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Des Moines Register Fires Reporter Who Dug up 'Racist' Tweets on Children's Hospital Donor; Still No Apology

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Posted by Frank G 2019-09-27 09:50|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 some bad tweets from when he was a teenager.

As I understand it, the bad tweets consisted of:
(1) Comparing black women to gorillas
Betcha it wasn't all black women, but a specific one.
(2) Making light of black people who died in the Holocaust.
I wasn't aware that any black people died in the Holocaust. So I assume he made fun of some Wakandan's ignorant barking.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-27 10:17|| 2019-09-27 10:17|| Front Page Top

#2 I believe the tweets were lines from a comedian, Daniel Tosh, who once had a tv show on Comedy Central.

Posted by SteveS 2019-09-27 10:33|| 2019-09-27 10:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Yep - Tosh 2.0

Posted by Frank G 2019-09-27 10:38|| 2019-09-27 10:38|| Front Page Top

#4 In some movie I saw years ago (and still watch from time to time) a guy who was hung up on Purity of Essence triggered doomsday. Just sayin...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-09-27 11:07|| 2019-09-27 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Our second civil war will be waged on Twitter and in what remains of the media.

It will involve virtual, not physical, assassination or maiming, as in the first civil war, of some 1/10th of the total adult white male US population, plus another million or so additional perpetrators of thoughtcrimes and other offenses against Right Thinking.

Posted by Lex 2019-09-27 11:23|| 2019-09-27 11:23|| Front Page Top

#6 The Des Moines Register - Iowa's answer to the Boston Globe.

Posted by Raj 2019-09-27 13:22|| 2019-09-27 13:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Let me know when the Des Moines Register file for bankruptcy and go out of business.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-09-27 13:46|| 2019-09-27 13:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Mind you, I don't trust anybody who drinks Bud (light or otherwise).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-27 14:09|| 2019-09-27 14:09|| Front Page Top

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