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Fox News reporting on something that only Fox News viewers would consider detrimental to the Daily Show? Couldn't see that one coming from a billion miles away.
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That one tweet about a rapper is clearly referencing Rick Rubin, who is actually a very very very very very rich white person born of Jewish descent. Not sure how that would ever be considered anti-Semitic.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...-from-progressive-icon-to-villain-in-24-hours
it is pretty obvious Comedy Central did not vet this guy as hard as they should have.
it is pretty obvious Comedy Central did not vet this guy as hard as they should have.
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Yeah, I disagree. That article was silly.
http://www.vox.com/2015/3/31/8319065/trevor-noah-twitter-offensive-jokes
Vox disagrees. I think this comedian has shown a tendency to make offensive "jokes" about women, LGBT, and Jewish people. I think Mr. Noah's days may be numbered if they find more.
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The Jewish thing is a ginormous stretch. His dad is swiss and speaks German. Those the joke about the car. Everyone knows Jewish women don't actually do the oral thing so that joke was a standard all comedians have. And seriously with the other one? Israel isn't exactly a peaceful nation.
I thought the rest of his stuff was pretty funny.
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Dude's mother is half jewish.
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I think he should get a pass because he's a comedian. That being said, it's annoying because the Daily Show would be the first to fire shots at someone else for writing offensive tweets if it suited them.
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Here's the list of relevant comedians that haven't made offensive jokes about women, LGBT, and Jewish people:
1. Jim Gaffigan
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That one tweet about a rapper is clearly referencing Rick Rubin, who is actually a very very very very very rich white person born of Jewish descent. Not sure how that would ever be considered anti-Semitic.
If people want to find reasons to be offended they will. Unrelated but on topic Mario Balotelli caught a public shitstorm and was fined for anti-semetic statements for posting this on his facebook page earlier this season.
and his response
Balotelli was actually raised by a Jewish-Italian foster mother
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If people want to find reasons to be offended they will. Unrelated but on topic Mario Balotelli caught a public shitstorm and was fined for anti-semetic statements for posting this on his facebook page earlier this season.
and his response
Balotelli was actually raised by a Jewish-Italian foster mother
I can see why. The last 3 lines of that mario thing do not match the first 5.
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Right and it was ill advised but to point, malice wasn't intended. Balotelli is everything mentioned there aside from a plumber, created by Japanese, and Mexican. Balotelli is quite the character with a very interesting backstory, but I'm fairly certain he isn't a racist.
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