Keith Olbermann: Chuck Norris saying ‘1,000 years of darkness’ is totally a dog whistle

Posted at 2:45 pm on September 7, 2012 by Lori Z.

Well, time for yet another section in the old Handbook of Racial Code Words! Like Clint Eastwood’s bit with a chair, Chuck Norris using the phrase “1,000 years of darkness” is also a dog whistle. That only racist leftists can hear.

@KeithOlbermann @mmfa … the dogs of war … 1000 years of darkness ! lmao I think it has 2 do with the darkness of some1's skin sadly
— Seedsown (@reddroostermann) September 7, 2012

Sigh.

Update: The sane on Twitter swiftly weigh in.

@KeithOlbermann Im not sure if you are a trying to be a comedian or not. You certainly are not a journalist. Only racist here is you. #msnbc
— Brad (@Brad_D80) September 7, 2012

@KeithOlbermann Don't you have a place to be… like a news station or news program to host? oh wait… awkward
— The Wyomingite (@ConservativeHic) September 7, 2012

https://twitter.com/MeanwhileinDC/status/244146760447041536

https://twitter.com/lvan_lvanovich/status/244146895201636352

Hey, @KeithOlbermann, the point of a dog whistle is that only dogs can hear it. You should look in the mirror sometime. If you can stand it.
— Laura (@laurakbarr) September 7, 2012

@KeithOlbermann You still take yourself seriously??? The rest of us don't. It's in your own soul that racism can be found. You should look.
— Mark Waters (@PansFolley) September 7, 2012

Bingo!

Well, at least he took a break from vile misogyny today. For now.