WHAT THE FUCK

  • Norm_Chumpsky [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Reading that made my skin itch. I’m imagining the article pitch went something like:

    SALON EDITOR: Jake, we need an article trivializing opposition to the Iraq war.

    TAPPER: How about I make it racist af for no reason?

    SALON EDITOR: Now we’re cooking with gas!

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    How the fuck can this stooge work at CNN after being so racist and continuing to have mask off moments on twitter at least once a month. Fucking hell man

    • evilgiraffemonkey [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Meanwhile Marc Lamont Hill said "from the river to the sea" and got immediately canned because HAMAS SAYS THAT (yeah, so do....other palestinians)

    • UnironicWarCriminal [any]
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      4 years ago

      The average person thinks that this article is somewhete between "cringe" and "wow, so funny". And they think you're insane if you think Jake is doing anything wrong or should be punished/chided in any form.

      When liberals talk about "back to normal", they mean being able to publish this sort of content, carefree

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        I mean he has super mask off moments every month on twitter. Tapper said someone's twitter feed was "Controlled by Jews". Like he's done a ton of indefensible shit, even for libs. He's going to slip up again sometime. Just need to figure out a way to get him #cancelled

        • UnironicWarCriminal [any]
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          4 years ago

          I don't think you understand. Normies don't consider that a "slip up". When they see a famous person get attacked for something like that, they don't think "haha he deserved it". They think "if a famous person got in that much trouble, I would be completely screwed if people came after me"

  • MerryChristmas [any]
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    4 years ago

    I can't believe someone got paid to write this. I would pay someone to erase it from existence, but the other way around is just incomprehensible to me.

  • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I feel like this would make a great reading series on the podcast Chapo Trap House.

  • evilgiraffemonkey [he/him]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    Here's some more Jake Tapper fun!

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnmuPlHXcA0fLgy?format=png&name=small

    https://twitter.com/CarlBeijer/status/1331130279126298626

    https://thegrayzone.com/2017/09/20/cnn-jake-tapper-rap-parody-racist/

  • SlavojVivec [any]
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    4 years ago

    It was also recently pointed out that Jake had an anti-Semitic tweet in 2010: https://archive.is/Afae3