Actor George Takei recently called Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas a “clown in blackface” for his dissent on same-sex marriage, and said Thomas wasn’t fit to serve on the Court.
For MSNBC, that horrible racial insult wasn’t worthy of criticism:
.@GeorgeTakei calls out Clarence Thomas for marriage equality dissent: http://t.co/Arlh2OLrhC (Victoria Will/AP) pic.twitter.com/7xtJI5qSQK
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 1, 2015
“Clown in blackface” is calling him out?
https://twitter.com/RedGalBlueState/status/616677907277201408
"Calls out" a wonderful MSNBC/progressive euphemism for "uses retrograde racial slurs slandering a SCOTUS Justice." https://t.co/EI4BkhyIPN
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/616679095519346689
Making a racist comment is "calling out". That's new. https://t.co/ypys8bkFa2
— Savannah (@thesavvy) July 2, 2015
Shameless.
https://twitter.com/kesgardner/status/616676804141686784
Just imagine the outrage. But Thomas isn’t a liberal, so apparently he’s “fair game” for racist comments:
funny i don't remember @msnbc euphemizing Donald Trump's remarks @GeorgeTakei
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/StarzandStrypz/status/616680578600017920
https://twitter.com/michi83/status/616677062854725633
https://twitter.com/NashVegas69/status/616685686545117184
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"Calling out" now includes deplorable slurs and accusations of incorrectly performing your race. Cool. https://t.co/SpEJEnPxU8
— Moke ? (@Moke453) July 2, 2015
Change the issue, remove Clarence Thomas and insert Barack Obama and I'm SURE the headline stays the same. https://t.co/AJDS3WURGp
— Denton Young (@TheDentonYoung) July 2, 2015
Here's MSNBC excusing overtly racist comments. I wonder if NBCU will cut ties, like they did with Trump. https://t.co/uJWARdNUuB
— The Meturgeman (@DraftRyan2016) July 2, 2015
"And now let us praise men that call African-American Supreme Court justices 'clowns in blackface'." https://t.co/cKx4Z6TOAA
— Good King Tweetman (@Goodtweet_man) July 2, 2015
This is why I tend to lean right. The outrage machine bends over backwards to quash outrage when convenient. https://t.co/51bDkjjMKt
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/Serenity_Jayne/status/616700305145622529
https://twitter.com/MarkMMcClain/status/616700135964184579
MSNBC promotes anti-black bigot's rant. https://t.co/PTpY4UuTgv
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/616677481509224448
@msnbc: Supporting overt racism since 1996. https://t.co/7e9gMiQ6y3
— I'm a woman, and I'm mad as Hell (@nowhere_nh) July 2, 2015
Using racial slurs to call someone out? Stay classy @msnbc. @GeorgeTakei proves he is a racist. Where's the outrage? https://t.co/Gef7E3tYaT
— yeah right (@rapsays40) July 2, 2015
Calling a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States a "clown in black face" is not polite discourse. @msnbc @GeorgeTakei
— Ryan B. Leslie (@RyanBLeslie) July 2, 2015
"Calls out" now encompasses "uses horribly racist slur," according to @msnbc. Noted. https://t.co/Wupowl7jPb
— T. Michael (@TomCrowe) July 2, 2015
Lean Forward!
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