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In reply to the discussion: "Fredo" and Chris Cuomo and Italian Americans [View all]AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)70. The only 1 shameful here...Cuomo..his selective outrage...and overreaction.
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....
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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
The slur's relevence is in the mind of those slinging them. To RWTrumpers, it is the opposite.
hlthe2b
Aug 2019
#22
How can YOU say what was in the mind of the verbal assaulter?. Really? You don't get to determine
hlthe2b
Aug 2019
#25
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
Obviously you think insulting all manner of people is "laughable"... How progressive of you.
hlthe2b
Aug 2019
#34
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
Really....it's all over the internet...I quoted the exchange below...her's a link to Sliwa's show
AncientGeezer
Aug 2019
#60
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
The only 1 shameful here...Cuomo..his selective outrage...and overreaction.
AncientGeezer
Aug 2019
#70
Let's run with that.."pretend..."..we have no clue what the guy knew..re; Cuomo's name.
AncientGeezer
Aug 2019
#72
Valid question...I'm curious what the answer will be....I suspect there will bo No answer.
AncientGeezer
Aug 2019
#82
It was definately meant to be derogatory to Cuomo but it hasn't been used as a general ethnic insult
PoliticAverse
Aug 2019
#3
Agree. I was actually shocked - always thought he had a calm demeanor - almost
Laura PourMeADrink
Aug 2019
#32
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
No reason for excuses - this was simply an insult by a redneck and I back Cuomo 100%. The
walkingman
Aug 2019
#9
The character Shylock was an extremely derogatory stereotype of Jews that has been since used to
StarfishSaver
Aug 2019
#28
The insult intended by "Fredo" is unrelated to ethnicity or association with the Mafia
StarfishSaver
Aug 2019
#43
I'm not even sure why people are parsing this out. The guy used the term in a derogatory
SweetieD
Aug 2019
#49
K&R and thanks. My grandparents came here from Sicily. Discrimination against Italians
tblue37
Aug 2019
#52
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