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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (561103)4/15/2010 8:05:00 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1577586
 
They are using terms I haven't heard since I was growing up.

CNN anchor rips ‘bigot’ Ohio Tea Party leader

By David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 -- 11:32 am

CNN host Rick Sanchez described the leader of an Ohio Tea Party group as "a bigot and a liar" on Tuesday, after he had first referred to Hispanic immigrants as "spicks" and then attempted to defend himself by claiming he had merely been quoting a 1960's Bee Gee's song.

Several weeks ago, during a march supporting immigration reform, Tea Party leader Sonny Thomas had tweeted, "Illegals everywhere today! So many spicks makes me feel like a speck. Grr. Where's my gun?" That original tweet appears to have been scrubbed from Thomas's Twitter feed, although a few retweets calling it "disgusting" can still be found.

"So he's referring to Hispanics with the most offensive word that you can use," Sanchez remarked, "and then he implies that he wishes he could shoot them? Nice."

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