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George Takei apologizes
facebook ^ | 7/3/15 | George Takei

Posted on 07/03/2015 3:12:51 PM PDT by raccoonradio

I owe an apology. On the eve of Independence Day, I have a renewed sense of what this country stands for, and how I personally could help achieve it. The promise of equality and freedom is one that all of us have to work for, at all times. I know this as a survivor of the Japanese American internment, which each day drives me only to strive harder to help fulfill that promise for future generations.

I recently was asked by a reporter about Justice Clarence Thomas’s dissent in the marriage equality cases, in which he wrote words that really got under my skin, by suggesting that the government cannot take away human dignity through slavery, or though internment. In my mind that suggested that this meant he felt the government therefore shouldn’t be held accountable, or should do nothing in the face of gross violations of dignity. When asked by a reporter about the opinion, I was still seething, and I referred to him as a “clown in blackface” to suggest that he had abdicated and abandoned his heritage. This was not intended to be racist, but rather to evoke a history of racism in the theatrical arts. While I continue to vehemently disagree with Justice Thomas, the words I chose, said in the heat of anger, were not carefully considered.

I am reminded, especially on this July 4th holiday, that though we have the freedom to speak our minds, we must use that freedom judiciously. Each of us, as humans, have hot-button topics that can set-us off, and Justice Thomas had hit mine, that is clear. But my choice of words was regrettable, not because I do not believe Justice Thomas is deeply wrong, but because they were ad hominem and uncivil, and for that I am sorry.

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1 posted on 07/03/2015 3:12:52 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

The left has this down to a science. No one ever hears nor cares about the apology - the initial damage is all the counts!!


2 posted on 07/03/2015 3:14:29 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: raccoonradio

Just another Hollywood idiot.


3 posted on 07/03/2015 3:15:03 PM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: raccoonradio

>> This was not intended to be racist, but rather to evoke a history of racism in the theatrical arts.

Really?? Mr Sulu is a heterophobe and a racist.


4 posted on 07/03/2015 3:15:52 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Catmom

Just another Hollywood idiot queen.


5 posted on 07/03/2015 3:16:02 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( NASCAR 2015: "Bootlegger to boot licker"--FReeper Crim)
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To: raccoonradio

He doesn’t like black people supporting the party of Lincoln.

That is sure nothing new.


6 posted on 07/03/2015 3:16:13 PM PDT by ansel12 (libertarians have always been for gay marriage and polygamy, gay Scout leaders, gay military.)
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To: Cheerio

Interment of Japanese-Americans, courtesy of liberal Democrats FDR and Earl Warren. Justice Thomas votes for the anti-slavery, civil rights party. Takei votes for the party
of interment.


7 posted on 07/03/2015 3:16:36 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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OH NO!!! SULU IS A RUMP RANGER

http://www.spacebanter.com/showthread.php?t=66515


8 posted on 07/03/2015 3:17:05 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: raccoonradio

Thats not an apology. Just more weasel words from a racist liberal lefty.


9 posted on 07/03/2015 3:17:24 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: raccoonradio

He should apologize for this sorry apology.


10 posted on 07/03/2015 3:18:01 PM PDT by GSWarrior (Click HERE to skip this tag line.)
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To: Liberty Valance

I didn’t much of an apology either.


11 posted on 07/03/2015 3:18:40 PM PDT by MAKOTHEDOG
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To: raccoonradio

Though I think he’s an idiot, this is a decent apology as far as leftists go. The charitable thing to do is to take it at face value (IMHO).


12 posted on 07/03/2015 3:19:24 PM PDT by jtal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle ....)
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a survivor of the Japanese American internment,

Survivor? The internment camps may not have been pleasant, but they weren't Auschwitz. The only ones who didn't survive died of natural causes.

13 posted on 07/03/2015 3:19:25 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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Oh, poor George. He was in an internment camp. My heart bleeds for him ...

I guess that justifies him becoming a skull-faced pud-gumming loudmouth in his waning years.

14 posted on 07/03/2015 3:19:38 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: raccoonradio

Little priss can catch a painful STD for all I care.

And to think we had to lose Spock, but this nobody still infests.


15 posted on 07/03/2015 3:20:17 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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Takei must be quite old to be a survivor of the Japanese-American internment. How old is he?


16 posted on 07/03/2015 3:21:03 PM PDT by abclily
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To: raccoonradio

Just another non-apology “apology.” Go back to San Francisco, you sanctimonious little ****.


17 posted on 07/03/2015 3:21:30 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong X Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Liberty Valance
He took responsibility for his words, and he said they were bad words. It wasn't the typical "sorry if you were offended non-apology" apology.

I suppose it's reasonable to take his excuse, he said it while he was pissed, as making the apology phony, but it's still a better apology than usually comes from a lefty.

18 posted on 07/03/2015 3:21:59 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: raccoonradio

A raging queen in yellow face.


19 posted on 07/03/2015 3:22:06 PM PDT by twister881
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‘’l understand you’ve taken exception to my calling you whores. l’m sorry. l apologize. l ask you to note that l did not call you callous-ass strumpets, fornicatresses, or low-born gutter sluts. But l did say whores. No escaping that. And for that slip of the tongue... l apologize.’’
—Life And Times of Judge Roy Bean


20 posted on 07/03/2015 3:23:25 PM PDT by Lexington Green (Hillary belongs in the Big House - not the White House)
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