Many of us were waiting with bated breath for MSNBC jerk Touré to follow up on his sickening tweet linking Holocaust survival to the “power of whiteness.” Would he apologize? Admit he was wrong?
Today, we finally got our answer:
https://twitter.com/Toure/status/471386994543980544
https://twitter.com/Toure/status/471387911573995520
https://twitter.com/Toure/status/471388120441966592
So, in other words, Touré’s argument was too “nuanced” for us? “Power of whiteness” was “shorthand”?
Oh, we just misunderstood @Toure is all. http://t.co/AuRGRY72F5
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) May 27, 2014
Once more, hopefully sans typos: So, it's Twitter's fault that @toure was an insensitive ass. Glad we cleared that up.
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) May 27, 2014
#shorthand RT @BenHowe: Here is the @toure “apology.” Shorter version: “I was right but in the wrong venue.” http://t.co/i4fgiI6QFo
— (((WitCoHE))) (@E__Strobel) May 27, 2014
Oy vey. With his notes of condescension, is it any wonder so many tweeters are questioning Touré’s sincerity?
Shorter @Toure apology: I'm still right, but sorry you got offended by how I said what I said. Try to be less offended next time.
— Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) May 27, 2014
So Twitter's useless, then? RT “@Toure: It was a dumb idea by me to debate serious and nuanced topics in 140 characters or less… (Cont.)”
— Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) May 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/471389035983020033
Does his even count as an apology? –> RT @LaurenC_Lux: Add @toure to this list of @MSNBC apologies http://t.co/Awvv2K6Nwk
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) May 27, 2014
.@toure's non-apology is just that. He's apologizing for sharing his commentary on Twitter, not the actual substance of it.
— Juegos y los gatos! (@ArtrexisLives) May 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/471389321535455232
So Touré is sorry he debated a nuanced topic on Twitter. Because Nazi survivor privelege CAN be elucidated if we just had more space.
— Jay (@OneFineJay) May 27, 2014
hey @toure. next time you want to practice your nuancing, maybe you shouldn't use surviving mass genocide as your metaphor. #caring
— Sarah (@mamaswati) May 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/chelseagrunwald/status/471391393311887360
@gabrielmalor He didn't apologize for the comment. He apologized that it was too short.
— Matthew DesOrmeaux ⚜ (@authoridad) May 27, 2014
Hey, @Toure? No amount of nuance in the world could change the underlying assholery in your offending tweet. FYI.
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 27, 2014
Touré’s “assholery” didn’t come out of nowhere.
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/471389976718868480
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/471389739179081728
Touré says he’s learned his lesson:
https://twitter.com/Toure/status/471388175446069248
We’ll see.
https://twitter.com/AaronIMarcus/status/471393760052408320
https://twitter.com/Tyler_McNally/status/471388797780107264
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and tweets.
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