#AlecBaldwinExcuses: Twitterers suggest possible reasons for Alec’s alleged racist rant

Posted at 6:27 pm on February 18, 2013 by Sarah D.

Rude, thoughtless actor Alec Baldwin is still neck-deep in his own mental muck after allegedly hurling a racial epithet at a New York Post photographer. He denies it, of course, but maybe we should give him the benefit of the doubt. If he really did it, he must have had a good reason. Helpful Twitterers were gracious enough to list some possible ones:

https://twitter.com/DavidJGarth/status/303606654098870274

#AlecBaldwinExcuses There was a real raccoon there. Right there. I can't help you didn't see it. No, the animal. That's not what I meant!
— Joey B (@snarkVol) February 18, 2013

I was saying he was rich. "Coon" is short for "Tycoon." #AlecBaldwinExcuses
— Stuart (@Ringo6) February 18, 2013

#AlecBaldwinExcuses It's tough out here on the streets of New York.
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) February 18, 2013

#AlecBaldwinExcuses: I'm a rich white liberal… I can't be racist!!
— el Sooper ن (@SooperMexican) February 18, 2013

#AlecBaldwinExcuses Hadn't fully read the Race Card™ user's manual yet
— D.W.Robinson (@_DWRobinson) February 18, 2013

#AlecBaldwinExcuses …. but it was funny when everyone said it in Django Unchained.
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) February 18, 2013

#AlecBaldwinExcuses "Haven't you cretins heard of Method Acting?"
— Diet Publicola (@DietPublicola) February 18, 2013

#AlecBaldwinExcuses On most mornings, I eat breakfast with my pitcher of screwdrivers. Today, I forgot. That was the Stoli talking, not me.
— Vile Koch Myrmidon (@heatpacker) February 18, 2013

#AlecBaldwinExcuses I was practicing for a new role on Current TV.
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) February 18, 2013

#AlecBaldwinExcuses I was confused… thought the reporter was my daughter.
— American Elephant (@AmericnElephant) February 18, 2013

#AlecBaldwinExcuses: I have a Capital One Percenter RaceCard!! https://t.co/6GeqUFbw
— el Sooper ن (@SooperMexican) February 18, 2013

Ha!

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