Joy Reid Apologizes for Past Anti-Gay Articles: 'Insensitive, Tone Deaf and Dumb'

[DonViejo]

by Josh Feldman | 2:17 pm, December 3rd, 2017

MSNBC’s Joy Reid has apologized for old posts of hers containing homophobic remarks.

As Mediaite reported yesterday, Reid repeatedly mocked then-Florida Governor Charlie Crist as a closeted gay man who she nicknamed “Miss Charlie.”

“Now that he’s married to a girl,” she wrote in one such post, “Charlie Crist is being sought out for all KINDS of good stuff… [The GOP] are wooing Miss Charlie to run.”

In a statement provided to Mediaite, Reid apologized and said, “At no time have I intentionally sought to demean or harm the LGBT community, which includes people whom I deeply love. My goal, in my ham-handed way, was to call out potential hypocrisy.”

She continues:

Nonetheless, as someone who is not a member of the LGBT community, I regret the way I addressed the complex issue of the closet and speculation on a person’s sexual orientation with a mocking tone and sarcasm. It was insensitive, tone deaf and dumb. There is no excusing it – not based on the taste-skewing mores of talk radio or the then-blogosphere, and not based on my intentions.

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[LexVegas]

1. The "attack the minorities" strategy has failed miserably for the Bros. But keep trying.

[David__77]

33. Are Jews also minorities?

I think anti-Semitisn is a real problem.

[spooky3]

2. This has already been posted at least once.

[DonViejo]

4. And I'm posting it again. Got a problem with that? Don't read it.

[heaven05]

13. go ahead

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keep posting till you get your satisfaction of seeing her fired or diminished. Keep pushing you might get what you want. Hell I know young gay people who are racist, do you have any comment on that. Do you think they may change or grow into old racists. Leave Joy Reid alone. You have made your point, by diminishing her character and credibility, for youthful indiscretion(s), so now we will see what consequence, in this very mean, mean era of people on both sides of the ameriKKKan political spectrum, is at hand for an excellent INVESTIGATIVE journalist.....

[DonViejo]

30. Please tell me where I said Ms Reid should be fired or diminished. You can't.

But, go ahead, tell a gay man he should shut up because you don't like something he says or posted. Yes, I know gay people that are racist, I've thrown them out of my home for their racism and terminated friendships because of it. As the Senior Investigator for a City's Fair Housing Commission, I've even prosecuted landlords that discriminated against a black couple. So, spare me your lectures.

[heaven05]

37. no lecture

you just keep spreading your story about Joy Reid. FOR WHAT PURPOSE, but to hammer away at her credibilty and try to diminish her in front of people because of mistakes in her life..... yeah yeah yeah....on your prosecutions...spare me...please.

[greeny2323]

3. They weren't "anti-gay" as this thread title says.

The right-wing attack failed.

[DonViejo]

6. Her posts WERE anti-gay and homophobic.

If we on the left are going to attack elected officials over comments the rightists made in years past, we have to expect them to dig in our yards too. Simply dismissing things as a "right-wing" attack doesn't work when there's documentation to back up the charge...and a superb columnist/TV talking head apologizes for her remarks

[DURHAM D]

8. Members of the LGBTQ community always appreciate call outs for hypocrisy.

[DonViejo]

9. Thank you!

[DURHAM D]

11. You missed the point. nt

[obamanut2012]

19. IKR?!

[heaven05]

15. even gay people

voted for trump...know any???? are racist, know any...and still keep them in your circle...just asking....

[DonViejo]

23. Yes, I know a gay couple that voted for Trump. We were friends for over 30 years...

Please notice, I said we were friends, meaning we are no longer.

[heaven05]

29. sure....

[DonViejo]

32. You want the phone number for those former friends, I'd be happy to provide you with it...

You can ask them how many times they referred to Sec'y Clinton as "a lying fucking c&&t" too.

[heaven05]

38. I want no contact with them

and now that I know how you want to destroy Joy Reid, I'm done with you bye, bye....

[DonViejo]

39. Destroy Joy Reid! ROFLMAO!!!!

[obamanut2012]

18. No, they weren't -- please don't tell me as an LGBT woman I should be offended

I live in SOFL. What she said about Crist is true, and well known.

[DonViejo]

21. Please don't tell a gay man when he should or should not be offended by homophobic comments

made by a columnist/TV talking head. Ms. Reid has apologized, end of story.

[DURHAM D]

7. It wasn't the right-wing that attacked. nt

[BeyondGeography]

10. Miss Charlie is not homophobic?

Gmafb.

[QC]

22. Not when someone we like says it. n/t

[BeyondGeography]

25. And when that someone opposes another someone some do not like

[QC]

26. Very true. Very, very true. n/t

[emulatorloo]

34. It is homophobic. And she apologized sincerely. And Crist accepted her sincere apology

[BeyondGeography]

35. I was and remain a fan of Joy Reid

I was and remain opposed to principle-free partisanship.

[emulatorloo]

36. Agreed

[marble falls]

5. Crist's reply to Reid....

Link to tweet

A great example of an apology and how to accept one. I thought the world of both of them before this. I really like them more now.

[heaven05]

12. young, impetous, speaking

before thinking....pretty common and anyone here so perfect they never made a mistake, well geez, you should be in the WH. She is still a light in a modern tunnel of political and social HELL and I understand...her youthful indiscretions. She has grown and matured...leave her alone. She is still someone I respect as a warrior against fascism, racism, homophobia, sexism.

[NCTraveler]

14. Thats how to do it.

Not sending your wife out to take shots at progressives while dismissing your own disgusting behavior. Some should take a cue.

Link to tweet

[LexVegas]

28. ...

[obamanut2012]

16. They were not "anti gay"

And, what she said about Crist isn't "crackpot," it is true.

[Blue_Tires]

17. This was a retaliatory strike because Reid dared to

criticize Bernie Sanders...

You know, if that bunch ever focused their rage on Republicans instead of chasing "establishment Dem" boogeymen all the time, our troubles would be over very quickly...

And of course morons like Greenwald (only when it's time to feign being offended does he remind us he's gay) are piling on... Anything to prevent even acknowledging Flynn ever happened....

Link to tweet

[LexVegas]

20. Bingo. nt

[DURHAM D]

24. Amen. nt

[Me.]

31. On The Nose

WE can expect this to be repeated over and over by the usual sources for the coming weeks but it still won't beatify their guy.

[heaven05]

40. so true

pure divisiveness, no other motive...we're in trouble 2018-20 if these people are allowed much space. They are a minor wing, with a minor leader of the Democratic Party. Not very influential, loud, raucous but lack influence which they so long for, droolingly.

[Tipperary]

41. I think you are absolutely right. It saddens me to see the anti-Joy messages here.

After I read through a few of these threads, I realized what was happening. Very sad.

[LanternWaste]

27. Of course she was on borrowed time after chiding a sacred cow.

Of course she was on borrowed time after chiding a sacred cow.

The teal robes and melodic tambourines surrounding tin gods are difficult to miss.