Ellen DeGeneres defends her Usain Bolt tweet some claimed was racist

Yahoo ^ | Aug. 16, 2016 | Kevin Kaduk

[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.

[Neoliberalnot]

Ellen degenerate is nothing if not another member of the alphabet perverts.

[WENDLE]

She makes me puke. She is a very sick woman and it is reversible with shock treatments.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Before she went full homonazi, Ellen was funny. She was right up there with Seinfeld, she had great observational and story-telling humor. This was back in the 90s when she was doing stand-up and ABC gave her own show.

All of that went to crap when she came out of the closet.

[Kickass Conservative]

Put some Glasses on her and she looks like my Wife’s 85 Year Old Father. Goodness, how old is she?

Doesn’t she do Cover Girl Makeup Commercials?

Maybe Quikrete needs a Spokesperson.

[Kickass Conservative]

I liked her Airline Seat routine, the fully upright position.

[Pinkbell]

I find it funny, and I think the real racists are the people whose minds immediately went to race. That said, Ellen is a card carrying member of the liberal media/Hollywood who are the biggest promoters of “social justice.” She found out that she is not immune from the same standards that they use to go after people - usually conservatives. She is being hoisted on her own petard - a victim of the identity politics espoused by her fellow liberals.

[luvbach1]

In my opinion not racist, merely inane.

[alexander_busek]

I take no pleasure in this.

I take great pleasure in this! All of her excuses are essentially, "But I'm a Liberal!" I.e., "Give me a pass, because I have the 'right' political orientation!" Implying that if a Conservative were to have done this, he should still be lambasted.

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

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.

Precisely!

Regards,