Fox News Commenters Spew Overt Racism at Wyclef Jean and Haitians

Vile beyond belief

WingnutsNovember 2011 • Views: 32,533

If I hadn’t seen this happen over and over and over at right wing websites, I might be shocked by the proud, open racism expressed by Fox News commenters in this article about Wyclef Jean’s Haitian charity fund.

WARNING: these quoted comments contain numerous racial slurs, so I’ve hidden them to start with. To see them, click the link below.

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What’s the most confusing day of the year for a NlGGER?

Answer:
Father’s Day.

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How do you hide something from a nig- Put it in a book.

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Next, time God, brings his wrath on Haiti; let them fend for them self!! No, Money!, and No Aid!! Better that Haiti sank into the sea and the population with it!!

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This NIGGERis anti-gay from what I hear. Maybe it’s time to LYNCHthisNIGGER.

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Nigs stealing from and exploiting their own people? I don’t believe it….that never happens. Oh wait….that’s what happened during the slave trade!

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Iza Koon 8 hours ago

Hey Mon——NIGGRA SCUM——-NUKE DEM !!!!!

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Never let these jigaboos claim they invented everything. They would take credit for the Airplane and Wheel too if they could.

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the only TRUTH I found is that they came from apes

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he would not and did not understand-he only collected MILLIONS from the city and then went broke-typical NIG

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just another NIG————both of ‘em

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Just another corrupt nlgger. No news here.

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Just an alien porch monkey, then.

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See? Never trust a porch monkey. The missing money was invested in drugs.

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yard apes always try the easy route and then play the victim when caught.

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B1acks have been to stupid to ever create a working government throughout WORLD history. Haiti is a prime example.

In
fact Sub-Sarah Africa that avoided colonization still looks the same as
it did 500 years ago. Your people are savages and cannot survive
without whiteys aid.

Libturds are simply delaying the inevitable self-implosion of your race with all the hand-outs.

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Often people will ask, “Why does the Nlggger do this?” or “Why did the Nlggger do that?” It is pretty much akin to asking why dogs bark, why cats climb trees, or why birds fly. They just do — their primitive brains are hard-wired in a manner that is incompatible with Human logic.

God only knows what really goes on inside the chimp’s brain-pan, but we can identify certain behaviors that seem to be consistent among the species:

1) “LOOK-A-ME!” This is the basic 24-hour a day / 7 days a week behavior that the Nlggger employs to get attention….

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This is just the beginning. There are more than 1,300 comments in this thread, and many of them contain overtly racist slurs.

As I’ve noted before, Fox News commenters are indistinguishable from the commenters at neo-Nazi hate site Stormfront.

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149 comments

makeitstopghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:36:24am

Is it me, or did Fox turn off their magic N-word filter?

Charles Johnson Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:41:08am

re: #1 makeitstop

Is it me, or did Fox turn off their magic N-word filter?

Take a closer look -- you'll see that all the racist words are creatively misspelled so they don't trigger any filters or get found by searches.

mikec6666 Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:41:40am

Vile site. I wish we could expose their clientele for who they really are. Their friends and family and employers should know who these people are.

AK-47% Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:41:44am

they must look on that as a creative intellectual challenge...

SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:42:09am

It's not that these people are out there.

I understand that these people are out there.

It's that Fox does not at least occasionally, realize they've got a raw sewage flow going on and close comments, or go through nuking and blocking.

Kragarghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:42:16am

Fox News viewers less informed than those who don’t watch news at all

A poll released by Fairleigh Dickinson University on Monday found that people who get their news from Fox News know significantly less about news both in the U.S. and the world than people who watch no news at all.

In a survey of 612 New Jersey natives, Fox News fans flunked questions about Egypt and Syria when compared with people who don't watch the news. Fox viewers were 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians toppled their government and 6 points less likely to be aware that Syrians have not yet overthrown theirs.

"Because of the controls for partisanship, we know these results are not just driven by Republicans or other groups being more likely to watch Fox News," Dan Cassino, a Fairleigh Dickinson professor who served as an analyst for the poll, said in the report. "Rather, the results show us that there is something about watching Fox News that leads people to do worse on these questions that those who don't watch any news at all."

albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:42:36am

is there anybody besides CJ that is exposing this stuff....where the hell is the black community outrage?....this shit has gone in way too long and Charles cannot do it alone....if Herman Cain wanted to make a positive difference in this world, he should drop his campaign and go after Fox

mikec6666 Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:43:17am

re: #2 Charles

If they put half as much time thinking about what they are saying as they do about thinking about how to mask their racism they would realize how putrid their thoughts really are.

aagcobb Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:43:27am

Charles, how many sock puppets did you create just to make Fox News commenters look racist?/

Kragarghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:45:06am

re: #9 aagcobb

Charles, how many sock puppets did you create just to make Fox News commenters look racist?/

Newt Gingrich gave him a hand.
/

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:45:14am

But but but DailyKos!..

