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Star Trek Icon Apologizes for Clarence Thomas 'Blackface' Slur
The Root ^ | July 4 2015 | LYNETTE HOLLOWAY

Posted on 07/04/2015 9:34:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway

George Takei called Thomas a "clown in blackface" following the justice's dissent in last week's landmark same-sex marriage ruling.

Star Trek legend George Takei has apologized for calling Clarence Thomas a "clown in blackface" following the Supreme Court justice's dissent in last week's landmark same-sex marriage ruling, according to CNN.

"I was still seething, and I referred to him as a 'clown in blackface' to suggest that he had abdicated and abandoned his heritage," Takei wrote Friday in a Facebook post. "This was not intended to be racist, but rather to evoke a history of racism in the theatrical arts. While I continue to disagree with Justice Thomas, the words I chose, said in the heat of anger, were not carefully considered."

The incident began after last week's Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling, when Thomas, one of four dissenting justices, wrote that denying gays and lesbians the right to marry is not denying them of their dignity, the report says.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: California
KEYWORDS: apology; arizona; blackface; california; clarencethomas; gaykk; homosexualagenda; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; obamanation; phoenix; slur
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1 posted on 07/04/2015 9:34:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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He’s dead to me, Jim.


2 posted on 07/04/2015 9:35:42 PM PDT by eddie willers
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I read the post and he said he “owed an apology” I didn’t read that he actually apologized.


3 posted on 07/04/2015 9:41:12 PM PDT by JMS
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To: nickcarraway

All George needs to do now is endorse Trump for President.

Even though Trump isn’t running for President.


4 posted on 07/04/2015 9:44:54 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: eddie willers

It’s worse than that, Jim!

Worse, Bones? How could he worse than dead?

Jim, his brain is missing!

Missing?!

Yes, It’s been somehow liberally obliterated!


5 posted on 07/04/2015 9:44:59 PM PDT by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: nickcarraway

this just in

Takei still ....a”clown in happyface”


6 posted on 07/04/2015 9:45:08 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: nickcarraway

Now that they’ve have become SCROTUS’s favorite sons, the homosexual thugs are really feeling their oats. Typical Nazi BS.


7 posted on 07/04/2015 9:45:34 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Stop the Xeno invasion!)
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To: eyedigress

Trump is doing conservative blackface.


8 posted on 07/04/2015 9:48:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: MeshugeMikey
Here he is with his gay boy toy....they both have "that look" that so many get...the putrid kind.


9 posted on 07/04/2015 9:49:11 PM PDT by caww
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To: nickcarraway

Of course Takei used his WW2 internment in his sorry apology.

My mother was in the same camp as him. She never used WW2 internment as an excuse for bad behavior.


10 posted on 07/04/2015 9:50:36 PM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: nickcarraway

That’s not bad. A version of Manhattan Mammy if you will.


11 posted on 07/04/2015 9:50:39 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: nickcarraway

He’s hurting the Star Trek franchise when he says nasty things like that.


12 posted on 07/04/2015 9:52:12 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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It’s not an apology when you call him a “fake black”


13 posted on 07/04/2015 9:52:42 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: nickcarraway
George Takei was a bit player on TV 55 years ago, and now... and now...?

What's more forgetabble than a bit player?

And a delusional brain addled pervert to boot!

14 posted on 07/04/2015 9:52:42 PM PDT by publius911 (If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
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To: nickcarraway

I wonder what Takei would look like in black face?


15 posted on 07/04/2015 9:52:55 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: nickcarraway

YCKMA George.


16 posted on 07/04/2015 9:55:04 PM PDT by Bullish (Face it, insanity is not presidential.)
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To: GeronL
It’s not an apology when you call him a “fake black”

What would Sulu consider to be "real black"? Rachel Dolezal?

17 posted on 07/04/2015 9:57:30 PM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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To: nickcarraway

George Takei true self was revealed.
He’s a liberal.


18 posted on 07/04/2015 10:00:15 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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“...abdicated and abandoned his heritage,”

So historically blacks are pro gay marriage?


19 posted on 07/04/2015 10:05:01 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Commenting in his rant regarding Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas..... 'He is a clown in black face sitting on the Supreme Court. He gets me that angry. He doesn't belong there!"


20 posted on 07/04/2015 10:06:04 PM PDT by caww
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