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AncientGeezer

(2,146 posts)
70. The only 1 shameful here...Cuomo..his selective outrage...and overreaction.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:07 PM
Aug 2019

You can try to attach straw men to me all you want....crap that would never/has never occurred...fact remains Sliwa and Cuomo joked about it....

By that token, though, "Michael" should be a much bigger insult. Squinch Aug 2019 #1
Which... interestingly enough... better describes Cuomo's behavior in the video. FBaggins Aug 2019 #4
Not the same at all. Michael was criminal, but the intelligent one. It would not be a slur in the hlthe2b Aug 2019 #11
Kay. Squinch Aug 2019 #14
I disagree FBaggins Aug 2019 #20
The slur's relevence is in the mind of those slinging them. To RWTrumpers, it is the opposite. hlthe2b Aug 2019 #22
Not relevant in this case FBaggins Aug 2019 #23
How can YOU say what was in the mind of the verbal assaulter?. Really? You don't get to determine hlthe2b Aug 2019 #25
Seriously? FBaggins Aug 2019 #26
I insist the recipient believes it is. You are being quite condescending hlthe2b Aug 2019 #27
I think it's up to an individual to decide if an insult is offensive to them StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #29
As those of us who have been harmed throughout our careers by those who use the "c" word against hlthe2b Aug 2019 #30
Laughable FBaggins Aug 2019 #33
Obviously you think insulting all manner of people is "laughable"... How progressive of you. hlthe2b Aug 2019 #34
Lol. FBaggins Aug 2019 #37
No need to.. You shout it like a megaphone with your own posts. hlthe2b Aug 2019 #38
As I said... FBaggins Aug 2019 #39
well, though you didn't mean it obviously hlthe2b Aug 2019 #41
That's because it's subjective. BannonsLiver Aug 2019 #24
excused no but equal to the n word no dsc Aug 2019 #2
I think the impact is on the individual member of a group being targeted. I don't think it right hlthe2b Aug 2019 #16
Cuomo has referred to himself as Fredo in a radio interview with Curtis Sliwa AncientGeezer Aug 2019 #58
Assertions without support are always convenient, but rarely convincing. hlthe2b Aug 2019 #59
Really....it's all over the internet...I quoted the exchange below...her's a link to Sliwa's show AncientGeezer Aug 2019 #60
Curious...? hlthe2b Aug 2019 #61
If you are comparing fredo to the N-word....that's your problem...mistake AncientGeezer Aug 2019 #63
I compare nothing.. But it isn't up to YOU or I to tell someone of another culture, race, gender, hlthe2b Aug 2019 #64
He jokes with Sliwa about being fredo but threatens to throw a guy AncientGeezer Aug 2019 #66
I didn't justify his response, only his right to take offense. hlthe2b Aug 2019 #68
The only 1 shameful here...Cuomo..his selective outrage...and overreaction. AncientGeezer Aug 2019 #70
... hlthe2b Aug 2019 #71
So why would someome walk up to him and call him that Historic NY Aug 2019 #69
Let's run with that.."pretend..."..we have no clue what the guy knew..re; Cuomo's name. AncientGeezer Aug 2019 #72
He probably DID want to "push his buttons" FBaggins Aug 2019 #75
Your speculation sounds no more nor less valid... LanternWaste Aug 2019 #76
Not sure why FBaggins Aug 2019 #78
Even more curious...? FBaggins Aug 2019 #73
Obviously Fredo is likewise a name and not merely a slur, unlike the "n" word hlthe2b Aug 2019 #74
Valid question...I'm curious what the answer will be....I suspect there will bo No answer. AncientGeezer Aug 2019 #82
I thought hlthe2b answered reasonably FBaggins Aug 2019 #83
+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #62
Although "Fredo" is not as bad a slur as many Cuomo surely knows, he emmaverybo Aug 2019 #77
It was definately meant to be derogatory to Cuomo but it hasn't been used as a general ethnic insult PoliticAverse Aug 2019 #3
I agree it was intended in a derogatory mannner True Dough Aug 2019 #5
Agree. I was actually shocked - always thought he had a calm demeanor - almost Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #32
Don't know for sure but apparently the agitator is a right-winger True Dough Aug 2019 #35
I'll parse it further FBaggins Aug 2019 #6
This. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #10
Yes, this. StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #13
You are completely wrong. Drahthaardogs Aug 2019 #36
Not buying it FBaggins Aug 2019 #44
The fact that you don't "buy it" is irrelevant Drahthaardogs Aug 2019 #51
To you perhaps FBaggins Aug 2019 #54
Cuomo has referred to himself as Fredo in a radio interview with Curtis Sliwa AncientGeezer Aug 2019 #53
My first thought after reading about the incident wasn't about xenophobia... Dennis Donovan Aug 2019 #7
But Cuomo wasn't attacked as a journalist or as brother of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 #8
"Fredo" isn't an insult limited to Italians. StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #18
Exactly correct FBaggins Aug 2019 #21
Exactly incorrect Drahthaardogs Aug 2019 #40
"Fredo" ISN'T a surname FBaggins Aug 2019 #47
No reason for excuses - this was simply an insult by a redneck and I back Cuomo 100%. The walkingman Aug 2019 #9
My take StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #12
+1 Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2019 #42
the guy calling him Fredo is a jerk but this isn't Oregon1947 Aug 2019 #15
Last comment: no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 #17
The character Shylock was an extremely derogatory stereotype of Jews that has been since used to StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #28
It was more of a poke at Chris and his brother the governor Andy. Throck Aug 2019 #19
The slur comes from equating italian surnames with mafia Drahthaardogs Aug 2019 #31
The insult intended by "Fredo" is unrelated to ethnicity or association with the Mafia StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #43
Let's read that last sentence again... shall we? FBaggins Aug 2019 #45
I never saw the Godfather movies... Talitha Aug 2019 #46
Hey! FBaggins Aug 2019 #48
I'm not even sure why people are parsing this out. The guy used the term in a derogatory SweetieD Aug 2019 #49
Right with you up until the last sentence FBaggins Aug 2019 #50
K&R and thanks. My grandparents came here from Sicily. Discrimination against Italians tblue37 Aug 2019 #52
I heard a coworker say that Italians aren't xmas74 Aug 2019 #56
My husband is off the plane from Calabria JustAnotherGen Aug 2019 #65
There was a Calabrese cousin in my father's generation. To you, all I can say is . . . . . Stinky The Clown Aug 2019 #80
Cuomo has referred to himself as Fredo in a radio interview with Curtis Sliwa AncientGeezer Aug 2019 #55
Which shows that he knows exactly what it means FBaggins Aug 2019 #57
Fredo equals cowardly and/or disloyal. aikoaiko Aug 2019 #67
Even today I see anti-Italian prejudice Stinky The Clown Aug 2019 #79
So by this logic LArider Aug 2019 #81
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