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lark

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1. Whoppi made an ignorant racist comment & is paying the price.

Thu Feb 3, 2022, 10:06 AM

Feb 2022

Good. People should not be spouting off as experts about things which they know nothing and never gave one damn about or they would have known it be begin with. Her bad. Hopefully she has learned from it because I dont think she's a bad person.

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ABC should rescind Whoopi Goldberg's suspension. [View all] madaboutharry Feb 2022 OP

Whoppi made an ignorant racist comment & is paying the price. lark Feb 2022 #1

Agree Johnny2X2X Feb 2022 #7

To say she doesn't give one damn about six million Jews being murdered is unfair. Doodley Feb 2022 #10

By saying it's just white people v white people she totally belittled the deaths. lark Feb 2022 #11

Agreed. Doodley Feb 2022 #32

Yeah, now that I think about it, this aspect of her comment is being a bit glossed over. cemaphonic Feb 2022 #57

Exactly! n/t lark Feb 2022 #79

This message was self-deleted by its author EYESORE 9001 Feb 2022 #15

" and never gave one damn about or they would have known it be begin with", the subject of the OP uponit7771 Feb 2022 #18

"never gave one damn about or they would have known it be begin with" I didn't know and ... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #17

Who are you calling a poser? madaboutharry Feb 2022 #31

no one, left out the T in the word "poster" uponit7771 Feb 2022 #33

If she were Republican, would you be making this ask? Sympthsical Feb 2022 #2

I believe in paying attention to context. madaboutharry Feb 2022 #4

This really boils down to, "Well, she's on our side." Sympthsical Feb 2022 #5

Whoopi Doesn't have a history of supporting racist or racist organizations so false equivalency uponit7771 Feb 2022 #21

This is just a work around Sympthsical Feb 2022 #26

Gina Carano is openly MAGA, you got any other false equivalence? uponit7771 Feb 2022 #29

So racism out of ignorance should go without punishment Sympthsical Feb 2022 #35

Lawfully no, socially depends on the persons intent and background. If they're supporting openly uponit7771 Feb 2022 #38

I think it's time to check some privilege Sympthsical Feb 2022 #39

Oh yeah, no history at all.... TheProle Feb 2022 #41

Yeah, that was 12 years ago ... she still think the same today? uponit7771 Feb 2022 #43

You literally used the word "history" TheProle Feb 2022 #52

history like a habit of the shit and upthread I even mentioned not singular instances 20 years ago.. uponit7771 Feb 2022 #54

She keeps revealing herself and people wonder why she gets blowback Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2022 #77

Exactly. Cha Feb 2022 #65

If she were a tRump supporter and made a statement like she did about Polanski The Mouth Feb 2022 #81

Liberals always pay a price. Repugs seldom do. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #3

Megan "Do you know who my father is" McCain Bettie Feb 2022 #14

You and I are on the same page. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #40

We don't bring the fear to them. The Grand Illuminist Feb 2022 #74

She made a statement that was factually incorrect. Big deal. Shrek Feb 2022 #6

Oh I disagree 100%. lark Feb 2022 #12

Especially during a time when crimes/outward displays of hatred toward Jews is ever increasing. demmiblue Feb 2022 #16

No one was harmed? Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #56

Should we give RFKjr a pass too? Voltaire2 Feb 2022 #8

Whoopi has a history of supporting racist? Come on people uponit7771 Feb 2022 #24

He hasn't been given a pass by anyone. Boomerproud Feb 2022 #34

Intent does matter LynnTTT Feb 2022 #9

Actually, the US DID, in some instances, identify Jews as a race. Behind the Aegis Feb 2022 #67

There is way too much ForgedCrank Feb 2022 #13

The more attention this gets, the better. rgbecker Feb 2022 #19

ABC just wanted to give her a minimal slap on the wrist and make the whole thing go away Klaralven Feb 2022 #20

Nah. n/t demmiblue Feb 2022 #22

The left: we always eat our own Evergreen Emerald Feb 2022 #23

No, she had the knowledge. The suspension is fine. SYFROYH Feb 2022 #25

Who, Caryn Johnson? Sympthsical Feb 2022 #27

I thought it was pretty ironic she chose a Jewish stage name instead of her real name of Johnson MichMan Feb 2022 #28

"No, she had the knowledge" link and quote? I lived in Germany nearly a decade and didn't have uponit7771 Feb 2022 #30

She *should* have had that knowledge cemaphonic Feb 2022 #44

How the Germans ID'd Jews without docs is not well known. THAT they ID'd known Jews as subhuman uponit7771 Feb 2022 #45

It appears that she dropped out of High School... MichMan Feb 2022 #62

Really? You didn't know that Nazis considered Jews an inferior race? Subhuman? SYFROYH Feb 2022 #48

Yeah of course I didn't know that, I didn't even know WWII happened and what nueclear bomb ?! Come.. uponit7771 Feb 2022 #49

No. It should stand. Celerity Feb 2022 #36

I'm a liberal agnostic Jew who loves Whoopi. I took great offense at her words. Beakybird Feb 2022 #37

That, I Get ProfessorGAC Feb 2022 #42

But race is a wholly social construct cemaphonic Feb 2022 #46

We'll Have To Agree To Disagree ProfessorGAC Feb 2022 #60

Just stop ibegurpard Feb 2022 #47

The president of the Anti-defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt madaboutharry Feb 2022 #50

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #51

People keep posting this like this one person can absolve Whoopi in the eyes of all Jewish people ripcord Feb 2022 #55

Because people are furious with him Sympthsical Feb 2022 #61

She has Every Right to Voice her Cha Feb 2022 #66

Nobody is owed a soapbox cemaphonic Feb 2022 #53

She learned the age old lesson that once you bring up Hitler, Nazis or the Holocaust, Calista241 Feb 2022 #58

Thank you for this post. Sogo Feb 2022 #59

They did have that exact person on the show next day. nolabear Feb 2022 #63

Thank you for your informative Cha Feb 2022 #69

I agree. I also thought the Holocaust was about religion not race. beaglelover Feb 2022 #64

I agree. Behind the Aegis Feb 2022 #68

Given her platform she deserved this suspension. Mosby Feb 2022 #70

Demand an apology, apologize sincerely, shit-can the person who apologized sincerely. chowder66 Feb 2022 #71

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Feb 2022 #72

Fine with me. moondust Feb 2022 #73

Lighten up, she got a two week vacation Sewa Feb 2022 #75

I think Whoopi's is getting close to her expiration date BlueIdaho Feb 2022 #76

2 weeks is nothing Meowmee Feb 2022 #78

It's pointless apologizing. People are out for blood anyways. Oneironaut Feb 2022 #80

I disagree, but... jcmaine72 Feb 2022 #82