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Former French President Sarkozy accused of racism after 'monkey' comment
AFP via TheLocal.fr ^
| 12 September 2020 10:21 CEST+02:00
Posted on 09/12/2020 1:40:15 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has attracted fierce criticism after appearing to associate the word “monkey” with a racist term for a black person.
Speaking on a television show on Thursday evening, Sarkozy was criticizing elites “who are like monkeys that listen to no one,” when he suddenly stopped.
“I don’t know anymore, are we allowed to say ‘monkey’?”, he asked, adding: “Because… we’re no longer allowed to say… What do we say? ‘Ten Little Soldiers’ now? Is that it? Yeah… Society is really progressing.”
“Maybe we’re allowed to say ‘monkey’ without insulting anyone.”
Sarkozy was referring to Agatha Christie’s famous novel And Then There Were None, which originally had a different title that contained the racially-charged word but was changed decades ago in Britain. …
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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Local News
KEYWORDS: eussr; france; monkey; sarkozy
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posted on
09/12/2020 1:40:15 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Channeling his inner Howard Cosell.
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posted on
09/12/2020 1:42:36 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Olog-hai
Are the people he is criticizing white? Then it’s OK. It’s fashionable today to criticize whites and their “privilege”.
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posted on
09/12/2020 1:43:31 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
To: Olog-hai
Oh, FFS..................*smh*
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posted on
09/12/2020 1:43:40 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(When Alice Cooper said "School's out FOREVER!", I didn't take him to be a prophet.)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
09/12/2020 1:46:08 PM PDT
by
ronniesgal
(Q. why did the chicken cross the road? A. It's Trumps fault and you're a racist!)
To: dfwgator
Down goes Nicholas... Down goes Nicholas
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posted on
09/12/2020 1:53:18 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(BigedLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
To: Olog-hai
Darwin is next ... anybody ever seen the progression of the human race?
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posted on
09/12/2020 1:55:07 PM PDT
by
Just mythoughts
(Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
To: Olog-hai
Sarkozy was criticizing elites “who are like monkeys that listen to no one,” Criticizing the elites -- the Overlords who now rule over us all -- is not OK. Has Jay-Z spoken out? Obama? Perhaps they weren't listening when Sarkozy said this. I tell ya, those guys listen to no one.
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posted on
09/12/2020 2:02:23 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: Olog-hai
A totally unfair insult to monkeys. No wonder they get mad and chew off peoples’ faces.
To: Olog-hai
Au revoir, mon grenouille.
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posted on
09/12/2020 2:03:56 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: dfwgator
The people who automatically attribute the word monkey with black people are the real racist. The guy wasn't singling out any person or race, he was describing scumbags like Nasty Peelousi and A-dumb Schitt.
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posted on
09/12/2020 2:33:15 PM PDT
by
Rdct29
(Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
To: Rdct29
I long for the day when we can all STOP this G.D. tiptoeing around on eggshells.
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posted on
09/12/2020 2:45:11 PM PDT
by
AFB-XYZ
(Option 1 -- stand up. Option 2 -- bend over.)
To: Rdct29
“The people who automatically attribute the word monkey with black people are the real racist.”
Don’t get me wrong, I can’t stand the guy (mostly), but I doubt there were ANY blacks to begin with on the receiving end of his words - so what the hell is the big deal here?
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posted on
09/12/2020 2:53:30 PM PDT
by
BobL
(I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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