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Today's version of historical twitter outrage
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Today's version of historical twitter outrage


Aug 2, 2018, 2:24 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/02/new-york-times-stands-by-new-tech-writer-sarah-jeong-after-racist-tweets-surface.html

https://twitter.com/NYTimesPR/status/1024688703241945090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1024688703241945090&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.rivals.com%2Fthreads%2Fwith-its-latest-editorial-board-hire-the-new-york-times-again-proves-its-commitment-to-tolerance.829624%2F

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Re: Today's version of historical twitter outrage


Aug 2, 2018, 2:25 PM

You haven't learned that only white people can be racist?

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Only white people lose their cooking shows. Others get


Aug 2, 2018, 2:41 PM

promotions evidently.

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Moar goodness...stupid social media people.


Aug 2, 2018, 2:40 PM

Not surprised NY Times stands behind her. It's not like she's a freaking baseball player or something.





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So...


Aug 2, 2018, 3:08 PM

I guess we don't feel near as bad about those WWII internment camps or the building of the railroads out west in the late 1800s now, do we?

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To be fair...


Aug 2, 2018, 3:11 PM

I never really felt bad about it.

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How about if we toss in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?


Aug 2, 2018, 3:16 PM

Did that move the needle at all? Godzilla rising out of the ocean to destroy Tokyo?

HOW ABOUT THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL DEBACLE?

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I feel kinda bad we


Aug 2, 2018, 3:51 PM

never taught them to eat with forks.

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To be fair...


Aug 2, 2018, 3:52 PM

Being the horrible people that we are, I'm sure we would have given them smallpox forks if we did.

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SIR, JOHN MCCLAIN SAVED NAKATOMI PLAZA FROM FURTHER


Aug 2, 2018, 6:00 PM [ in reply to How about if we toss in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? ]

THEFT AND DISTRUCTION, WHAT MORE DO THOSE PEOPLE WANT??

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Wait, did a baseball player lose their job b/c of tweets?***


Aug 2, 2018, 3:28 PM [ in reply to Moar goodness...stupid social media people. ]



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Should have said owned a basketball team or had a cooking


Aug 2, 2018, 3:29 PM

show.

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Who we talking about?***


Aug 2, 2018, 3:40 PM



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In fairness, there's two sides to every story.


Aug 2, 2018, 2:44 PM

That's just one slant on it.

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nice counter-troll***


Aug 2, 2018, 2:46 PM



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Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile,
Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!


You got me. At the time, I was just responding in kind to


Aug 2, 2018, 2:48 PM

my harassers. I now realize that it was hurtful and inappropriate...so much so that I'm not going to delete it.

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That was four years ago, a lot of people make mistakes when


Aug 2, 2018, 2:50 PM [ in reply to In fairness, there's two sides to every story. ]

they're that Asian then they grow up and realize how hurtful words can be.

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I'm inclined to give her a pass. Probably a lot of stress


Aug 2, 2018, 2:52 PM

being a reporter AND one of the stars of "Agents of Shield".

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I'd hate white people if I had to work with Daisy too***


Aug 2, 2018, 2:57 PM



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that's fair....SOOOO much needless drama.***


Aug 2, 2018, 2:57 PM



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we should all be thankful she's in New York City


Aug 2, 2018, 2:57 PM [ in reply to I'm inclined to give her a pass. Probably a lot of stress ]

so she can take public transportation instead of having to own a car

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Don't worry, she's still holding up traffic...


Aug 2, 2018, 3:04 PM

It's just pedestrian traffic.



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“Where are the cameras?”


Aug 2, 2018, 10:44 PM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p6BekOnLx9c

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You know, you took the long way around on that joke,


Aug 2, 2018, 3:04 PM [ in reply to we should all be thankful she's in New York City ]

but you got there man, you got there.

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Man, I wish I’d said that.***


Aug 2, 2018, 10:14 PM [ in reply to In fairness, there's two sides to every story. ]



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I mean, that is kind of a lot.***


Aug 2, 2018, 2:55 PM



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Too bad she wasn't in the hospital in Ohio today***


Aug 2, 2018, 2:55 PM



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Sarah, you go girl!***


Aug 2, 2018, 10:41 PM



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