Simply Sarah Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:45:57am

re: #5 SanFranciscoZionist

It's not that these people are out there.

I understand that these people are out there.

It's that Fox does not at least occasionally, realize they've got a raw sewage flow going on and close comments, or go through nuking and blocking.

I picture a single moderator attempting to handle the whole thing. It looks a bit like a cartoon character attempting to plug a leak with their fingers. Works about as well, too.

SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:45:59am

re: #9 aagcobb

Charles, how many sock puppets did you create just to make Fox News commenters look racist?/

And that's on top of all of us, who are also Charles' sock puppets.

Charles types faster than anyone I have ever even heard of.

OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:47:11am

Yep, they're conservatives.

Atlas Fails Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:48:02am

I can't wait to read the threads on Fox the day after Obama's reelection.

recusancy Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:48:02am

re: #7 albusteve

is there anybody besides CJ that is exposing this stuff...where the hell is the black community outrage?...this shit has gone in way too long and Charles cannot do it alone...if Herman Cain wanted to make a positive difference in this world, he should drop his campaign and go after Fox

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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:48:51am

re: #7 albusteve

is there anybody besides CJ that is exposing this stuff...where the hell is the black community outrage?...this shit has gone in way too long and Charles cannot do it alone...if Herman Cain wanted to make a positive difference in this world, he should drop his campaign and go after Fox

Outrage over what, the same old bullshit white conservatives have been carrying on for generations?

Where is the white community outrage?

Killgore Trout Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:49:34am

re: #11 Sergey Romanov

But but but DailyKos!..

/

They cleaned up their antisemitism problem quite a while ago. There's still a bit but not nearly what it used to be.

recusancy Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:50:07am

re: #17 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Outrage over what, the same old bullshit white conservatives have been carrying on for generations?

Where is the white community outrage?

^--- This times a billion.

Varek Raith Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:50:36am

re: #11 Sergey Romanov

But but but DailyKos!..

/

Robert Byrd.
Code Pink.
ACORN.
I win.
:P

albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:51:04am

re: #17 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Outrage over what, the same old bullshit white conservatives have been carrying on for generations?

Where is the white community outrage?

beats me

Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:51:25am

I was trying to eat here.

Sick, now.

Oh well, diet needed help anyway.

Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:51:58am

re: #17 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Outrage over what, the same old bullshit white conservatives have been carrying on for generations?

Where is the white community outrage?

Most of the white community that I know don't ever read the comment section of foxnews.

For that matter, a lot of them don't watch the news.

Simply Sarah Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:52:07am

re: #17 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Outrage over what, the same old bullshit white conservatives have been carrying on for generations?

Where is the white community outrage?

We white people can't show outrage. That would mean we were playing the race card!
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It would also, you know, require admitting that we're still racist ourselves. Can't face that truth down, now can we?

SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:52:28am

re: #15 Atlas Fails

I can't wait to read the threads on Fox the day after Obama's reelection.

Will they be able to type, or will they just be comatose, or locked in fetal position?

Atlas Fails Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:53:15am

re: #11 Sergey Romanov

But but but DailyKos!..

/

Billdo weighs in.

Interesting Times in Benghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:53:19am

re: #23 EmmmieG

Most of the white community that I know don't ever read the comment section of foxnews.

For that matter, a lot of them don't watch the news.

Which, as per Krager's #6, makes them more informed than Fox viewers anyway.

OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:53:23am

re: #21 albusteve

beats me

They are the ones who need to be helping Charles. You should start a site and help him combat this.

Atlas Fails Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:55:05am

Campaigning for Obama in rural PA should be a thrill next year./

OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:55:39am

re: #23 EmmmieG

Most of the white community that I know don't ever read the comment section of foxnews.

Same for The Black Community™.

Why should we?

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:55:43am

Nice headline at dkos btw:

Kansas student will NOT apologize to Brownback - Updated: Brownback apologizes

Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:56:51am

re: #30 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Same for The Black Community™.

Why should we?

Why should anybody? What informed, interesting comments are being read. It's like the comment section of youtube. Ninety percent is not worth reading.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:57:16am

re: #31 Sergey Romanov

“My staff over-reacted to this tweet, and for that I apologize. Freedom of speech is among our most treasured freedoms.

