared on the original broadcast. "You people are crazy. You Star Wars people are crazy. Yesterday I tweeted something, and all I said was that I wasn’t familiar with Star Wars because I’ve been too busy liking cool things and being attractive — people threatened my life. You’re not really branding yourself in a way that makes me want to join your life-threatening club."

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"Bottom line: If you are telling me that I should die and/or apologize for making a joke about a movie you like, then you are too sensitive," Timpf wrote. "You have the problem, not me. I'm sick of oversensitive mobs in our overly sensitive society bullying people into saying that they’re sorry over jokes — even if the subject of the joke is something as serious as Star Wars. So, for that reason, I will not apologize."

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1 posted on 11/25/2015 2:03:43 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I wouldn’t worry about it. Their moms won’t let them out of the house.


2 posted on 11/25/2015 2:07:38 PM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: BenLurkin

It was probly sent by Greg Gutfeld.


3 posted on 11/25/2015 2:09:00 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: WKUHilltopper

roflmao!!! Whoever heard of a black stormtrooper anyway? Yeah, i know, he probably wore the outfit to escape, blah blah blah.

It was great when i was 8.


4 posted on 11/25/2015 2:11:23 PM PST by dp0622 (..)
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To: BenLurkin

>>You people are crazy.

“You people”??? That sounds microaggressive racist. I bet he’d apologize if some angry college girl complained about his racist speech. /s


5 posted on 11/25/2015 2:13:27 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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6 posted on 11/25/2015 2:13:54 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

People Tweeting deserve to get in trouble.

Who cares?

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7 posted on 11/25/2015 2:14:54 PM PST by Mears
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To: BenLurkin

That’s some scary @#$@#


8 posted on 11/25/2015 2:14:55 PM PST by dp0622 (..)
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To: BenLurkin

“death threats” is a bit of a stretch.

Everyone online loves to trot out these so-called threats as some badge of courage, when it is nothing but some trolling mixed with the receiver’s over-inflated sense of importance.


9 posted on 11/25/2015 2:15:36 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: BenLurkin

Jar Jar Binks lives matter


10 posted on 11/25/2015 2:19:01 PM PST by Mercat
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To: dp0622

Nazis are faggots


11 posted on 11/25/2015 2:20:11 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Bryanw92; VanDeKoik
I bet he'd apologize if some angry college girl complained about his racist speech. /s

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"He" is a she and she's a veteran of snark.
She was a regular on Red Eye, may still be.

12 posted on 11/25/2015 2:22:51 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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There would not be any black stormtroopers since all of the stormtroopers were supposed to be clones of one of the Fett characters (and I don’t care enough to look up which one).


13 posted on 11/25/2015 2:27:28 PM PST by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: sparklite2

>>”He” is a she and she’s a veteran of snark. She was a regular on Red Eye, may still be.

And you, obviously, are one of the sarcasm-impaired...even when the sarcasm tag was employed.


14 posted on 11/25/2015 2:29:32 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Bryanw92

That depends, of course!


15 posted on 11/25/2015 2:29:56 PM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the GOPee does not want you.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ll lay money that inter-galactic idiot Jar Jar Binks is behind this.


16 posted on 11/25/2015 2:30:35 PM PST by kaehurowing
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>>depends

“Depends”???? Microagressive ageism!! (Pointing finger and screeching like a college girl with 190 credits towards a still uncompleted Womyn’s Studies BA degree).


17 posted on 11/25/2015 2:33:01 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: BenLurkin
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog visits Attack of The Clones Premier
This is one of my Triumph favorites.. it never gets old.
18 posted on 11/25/2015 2:58:42 PM PST by Trillian
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To: MeganC

“There would not be any black stormtroopers since all of the stormtroopers were supposed to be clones of one of the Fett characters (and I don’t care enough to look up which one).”

Jango Fett. And the stormtroopers after the time of the Clone Wars (the war with the Separatists) were not just clones. They recruited soldiers and sent them to the planet of Carida for training. Yes, it’s scary that I actually know that.

Not only were non-clones recruited after the Clone Wars, but during the time of the Empire of the Hand - one of the successor states to the Galactic Empire - which was ruled by Admiral Thrawn even non humans were allowed to join the ranks of stormtroopers:

“And you accept nonhumans into your ranks?”

“As long as your world is a member of the Empire of the Hand, you’re eligible.”

―Su-mil and Twister, regarding the new Imperial recruiting policy in Fool’s Bargain (which is about the 501st Stormtrooper Legion, i.e. Vader’s Fist): http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Fool%27s_Bargain

I’m just saying. . .


19 posted on 11/25/2015 3:03:28 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: BenLurkin

"We're coming for you, Katherine, so you'd better watch out!"

"Brad! Dinner's ready!"

"OK, Mom!"


20 posted on 11/25/2015 3:07:03 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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