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

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.

I regret if you felt murdered by my bullet

legit lol

it's weird and depressing! like if someone threw a punch, people might agree that they are not "a violent person" and that the punch was a bad move. if you say someone said something racist, they refuse to acknowledge it's not the same thing as saying the person is a racist, and that you should be chastised for saying this.

people occasionally do violent things or say/do racist things! you try not to, generally

yeah my #1 wish for that debate was that Kaine jumped on Pence's pearl-clutching over the "deplorables" comment

conservative understanding of "racism" is as a personal character flaw--and can only be judged by examining the heart and conscience of the person being described as racist, which, surprise, is only available to that particular person. infinite deniability. all flaws are character flaws, structural racism is impossible because capitalism is just.

way more people than just your typical dummies view racism as this obvious, extreme form of antagonistic expression, where to see it is to know it. i.e., they think you either have to verbally accost someone of color with the previously agreed upon worst-of-the-worst racial slurs, or cause them physical harm/death in order for it to be 'racist'. some even only consider the latter - I actually had a race argument when I was 20 with a dude who said, with no sense of irony, "I hate the KKK, cos they kill n****rs!"

isn't it kinda 'funny', though, that the same folk who decry how "PC" and "overly sensitive" everybody is seem to always be the most hair-trigger defensive when tagged with any minor criticism involving race?

classic of the genre:

https://twitter.com/Ribeye18/status/783710204412198912

"regret if anyone FOUND offence" is a new one.

if offence found, please return to me at the address below

lol at how much the "you're the real racists!" folks have escalated this over time. soon it will be "if you accost a guy of mild racial insensitivity on Twitter, you're like a mini-Goebbels!"

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offence is always found, never lost