Dot.@feddit.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCNN apologises and bans conservative commentator after racist remark made on air.www.thejournal.ieexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1316
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minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoI think that’s quite a stretch. Girdusky’s comment is clearly a response specifically to Hasan’s expression of support for Palestinians. What’s the connection between “all supporters of Palestinians are terrorists” and being an Arab?
minus-squarejohker216@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·1 year agoAnd the pagers targeted Hezbollah, not Palestinians. Ergo, racist.
minus-squareBirdObserver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoSome people can’t hear the dog whistles until they become bullhorns.
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year ago I think that’s quite a stretch. I assure you, it is not.
minus-squareMonkRome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAsk yourself if he would have said that comment to a white Christian. If not, then you have your answer.
I think that’s quite a stretch. Girdusky’s comment is clearly a response specifically to Hasan’s expression of support for Palestinians. What’s the connection between “all supporters of Palestinians are terrorists” and being an Arab?
And the pagers targeted Hezbollah, not Palestinians. Ergo, racist.
Some people can’t hear the dog whistles until they become bullhorns.
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I assure you, it is not.
Ask yourself if he would have said that comment to a white Christian. If not, then you have your answer.