"I enjoyed speaking to the more than 100 students who participated in the Youth in Government Program at the Kansas Capitol. They are our future.

"I also want to thank the thousands of Kansas educators who remind us daily of our liberties, as well as the values of civility and decorum.

"Again, I apologize for our over-reaction.”

Atlas Fails Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:57:59am

re: #32 EmmmieG

Why should anybody? What informed, interesting comments are being read. It's like the comment section of youtube. Ninety percent is not worth reading.

Come on. At least youtube shuts down the comment sections when they get too out of hand./

Kragarghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:58:38am

UN reports Syrian military raping and killing children 'to prevent them from growing up to be a demonstrator'

the commission said that it interviewed 223 victims and witnesses, including defectors from Syria’s security forces, since September. It said that men and boys were sexually tortured at military detention facilities, and a 2-year-old girl was shot to death just to prevent her from growing up to be a demonstrator.

Atlas Fails Mon, Nov 28, 2011 11:59:38am

re: #35 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

UN reports Syrian military raping and killing children 'to prevent them from growing up to be a demonstrator'

It would be funny if it wasn't real.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:00:45pm

re: #35 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Time passes but humans don't change.

recusancy Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:00:59pm

re: #36 Atlas Fails

It would be funny if it wasn't real.

How would it be funny?

Atlas Fails Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:03:59pm

re: #38 recusancy

How would it be funny?

The logic just sounds like something out of a Jonathan Swift piece. Of course, this isn't satire, these are real children being tortured and murdered. To paraphrase Sergey, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Neutral President Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:06:33pm

re: #39 Atlas Fails

The logic just sounds like something out of a Jonathan Swift piece. Of course, this isn't satire, these are real children being tortured and murdered. To paraphrase Sergey, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

I thought that was Snake Plisskin?

Alouenghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:06:46pm

Why oh why did I click on that "comments" link? Now I have to gouge my eyes out with a rusty box cutter.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:08:20pm

re: #41 Alouette

Why oh why did I click on that "comments" link? Now I have to gouge my eyes out with a rusty box cutter.

Now, that would be just foolish. A rusty box cutter is sure to give an infection. /

Atlas Fails Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:08:50pm

re: #40 ArchangelMichael

I thought that was Snake Plisskin?

Sorry, I was paraphrasing #37.

OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:12:07pm

re: #32 EmmmieG

Why should anybody? What informed, interesting comments are being read. It's like the comment section of youtube. Ninety percent is not worth reading.

Tell Steve, he's the one with the outrage at our lack of outrage.

Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:13:42pm

“I think that all good, right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not, and I'm sick and tired of being told that I am”

;)

albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:15:43pm

re: #44 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Tell Steve, he's the one with the outrage at our lack of outrage.

you're projecting again

OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:17:50pm

re: #46 albusteve

you're projecting again

How quickly you forget.

Tell me why "the black community" should be outraged over the same old legendary anti-black garbage coming from conservative whites? This ought to be good for a laugh.

aagcobb Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:17:55pm

re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Fox News viewers less informed than those who don’t watch news at all

If Fox News was a law student, one of my old law professors would've marked them down for subtracting from the sum total of human knowledge.

aagcobb Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:20:32pm

re: #25 SanFranciscoZionist

Will they be able to type, or will they just be comatose, or locked in fetal position?

The things they will type will make the comments Charles posted on this thread look like sweet poetry in comparison.

albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:23:07pm

re: #47 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

How quickly you forget.

Tell me why "the black community" should be outraged over the same old legendary anti-black garbage coming from conservative whites? This ought to be good for a laugh.

you don't seem to understand...I'm not outraged, and if nobody else is then so be it

freetoken Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:23:58pm

re: #7 albusteve

is there anybody besides CJ that is exposing this stuff...

I doubt if the current Fox viewers care that much. Indeed too many people don't really care.

Fox as a corporation targets its products very well, and Fox News is targeted to make money from a certain crowd, and that crowd is indeed their audience as hoped for. That's how targeted marketing works.

OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:25:16pm

re: #50 albusteve

you don't seem to understand...I'm not outraged, and if nobody else is then so be it

Be outraged or don't; we'll certainly find a way to carry on without you. But don't get all bent that nobody is helping Charles when you're unwilling to do anything to help him, yourself.

Charles Johnson Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:26:55pm

Also at right wing sites today, an unbelievable deluge of hateful homophobic comments about Barney Frank. I've seen "Barney Fag" at least 50 times browsing through the wingnut sites.

Kragarghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:29:26pm

re: #53 Charles

Also at right wing sites today, an unbelievable deluge of hateful homophobic comments about Barney Frank. I've seen "Barney Fag" at least 50 times browsing through the wingnut sites.

Rush got some snide comments off on that aspect this morning.

wrenchwench Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:30:44pm

re: #54 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Rush got ~~some snide comments~~ off on that aspect this morning.

fixt

Atlas Fails Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:31:14pm

re: #53 Charles

Also at right wing sites today, an unbelievable deluge of hateful homophobic comments about Barney Frank. I've seen "Barney Fag" at least 50 times browsing through the wingnut sites.

It's going to be great to tell my grandkids someday of how I stood with the dirty hippies, uppity usurper, and filthy sodomites. I look at the "Barnie Fag" shit as the last gasp of mainstream homophobia; the bigots realize that their time in the sun is quickly running out.

Benghazzy Ben Ross Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:33:19pm

Looks to me like they nuked the comments thread.

recusancy Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:33:39pm

re: #56 Atlas Fails

It's going to be great to tell my grandkids someday of how I stood with the dirty hippies, uppity usurper, and filthy sodomites. I look at the "Barnie Fag" shit as the last gasp of mainstream homophobia; the bigots realize that their time in the sun is quickly running out.

Out of curiosity are you doing anything to "stand" with them? Or do you just mean you're "standing" with them by not being a bigot yourself?

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:33:49pm

Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva died in Richland, WI. She died on Nov. 22 but information arrived only now. I felt weird typing the first sentence.

Kragarghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:34:58pm

re: #57 JasonA

Looks to me like they nuked the comments thread.

Comments? What comments? We never had any comments.
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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:35:15pm

re: #57 JasonA

Looks to me like they nuked the comments thread.

wow, that was fast...I just hung up the phone

prairiefire Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:35:20pm

Yech, such nasty people.

Charles Johnson Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:35:32pm

re: #57 JasonA

Looks to me like they nuked the comments thread.

No, it's still there -- but it takes a while for the comments link to show up.

Atlas Fails Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:36:07pm

re: #58 recusancy

Out of curiosity are you doing anything to "stand" with them? Or do you just mean you're "standing" with them by not being a bigot yourself?

I'm an Obama campaign volunteer, and I've taken some flack in my community and even in my own family for long being an outspoken proponent of gay rights and marriage equality. Admittedly, I haven't attended any OWS rallies, but I'd like to get around to it someday.

Benghazzy Ben Ross Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:36:51pm

re: #63 Charles

No, it's still there -- but it takes a while for the comments link to show up.

Oh. First two times I went there the comments button didn't even pop up after the page had loaded. Oh well.

OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:40:42pm

re: #53 Charles

Also at right wing sites today, an unbelievable deluge of hateful homophobic comments about Barney Frank. I've seen "Barney Fag" at least 50 times browsing through the wingnut sites.

Cripes, that is so 1992.

But then, people still run around saying crud like "NTTAWWT!!" as if it's still hilarious after 20 years lol.

SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:41:55pm

re: #53 Charles

Also at right wing sites today, an unbelievable deluge of hateful homophobic comments about Barney Frank. I've seen "Barney Fag" at least 50 times browsing through the wingnut sites.

I bet they're all lithping too, am I right?

Kragarghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:42:51pm

Bachmann's immigration plan would cost the US $2.6 trillion

Asked by radio host Laura Ingraham on Monday about an earlier statement she made differentiating between immigrants who had recently entered the country illegally from those with longstanding ties to the United States, Bachmann said she was never referring to legalization.

“What I’m talking about is the order of deportation, the sequence of deportation,” Bachmann replied. “It is almost impossible to move 11 million illegal immigrants overnight. You do it in steps.” Bachmann said deporting those convicted of crimes would be the first step.

Despite the sheer impracticality (and sinister connotations) of somehow identifying, rounding up, and transporting each and every undocumented immigrant to their country of origin, experts say that such a radical move would be utterly calamitous for the U.S. economy. A Center for American Progress analysis estimated that the cost of deporting the undocumented population would total $285 billion over five years.

It costs $23,148 for each person to be apprehended, detained, legally processed, and transported out of the country. A deportation-only policy would amount to $922 in new taxes for “every man, woman, and child in this country” — an exorbitant price tag for the satisfaction of appearing tough on immigrants.

