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[QUOTE="Day2, post: 2331222, member: 5348"]
Well, initially I thought Maher should be fired for using the "N" word. Then he apologized and devoted most of the next episode to addressing the issue. It wasn't pitch perfect, but I think it was enough to forgive and forget. Of course, it was a different situation because everything happened in real time.

After Trevor Noah was picked to replace Jon Stewart, you might recall all the old tweets people found, including some that were sexist and anti-Semitic. Like Rodrigue, the tweets were written when he was younger and he claimed he was trying to find himself as a comedian. On the one hand, I gave him a pass because young people say dumb things all the time. On the other hand, the tweets weren't even funny. Anyway, he was on "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" and revealed that he has a Jewish grandmother. By then I was ready to move on and didn't mind how Comedy Central handled it. Took my wife a little longer, but she's reading his autobiography now.

Anyway, Rodrigue apologized and she can use the "young and dumb" excuse if she wants. If the Observer wants to suspend her or reprimand her or whatever, that works. I doubt she'll get fired. But yeah, she doesn't come out a winner here.
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