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Who Are You Calling a Honky? Gaffe-Prone Fuji TV Stumbles Again
Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, July 29, 2015 | Tomohiro Osaki

Posted on 08/26/2015 6:38:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway

July 29—Internet users were snorting in derision after participants on a Fuji TV entertainment show wore T-shirts with a bizarre English slogan incorporating a word that some Caucasians might find offensive.

The shirts read: “No Fun No TV Do Honky.” The overall phrase left viewers baffled, while the word “honky” has racial connotations.

The T-shirts were worn by individuals such as comedians and presenters taking part in a marathon entertainment show that aired Saturday through Sunday.

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To: nickcarraway

I know the word honky is supposed to offend me, so I refuse to be offended by it. Taht bothers liberals no end.


21 posted on 08/26/2015 9:04:22 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Mr. Sparkle is disrespectful to dirt! And honkies.


22 posted on 08/26/2015 9:28:45 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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No offense here. Wish we could laugh at stuff like this more often.


23 posted on 08/26/2015 9:41:12 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: lefty-lie-spy
Japanese is full of silly English, profane or otherwise, all the heck over the place ...

Ya don't say!


24 posted on 08/26/2015 9:53:29 PM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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