Furthermore, mass deportation would reduce the country’s GDP by 1.46 percent, which would amount to $2.6 trillion in cumulative losses over 10 years.

makeitstopghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:44:18pm

re: #68 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Bachmann's immigration plan would cost the US $2.6 trillion

Bachmann was planning on funding the whole thing with Magic Jesus Dollars.
/

Benghazzy Ben Ross Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:44:42pm

Another thing I notice in this Fox thread?

They really do make everything about Obama, don't they?

Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:44:47pm

re: #68 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Bachmann's immigration plan would cost the US $2.6 trillion

And once the expense is made clear does it go down the dark road towards trying to find cheaper economic (if not Swiftian) alternatives?

albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:45:34pm

re: #68 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

completely out of touch....she is not of this world

Kragarghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:47:52pm

re: #71 oaktree

And once the expense is made clear does it go down the dark road towards trying to find cheaper economic (if not Swiftian) alternatives?

There is always prison labor, we just need to make sure that the privately run prison industry is running at capacity.

Martinsmithy Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:51:00pm

It's funny, I remember the days, many years ago, when a lot of inappropriately unhinged comments appeared on this very website. And LGF's critics loved to point it out, comparing the much tamer comments on "respectable" media sites.

Now the tables are turned - Charles cleaned up his comments section many years ago, long before his turn away from the right-wing, and Fox News appears to have welcomed those former comments with open arms.

In fact, the Fox News comments are significantly worse than anything that appeared on LGF in the old days.

makeitstopghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:54:28pm

re: #73 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

There is always prison labor, we just need to make sure that the privately run prison industry is running at capacity.

/

And she'll soon unveil her 'Foster Child / Domestic Help Initiative.'
/

Kragarghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:55:35pm

re: #75 makeitstop

And she'll soon unveil her 'Foster Child / Domestic Help Initiative.'
/

Coal mines and factories can run more efficiently with smaller workers able to get into every nook and cranny.

Benghazzy Ben Ross Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:56:56pm

re: #76 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Coal mines and factories can run more efficiently with smaller workers able to get into every nook and cranny.

Alright, well let's get rid of those union fat cats and get these kids to work!

darthstar Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:57:06pm

Fox News Racism....funny how those three words always seem to fit together.

engineer cat Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:57:07pm

Wyclef Jean

whenever i hear his name, i wonder if he's named after the wycliffe who translated the bible into english when it was still considered very controversial to do so. his translation had a huge influence on the king james bible. he was also an opponent of church power whose followers are referenced in The Name Of The Rose

John Wycliffe (c. 1328 – December 31, 1384) was an English Scholastic philosopher, theologian, lay preacher, translator, reformer and university teacher who was known as an early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. His followers were known as Lollards, a somewhat rebellious movement, which preached anticlerical and biblically-centred reforms. The Lollard movement, was a precursor to the Protestant Reformation (for this reason, Wycliffe is sometimes called "The Morning Star of the Reformation"). He was one of the earliest opponents of papal authority influencing secular power

penitentia agite!

Kragarghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 12:58:27pm

re: #77 JasonA

Alright, well let's get rid of those union fat cats and get these kids to work!

Thats why we need to eliminate the minimum wage, to bring unemployment numbers down.
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:00:22pm

re: #80 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Thats why we need to eliminate the minimum wage, to bring unemployment numbers down.
/

And we can get that trickle all over everyone!

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:01:24pm

Racial and homophobic slurs. That always helps reducing the right wing stereotypes.

albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:02:00pm

re: #80 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Thats why we need to eliminate the minimum wage, to bring unemployment numbers down.
/

when the AGW holocaust hits we will need every child to man the pumps...better toughen them up now

Kragarghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:04:16pm

re: #81 JasonA

And we can get that trickle all over everyone!

And once we eliminate the Fed and return to a purely gold standard, everyone can enjoy the golden trickle.

SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:05:39pm

re: #83 albusteve

when the AGW holocaust hits we will need every child to man the pumps...better toughen them up now

The endurance of a child that's been brought up on bread and sugary tea because he's the only one in the family who can find work is great overestimated, IMHO.

