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Funtatlaguy
(11,825 posts)I am not a bigot
I am not a homophobe.
In the past, if I wrote, posted, or reposted anything that might have been in bad humor or bad judgment, I sincerely apologize.
Period.
End of story.
NewJeffCT
(56,842 posts)when the first of the old posts came out. However, it's now come back.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)WhiteTara
(30,317 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)https://www.mediaite.com/online/exclusive-joy-reid-claims-newly-discovered-homophobic-posts-from-her-blog-were-fabricated/
ananda
(31,192 posts)Have any Reeps ever done that?
Did they get railroaded?
Did they have to resign?
Is 45 still in office? He's far worse than
all the Dems combined who ever actually
did anything remotely questionable.
PatrickforO
(15,157 posts)This is a tempest in a teapot.
A really, really stupid controversy that has 'right wing smear' written all over it.
c-rational
(2,898 posts)15 years ago. Let non issues die.
MariaCSR
(642 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(52,323 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(52,323 posts)That way harder to see their fingerprints on it.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)And that the posts aren't hers?
Bernardo de La Paz
(52,323 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(52,323 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Joan writes: "Obviously, none of us ever saw the kinds of homophobic posts she's now accused of. If we had, we'd have stopped publishing her. "
However, Joy has already said: "I regret the way I addressed the complex issue of the closet and speculation on a persons sexual orientation with a mocking tone and sarcasm. It was insensitive, tone deaf and dumb."
So were those posts that Joy regrets making, not of concern to Joan at the time?
spanone
(138,088 posts)oasis
(51,922 posts)to a fellow journalist who has been targeted by the same forces who torpedoed Hillary.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)oasis
(51,922 posts)Cha
(306,832 posts)Tweet supporting Joy.
OhNo-Really
(3,996 posts)I've been here for years (my old account became unexcessible when I fired comcast email and couldn't get back on until last year when I got an iphone and icloud email address.
In light of the Russian bot stories, I believe there is a team of Russians polluting this site.
The Joy Reid story is their work in conjunction with their stateside media tools
alledgedly
OnDoutside
(20,680 posts)notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)Stories. Nothing.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,847 posts)DU is a target-rich environment, to say the least. No complex algorithms or hacking or parsing membership lists to find your objective.
ancianita
(39,485 posts)My exposure to black communities has shown me that criticism of difference is acceptable, that the issues with gay black brothers and sisters has been a long standing issue, but one that has generally been sorted out.
How I know is that I have gay black friends -- one is a professor, one a social worker -- whose wedding I attended. I've known them for a long time.
All I have to say is that white people better chill out, black people got this.
MSNBC had better know that it would be stupid to make Joy Reid resign from anything. And I will raise holy hell with MSNBC if they so much as hint at firing her.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)We would go crazy.
ancianita
(39,485 posts)TheSmarterDog
(794 posts)or any of the other statements of the people (including LBGT people) that have known her personally for years - decades even - and that support her.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)doesn't change the fact that she has a history of casual homophobia (she apologised for "insensitive comments" calling Charlie Crist a "closet case", for instance).
Historic NY
(38,386 posts)Funtatlaguy
(11,825 posts)a closet case is homophobic.
She might be saying that she thinks he should be ok with his sexuality
R B Garr
(17,518 posts)"Jamie Maz Not a Bot" with poor syntax and grammar who selectively cut and pasted some blog posts that no one else posted to and no one ever read or noticed before.
One wonders what his motive is in releasing this now? I suspect its to split the left and take down one of the sharpest journalist out there.
Ferrets are Cool
(22,077 posts)Keep our eyes on the REAL scandals and the REAL crimes being committed by this regime.