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Ellen DeGeneres defends her Usain Bolt tweet some claimed was racist
Yahoo ^ | Aug. 16, 2016 | Kevin Kaduk

Posted on 08/16/2016 3:16:07 PM PDT by Leaning Right

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres defended herself on Tuesday after some claimed that a humorous Usain Bolt tweet sent out from her social media accounts a day earlier was racist.

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DeGeneres’ popular Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts often feature funny images that have been altered to include her. On Monday, her accounts sent out a picture of her riding on Bolt’s back during Sunday’s 100 meter semifinal with the suggestion she’d like to use the Jamaican sprinter’s word-class speed to get her errands done faster.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 2016olympics; bolt; degenerate; degeneres; ellen; ellendegenerate; humorlessdems; pc; racist
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To: Leaning Right
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21 posted on 08/16/2016 3:30:53 PM PDT by HotHunt
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To: BenLurkin
Racist? This? Why? How?

They are racing.

The media have everyone in a hyper state of finding offense everywhere.

22 posted on 08/16/2016 3:32:41 PM PDT by sockhead
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To: Blue Jays

See the terror in his eyes? He’s running from you Ellen DeGenerate.


23 posted on 08/16/2016 3:32:55 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: BenLurkin
I don't care how you cut it that looks pretty racist to me! LOL! 🌩
24 posted on 08/16/2016 3:33:28 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Leaning Right

Agreed.

I love the “schadenfreude”, and the circular firing squad that is the liberal worldview, but in fairness I look at most accusations as stupid and childish.

As this is.


25 posted on 08/16/2016 3:34:59 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Blue Jays

Psssst. Usain! You have some kind of ugly growth on your back.


26 posted on 08/16/2016 3:36:10 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: dfwgator

She already had some trouble with that pet thing a few years back. God forbid one does something “wrong” with the animals.


27 posted on 08/16/2016 3:36:23 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Blue Jays

Harmless pic — unless you are a liberal hack driving a wedge issue that’s harmful to American liberty and culture.


28 posted on 08/16/2016 3:40:14 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Leaning Right

This will be over in a day or two. She’ll make a brief apology on her show, and that will be the end of it. Had she been a conservative, there would be a “media firestorm” for the next couple of weeks, and no amount of apologies would be sufficient.


29 posted on 08/16/2016 3:40:47 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: dfwgator

Me too,...let them devour each other.


30 posted on 08/16/2016 3:43:33 PM PDT by pallmallman
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To: Leaning Right

If she was a conservative they’d rip her apart. But since she’s a liberal they’ll say, “It’s OK. She apologized.”


31 posted on 08/16/2016 3:45:17 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: GreenHornet

Yep, people would demand advertisers to withdraw.


32 posted on 08/16/2016 3:45:19 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Leaning Right

Ellen The Degenerate


33 posted on 08/16/2016 3:47:09 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: BenLurkin
Racist? This? Why? How?

I guess it was more the caption.

The tweet's caption from Ellen reads "This is how I'm running errands from now on."

34 posted on 08/16/2016 3:48:36 PM PDT by x
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To: Leaning Right

Wasn’t she involved with some stupid spat where the liberals were melting down because Trig Palin was standing on his service dog? But not a word when Ellen’s daughter was using the family dog for a step stool. It was something like that.

Personally, I find the photo quite funny and even makes it more impressive that he would still win even with someone on his back. BUT...
THAT’S RACIST.


35 posted on 08/16/2016 3:49:40 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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To: x

Ouch!


36 posted on 08/16/2016 3:51:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Fiddlstix

Even though I don’t care for her politics, she is funny. Her mistake was apologizing. She would have fared better by saying, “are you serious? Ok, my checkbook is now closed to all politicians....period.


37 posted on 08/16/2016 3:54:21 PM PDT by Benjamin Dover (This tagline space for rent)
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38 posted on 08/16/2016 3:54:26 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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39 posted on 08/16/2016 3:55:43 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Leaning Right

Political Correctness eating their own, gotta love it!!


40 posted on 08/16/2016 3:56:33 PM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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