Benghazzy Ben Ross Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:06:38pm

re: #83 albusteve

when the AGW holocaust hits we will need every child to man the pumps...better toughen them up now

You're not being sarcastic, are you?

engineer cat Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:07:45pm

Brownback apologizes for tweet flap

please just kill me now or at least send me back in time to some era before it would be possible to say "tweet flap"

tweet flap! tweet flap!!!

allegro Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:08:20pm

re: #83 albusteve

when the AGW holocaust hits we will need every child to man the pumps...better toughen them up now

That reminds me of the early scenes in the original Conan the Barbarian movie when he started as a little kid turning that huge pump or grindy thing and grew up to be a packin' Ahnold. That reminded me that I saw the new Conan movie over the weekend and that is was a total sludge blower. Beyond the 30 second thrill I got from the awesomely gorgeous body of the new guy, the movie had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I didn't even hang around to see the end.

albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:08:25pm

re: #86 JasonA

You're not being sarcastic, are you?

no, in fact I sold both my kids to Arab slave traders as soon as they could walk...I'm a retro sort of guy

albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:10:13pm

re: #88 allegro

That reminds me of the early scenes in the original Conan the Barbarian movie when he started as a little kid turning that huge pump or grindy thing and grew up to be a packin' Ahnold. That reminded me that I saw the new Conan movie over the weekend and that is was a total sludge blower. Beyond the 30 second thrill I got from the awesomely gorgeous body of the new guy, the movie had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I didn't even hang around to see the end.

the trailers all look so cool, and I love that ancient stuff...the original Conan was laughable

Kragarghazi Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:14:44pm

re: #90 albusteve

the trailers all look so cool, and I love that ancient stuff...the original Conan was laughable

The original Conan was a great bit of 80s cheese. The new one was another attempt to cash in off of people remembering 80s cheese.

Meitantei Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:14:53pm

But everyone, didn't you know the Democrats are the real racists because they had a KKK dude 50 years ago? Besides, Lincoln freed the slaves!

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Shropshire_Slasher Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:15:43pm

re: #90 albusteve
Oh CMON!
The original Conan is a classic!
How can you remake Conan and it not be a flop.

Killgore Trout Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:15:59pm

An Open Letter to UC Berkeley Students, Faculty, Administration & Regents from the UC Berkeley Police Officers’ Association (pdf)

A video clip gone viral does not depict the full story or the facts leading up to an actual incident. Multiple dispersal requests were given in the days and hours before the tent removal operation. Not caught on most videos were scenes of protesters hitting, pushing, grabbing officers’ batons, fighting back with backpacks and skateboards.
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To the University Administration and Regents: Please don’t ask us to enforce your policies then refuse to stand by us when we do. Your students, your faculty and your police – we need you to provide real leadership.

aagcobb Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:16:31pm

re: #73 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

There is always prison labor, we just need to make sure that the privately run prison industry is running at capacity.

/

The private prisons could set up auction blocks and send their prisoners to work for the highest bidders to replace the deported immigrant work force. That would be something we haven't seen in awhile!/

allegro Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:17:17pm

re: #90 albusteve

the trailers all look so cool, and I love that ancient stuff...the original Conan was laughable

I got conned by the trailers, too. Couldn't wait to see the movie. My host for the weekend went all over town looking for the DVD so we could watch it. It had no comparison at all to the original Conan. No character was even a little bit interesting, likable or even hateable. No story. All disappointment.

albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:17:35pm

re: #91 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The original Conan was a great bit of 80s cheese. The new one was another attempt to cash in off of people remembering 80s cheese.

did you see 'Troy'?....another cool idea that crashed

aagcobb Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:19:14pm

re: #94 Killgore Trout

An Open Letter to UC Berkeley Students, Faculty, Administration & Regents from the UC Berkeley Police Officers’ Association (pdf)

Its amazing how quickly those students being pepper sprayed sat down after they had just been assaulting the police./

allegro Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:19:45pm

re: #97 albusteve

did you see 'Troy'?...another cool idea that crashed

I must be the only one who really enjoyed that movie. That's how easy I am to please. Just shows how really awful the new Conan is.

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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:20:24pm

re: #96 allegro

I got conned by the trailers, too. Couldn't wait to see the movie. My host for the weekend went all over town looking for the DVD so we could watch it. It had no comparison at all to the original Conan. No character was even a little bit interesting, likable or even hateable. No story. All disappointment.

character development and dialog are dead...anyway, somebody should design a story about Alexander....make it 2-3 movies like LOTR

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Killgore Trout Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:20:36pm

re: #97 albusteve

did you see 'Troy'?...another cool idea that crashed

Even Gladiator was a dud for me. It would have been cool to see a semirealistic movie about what gladiator life was like. Instead they made a movie with an absurd plot better suited for 19th century opera.

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Shropshire_Slasher Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:21:57pm

re: #101 Killgore Trout

The opening fight scene for Gladiator was pretty awesome though!
I loved his dogs!

