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uponit7771

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12. K&R, "or at least that he convincingly plays a racist on TV." sounds privileged as hell !! I can't
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 03:41 AM
Dec 2018

... afford to figure out whether someones a real racist or a fake one ... whether they're a diet racist or a full on ribeye steak with baked potato racist

Advertisers have as much right to decide who's racist whathehell Dec 2018 #1
I'm With Norm Dan22X Dec 2018 #10
Yep, me too. n/t. whathehell Dec 2018 #13
And I get to decide what program or product involved I want to use over that knowledge. You ... marble falls Dec 2018 #14
Sorry Nate.. you're wrong. They're humans Cha Dec 2018 #2
WTF Nate ... It's Applebee's Ad money ... they're not shutting down Tucker's show ... mr_lebowski Dec 2018 #3
Advertisers have every right to decide where to spend their money ... CatMor Dec 2018 #4
Applebees doesn't decide ANYthing for us all. nt greyl Dec 2018 #5
Dumb take romana Dec 2018 #6
What's Silver's argument here... that advertisers get forced to give ad dollars to racists? Bucky Dec 2018 #7
Scary indeed n/t malaise Dec 2018 #15
Tweet bait straight out the tweeters ahole realmirage Dec 2018 #8
He says racist things on his show. pamela Dec 2018 #9
I guess Nate didn't get the memo that corporations are people, too. Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #11
K&R, "or at least that he convincingly plays a racist on TV." sounds privileged as hell !! I can't uponit7771 Dec 2018 #12
Advertisers are making decisions based on the bottom line Nate Quixote1818 Dec 2018 #16
Nate really got it wrong. LiberalFighter Dec 2018 #17
Tucker has the right to Free speech edhopper Dec 2018 #18
Stick to spreadsheets Nate. phleshdef Dec 2018 #19
Generous reading: Only Court's ultimately define discrimination and hate speech. Not quite true. Shaddox Dec 2018 #20
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