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Washington Post spirals out of control after a writer retweets a 'reprehensible' joke about women
The Blaze ^ | 6-3-22 | CARLOS GARCIA

Posted on 06/03/2022 7:12:12 PM PDT by dynachrome

A spokesperson for the Washington Post issued an apology after a writer retweeted a sexist joke and other writers at the news outlet objected vocally on Twitter.

Dave Weigel retweeted a joke about women on Friday and immediately regretted it after he was criticized heavily for joking on Twitter.

Weigel deleted the tweet, but it was saved for posterity by random people on Twitter and other writers at the outlet, like Felicia Sonmez, who objected to the sexist message.

\u201cFantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!\u201d

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: joke; retweets; washingtonpost
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To: dynachrome

That’s rather clever.


21 posted on 06/03/2022 7:31:43 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“us women”? And all this time I thought you were a man.


22 posted on 06/03/2022 7:36:41 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("It's one thing if it's a minor incursion" - Joe Biden)
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To: dynachrome

Big damn deal. These people have such thin skin that I would how they can go out in the sun.

And the whining. Is there anything in their sad, vindictive little lives that is not a crisis?

You will never satisfy these pinheads, so just do what you do and if they complain, tell them to take a hike and keep on doing it. Appeasement never works at any level, from individuals to countries.


23 posted on 06/03/2022 7:43:15 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: dynachrome
Lol…almost like the Hot Vs Crazy Matrix definition:

“…The X-axis is attractiveness, which is of course on a scale of 1 to 10, and the Y-axis is craziness Which is judged on a scale of 4 to 10, because no woman is less than four crazy…”

24 posted on 06/03/2022 7:46:04 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Felicia’s response tweet is 100 times more offensive. Allowed?


25 posted on 06/03/2022 7:48:49 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: FrdmLvr
”…I’ve heard women say much worse about men and everyone laughed…”

That part to me illustrates why I find this politically correct crap particularly irritating. Thing is, I know a number of women who would hear that and laugh at it as well.

26 posted on 06/03/2022 7:50:36 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: dynachrome

“”Every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it’s polar or sexual,” read the tweet.”

ROFL!


27 posted on 06/03/2022 7:54:01 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: dynachrome

I think the tweet is un-gentlemanly but true for the polar part. They’re all crazy.


28 posted on 06/03/2022 7:54:25 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: All

Reprehensible???? I think it is BRILLIANT!


29 posted on 06/03/2022 7:56:09 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: cymbeline
Joke? Sounds like truth to me.
30 posted on 06/03/2022 7:56:28 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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To: dynachrome

31 posted on 06/03/2022 7:56:32 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: Dr. Sivana

us = american

Good grief


32 posted on 06/03/2022 8:00:16 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Always a bit of truth in humor

Every girl is by-by. You just have to figure out if it is by nine p.m. two a.m.

33 posted on 06/03/2022 8:04:06 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: dynachrome

If you have 2 Chinese women you have an argument; with 3 you have restaurant if there are 4 you’ve got a market.


34 posted on 06/03/2022 8:06:56 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: dynachrome

The new normal... jokes are not allowed.

I never can remember jokes.

The funniest joke that I do remember, would get me zotted even from here.


35 posted on 06/03/2022 8:09:54 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: dynachrome

I think that’s plain funny


36 posted on 06/03/2022 8:11:17 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: CommerceComet

Siegel is a little leftist POS and incompetent factchecker.


37 posted on 06/03/2022 8:16:56 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: faucetman
The new normal... jokes are not allowed.

SNL had this animation on their show 20 years ago. It was funny. But they wouldn't dare to air it today.

38 posted on 06/03/2022 8:17:25 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: dynachrome


39 posted on 06/03/2022 8:21:05 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: dynachrome

maybe they’ll fire him again!

2010: MediaIte: WaPo’s Dave Weigel Resigns After More Journolist E-Mails Surface
By Michael Triplet
The media gossip site run by Mediabistro is now running a poll about Weigel’s future in light of the latest leaked e-mails. FishbowlDC’s Matt Dornic tweeted today: “If Washington Post has any integrity at all, they will fire Dave Weigel.”
Dornic is now reporting he got his wish.
https://www.mediaite.com/online/wapos-dave-weigel-resigns-after-more-journolist-e-mails-surface/


40 posted on 06/03/2022 8:25:55 PM PDT by MAGAthon (;)
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