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Killgore Trout Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:22:09pm

re: #98 aagcobb

Its amazing how quickly those students being pepper sprayed sat down after they had just been assaulting the police./

Different incidents. The pepper spray was UC Davis. That letter is from UC Berkley Police. They used batons.

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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:22:55pm

re: #99 allegro

I must be the only one who really enjoyed that movie. That's how easy I am to please. Just shows how really awful the new Conan is.

hey, I loved the movies about the Egyptian god guy and the modern people chasing him down...can't think of the name tho

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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:23:36pm

KNEEL BEFORE ZOD, SAM BROWNBACK

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Shropshire_Slasher Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:23:45pm

re: #104 albusteve

spawned a series...

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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:23:56pm

re: #101 Killgore Trout

Even Gladiator was a dud for me. It would have been cool to see a semirealistic movie about what gladiator life was like. Instead they made a movie with an absurd plot better suited for 19th century opera.

I thought it was a cool movie....the opening scene was terrific

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:24:13pm

re: #104 albusteve

hey, I loved the movies about the Egyptian god guy and the modern people chasing him down...can't think of the name tho

Stargate?

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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:25:36pm

re: #108 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Stargate?

no, c'mon....remember the bugs that ate people?
what was that movie

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allegro Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:25:49pm

re: #107 albusteve

I thought it was a cool movie...the opening scene was terrific

Russell Crowe. 'Nuff said.

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aagcobb Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:26:09pm

re: #109 albusteve

no, c'mon...remember the bugs that ate people?
what was that movie

The Mummy

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Shropshire_Slasher Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:26:19pm

re: #109 albusteve

Starship Trooper

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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:26:41pm

re: #110 allegro

Russell Crowe. 'Nuff said.

right....I'm not partial to Hollywood, but I like that guy

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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:27:18pm

re: #111 aagcobb

The Mummy

yes...there it is
I liked the Mummy....so be it

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:27:59pm

re: #113 albusteve

right...I'm not partial to Hollywood, but I like that guy

Makin' movies, makin' songs, and fightin' round the world.

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prairiefire Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:28:40pm

re: #109 albusteve

no, c'mon...remember the bugs that ate people?
what was that movie

The Mummy.

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aagcobb Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:28:56pm

re: #114 albusteve

yes...there it is
I liked the Mummy...so be it

Nuttin wrong with a guilty pleasure. My wife really liked the Israeli guy playing an Arab.

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allegro Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:28:58pm

The Mummy was terrific. Even the sequel was almost as fun as the first. Great, well-defined characters, fun sets, creative action. Loved 'em.

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:29:15pm

re: #89 albusteve

no, in fact I sold both my kids to Arab slave traders as soon as they could walk...I'm a retro sort of guy

They seem like you anyway--I guess the Arab slave traders let them Skype, so they could maintain family connections?

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OhNoBenghazi! Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:29:18pm

Anyone else hate. " 300" ?
Worst. Movie. Evah !
'Cept that one part...heh...

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prairiefire Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:29:31pm

re: #114 albusteve

yes...there it is
I liked the Mummy...so be it

It was good. The next two sequels were just ok.

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prairiefire Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:30:05pm

re: #118 allegro

The Mummy was terrific. Even the sequel was almost as fun as the first. Great, well-defined characters, fun sets, creative action. Loved 'em.

Rachel Weiz was great, and very good effects.

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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:30:35pm

re: #119 SanFranciscoZionist

They seem like you anyway--I guess the Arab slave traders let them Skype, so they could maintain family connections?

we stay in touch...I get an annuity

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:30:46pm

re: #98 aagcobb

Its amazing how quickly those students being pepper sprayed sat down after they had just been assaulting the police./

Are you talking about Berkeley or Davis, though?

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allegro Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:31:17pm

re: #120 OhNoZombies!

Anyone else hate. " 300" ?
Worst. Movie. Evah !
'Cept that one part...heh...

Oh, jeez, there's another movie I was supposed to hate but I loved it. It was a hoot. A bad guy who looked like the Grand Marshal of a gay pride parade, more washboards (abs) than a Zydeco festival, Gerard Butler... what's not to love?

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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:31:26pm

re: #121 prairiefire

It was good. The next two sequels were just ok.

didn't know there were sequals

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aagcobb Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:31:34pm

re: #124 SanFranciscoZionist

Are you talking about Berkeley or Davis, though?

Sorry, I got my student assaults mixed up.

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:32:03pm

re: #100 albusteve

character development and dialog are dead...anyway, somebody should design a story about Alexander...make it 2-3 movies like LOTR

2004, Colin Farrell.

