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Steve Martin Apologizes for Racist Joke, Deletes Tweet
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| FRIDAY, DEC 20, 2013
Posted on 12/21/2013 5:55:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/21/2013 5:58:06 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: nickcarraway
lol
did he get fired and lose his sponsors too?
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posted on
12/21/2013 5:59:02 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: nickcarraway
Do not get the joke or the racism.
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posted on
12/21/2013 5:59:45 PM PST
by
Williams
(No Obama)
To: nickcarraway; a fool in paradise
How do you spell ‘latrine’?
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:00:16 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: nickcarraway
I don't think it's offensive, but I also don't think it's funny. It seems quite gratuitous.
But who cares?
To: nickcarraway
I am offended because I didn’t get the joke. I am supposed to laugh at a joke and I was not given the pleasure.
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:02:58 PM PST
by
dforest
To: nickcarraway
I don’t understand. Bill Maher says some awful stuff and it’s OK because he is a comedian but Steve Martin is in trouble for this lame joke.
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:04:23 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
To: dforest
I think he meant lasagna (in an Eyetalian restaurant), or LaSagna at a ghetto birth registry office.
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:04:46 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: dforest
I think he was joking about the names of black women. Latisha, Lakeesha, Latonya, Lasonia...
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:05:07 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: nickcarraway
It’s a good, politically incorrect joke, anti-conservative compassionate.
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:07:05 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Williams
Maybe he should have said "Italian-American" instead of just plain "Italian". Me, I might have answered "pasta".
Seriously, this is all too stupid if a comedian cannot make any jokes or attempt humor. There are more important things to be concerned with. Are there no more thick skinned people around?
To: nickcarraway
It’s actually a pretty good joke. :-)
If anything is fertile ground for making good fun of... It’s those ridiculous names that some black folk have been dreaming up for their kids. The wellspring of ignorance is too much... They —think— it’s Swahili or some such, but it’s just not. Sometimes there really is nothing left to do but point and laugh. Pretending they’re exempt from ridicule just makes it worse.
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:11:46 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:12:09 PM PST
by
dforest
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
“I dont understand. Bill Maher says some awful stuff and its OK because he is a comedian but Steve Martin is in trouble for this lame joke.”
its because mahr makes jokes about the approved groups, whites, christians, men, heterosexuals.
To: nickcarraway
It’s so difficult to be progressive these days.
Where do they keep the current censorship rulebook?
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:17:31 PM PST
by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
To: Kirkwood
Don't forget La-ah. That is pronounced La dash ah!
I think there was really a black girl who was named that OR it was an Internet joke, not sure which.
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:17:36 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: nickcarraway
did he tweet in CURSIVE? now THATS Racess!
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:22:06 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
To: nickcarraway
Good joke Steve. Go tell the sensitive Jacknapes to go pound sand.
To: nickcarraway
it’s racist WHY?
they have names like this.
or was he pulling it because he offended italians....?
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posted on
12/21/2013 6:24:11 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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