I've had people say it's a hardening, actually ~ US presidential election 2016 part 9/11 never forget

The most amazing thing about 'deplorables' still is how many people decided to make it a term of pride. Which I'm all "Hey, great job on owning yourself."

It's like watching a person piss on themselves, you tell them what they are doing, and they say, "Fuck yes I'm pissing on my shoes."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz6xpBBNjMY

this manages to mindblowingly offensive, even by O'Reilly standards:

https://twitter.com/blakehounshell/status/783688229753061377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

horrible

even by fox's standards, you would expect that everyone involved with creating and editing and airing that segment would be fired.

but i guess that would be the entire staff so...

let's hope they fire everyone and the show just ends

jesus fuck, what is wrong with people

I dunno what's more cringey, the racial humor or the intercut movie scenes

they're racist idiots xp

jesus

This makes me want to vomit. Nuke Republica.

Man named "Tucker" who frequently wears bowties pitches fit over Kaine saying "right-hand person."

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/10/he-men-of-fox-news

Tucker Carlson is such a clown shoes motherfucker

Be nice. People have said he's a low-T sufferer. I don't believe it, but I've heard people say it.

You're not going to get into all of that. You could, but you're going to be nice. Very nice.

In business news:
Ford chairman met with Trump over 'infuriating' Mexico comments

Mexico's Jose Cuervo delays IPO until after U.S. election

astonished by that o'reilly segment - couldn't even watch to the end. imagine being that smug and racist.

What happened? Didn't these people watch Mr Rogers? DIDN'T WE KNOCK THIS SHIT ON THE HEAD??

I feel really old some days when I think "If Fred Rogers were alive, children and society as a whole would be a lot better off"

I remember a time, whenever I heard some stat about the percentage of the population that was composed of sociopaths, I always thought, "That seems high. Where are these people?" Now I'm like, oh, okay, there they are.

I only got 22 seconds into that O'Reilly Factor clip before the first "what the FUCK" escaped my lips

dear god why did I keep watching this thing

"all in good fun" - is this ever used in a context where it's true?

tucker carlson is basically what college republicans aspire to be

he is actually three child republicans stuffed into a single suit

this is as good a place as any to mention that my wife had a conversation with elizabeth warren while doing the slow walk down the ramp next to each other to their Vegas flight yesterday morning. super friendly, flies coach.

xpost Wow, I can't believe they went there. All the way down, to Chinatown.

even the coverage calling out the segment is fucking terrible.

the talkingpointsmemo story's first sentence:

A segment that aired Monday on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" is making a lot [sic] people question if we're really in the year 2016 because of its tired depictions of Asian-Americans.

uh yeah, those depictions are very tired, that's the best way to put it

Yeah, they should freshen up those stereotypes! How lazy.

How long have Chinese people been living in America, have they only just moved there or something?

just under 200 years, very new arrivals

According to the book I just finished, 1493 by Charles Mann, some Chinese were living in Mexico from the early 1500s onwards. So, more like 500 years.

Man, fuck yooooooooou Fox News

Aimless i think you mean 1491 and yes it is the bomb

no there is a 1493 too

1491 II

"the hardening"

man that book likes exactly what i have been wanting, thanking u

actually every time aimless mentions it i think for a second he's reading that debunked book about zheng he that's also 14something

hah soZ dudes - guess i will read it

https://twitter.com/jenniferjjacobs/status/783726612743270400

I'M NERVOUS

lol dying

@jessebwatters
As a political humorist, the Chinatown segment was intended to be a light piece, as all Watters World segments are.

My man-on-the-street interviews are meant to be taken as tongue-in-cheek and I regret if anyone found offense.

just a little light racist humor, nbd

what a lying liar he doesn't regret a thing

Has "regret if you were offended" always been a thing, or is it just really noticeable these days?

Difficult to say, been a thing for a long while now though.

I love the notion of conditional regret. "If ____, I regret ____"

I regret if you felt murdered by my bullet

sorta related - Pence's schtick at the VP debate made me think about how right-wingers perceive the word "racist" primarily as an insult, a pejorative, and divorced from any objective description of behavior. Like whether or not something is racist is just a matter of opinion and, as such, totally subjective. "YOU say it's racist, but *I* say it's not, there's just no way to be sure! Don't call me names!" It's inconceivable to them that the word is actually a descriptor of a power relationship, or the exercise of power. Or that a member of a minority might have (or should be given) the benefit of the doubt in deploying it.