Angeline Jolie was Olympias.

I know girls had babies young in ancient Macedonia, but probably not before getting out of diapers.

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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:33:14pm

re: #128 SanFranciscoZionist

2004, Colin Farrell.

Angeline Jolie was Olympias.

I know girls had babies young in ancient Macedonia, but probably not before getting out of diapers.

I'm a decade or so behind regarding movies

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:33:14pm

re: #101 Killgore Trout

Even Gladiator was a dud for me. It would have been cool to see a semirealistic movie about what gladiator life was like. Instead they made a movie with an absurd plot better suited for 19th century opera.

I hated Gladiator.

Called a friend after, though, and we both agreed that we wanted to see Joaquin Phoenix in a role where he was less evil and could be decently leched after.

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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:33:41pm

re: #130 SanFranciscoZionist

I hated Gladiator.

Called a friend after, though, and we both agreed that we wanted to see Joaquin Phoenix in a role where he was less evil and could be decently leched after.

gurlz

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OhNoBenghazi! Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:34:22pm

re: #125 allegro

Gerard Butler is why I sat through the whole thing.
Same with the new Conan...yummy!

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allegro Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:34:38pm

re: #130 SanFranciscoZionist

I hated Gladiator.

Called a friend after, though, and we both agreed that we wanted to see Joaquin Phoenix in a role where he was less evil and could be decently leched after.

He did a remarkable job as Johnny Cash. Really surprised me.

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:34:51pm

re: #120 OhNoZombies!

Anyone else hate. " 300" ?
Worst. Movie. Evah !
'Cept that one part...heh...

I hated 300 a lot.

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:36:23pm

re: #125 allegro

Oh, jeez, there's another movie I was supposed to hate but I loved it. It was a hoot. A bad guy who looked like the Grand Marshal of a gay pride parade, more washboards (abs) than a Zydeco festival, Gerard Butler... what's not to love?

I couldn't get past Xerxes. Why is the king of Persia an eight-foot tall black drag queen with a piercing fetish? WHY?

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albusteve Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:36:24pm

re: #134 SanFranciscoZionist

I hated 300 a lot.

more of a 'Sin City' crowd here...which I thought was awful

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allegro Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:36:26pm

re: #132 OhNoZombies!

Gerard Butler is why I sat through the whole thing.
Same with the new Conan...yummy!

The new Conan is truly breathtakingly hot. Only had one expression through the whole movie though, a scowl. I grew bored with him quickly.

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:38:17pm

re: #136 albusteve

more of a 'Sin City' crowd here...which I thought was awful

I hated that too.

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prairiefire Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:38:28pm

re: #128 SanFranciscoZionist

Yep, and oliver Stone got Rosaria Dawson to flash her gumbo pot.

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:39:31pm

re: #138 SanFranciscoZionist

I hated that too.

However, I great enjoyed "A Knight's Tale", which let you in on the happy lack of historical accuracy right away, with the peasants clapping to "We Will Rock You".

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OhNoBenghazi! Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:40:46pm

re: #137 allegro

I've seen him in other things, he has a kid with Lisa Bonet.
Jason Momoa...

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Altermite Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:40:59pm

re: #137 allegro

You should see him in Game of thrones. Sometimes he doesn't scowl.

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:41:41pm

I watched "A Knight's Tale" with a group of medieval reenactors.

Each of us had a breaking point where something was so totally anachronistic we couldn't stand it.

Mine, hilariously, was the Jousting World Series in London.

Not that there was a jousting world series, mind you. But why would it be in LONDON?

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:41:59pm

re: #142 Altermite

You should see him in Game of thrones. Sometimes he doesn't scowl.

Which one is he?

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OhNoBenghazi! Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:42:06pm

re: #135 SanFranciscoZionist

Yep. It was Xerxes.

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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:44:41pm

re: #145 OhNoZombies!

Yep. It was Xerxes.

I kept thinking, "How did this man escape from the futuristic post-apocalyptic movie he was supposed to be in, and when are they going to find the real Xerxes tied up somewhere in a laundry room?"

I mean, he was fun, but...

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OhNoBenghazi! Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:48:23pm

re: #146 SanFranciscoZionist

Looking back, it's funny. I mean he was 11 feet tall ! But at the time I was all WTF!?!

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Altermite Mon, Nov 28, 2011 6:32:53pm

re: #144 SanFranciscoZionist

Khal Drogo

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Timmeh Mon, Nov 28, 2011 10:13:20pm

Fox News: ‘Not Racist But #1 With Racists’