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Shaun White apologizes to Special Olympians over ‘Simple Jack’ Halloween costume
Fox News ^
| October 30, 2018
| Edmund DeMarche
Posted on 10/30/2018 10:08:10 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White apologized on Tuesday to Special Olympians over his decision to post a picture of himself dressed up for Halloween as the character Simple Jack from the 2008 movie "Tropic Thunder."
Simple Jack was a mentally challenged character played by Ben Stiller
The snowboarder, 32, faced social media backlash and posted an apology on Twitter. He called his selection a poor choice.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: shaunwhite; simplejack; specialolympics; tropicthunder; white
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Next they'll demand that the movie should be banned.
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posted on
10/30/2018 10:08:10 AM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: EdnaMode
Source of the line 'Never go full retard.'
To: EdnaMode
It's a character in a movie! It's not reality! Let's just admit that anything anyone does anytime in going to be attacked by the PC crowd.
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posted on
10/30/2018 10:21:29 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(The country is suffering from a hysterical obsession with race, skin color and national origin.)
To: EdnaMode
At least he didn’t go black face.
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posted on
10/30/2018 10:21:46 AM PDT
by
Leep
To: EdnaMode
Shaun White, stupid NeverTrumper
To: Snickering Hound
They need to go after Miley, next...
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posted on
10/30/2018 10:22:23 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(My Soul's On Fire...)
To: EdnaMode
So, will Ben Stiller also be socially banned by Hollywood?
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posted on
10/30/2018 10:23:19 AM PDT
by
Pecos
(Better the one you have with you than the one you left at home.)
To: EdnaMode
It’s about time we outlawed all fun.I haven’t been able to wear my “ghost” costume since the lovely Persians told me only women can wear the chador back in 1979. I was offended.
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posted on
10/30/2018 10:30:24 AM PDT
by
Karliner
(Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
To: I want the USA back
It's a character in a movie!And The Special Olympics is not a person that can get its feelings hurt. But, let the left tie itself up in pretzels. It's the only way to get PC to self destruct.
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posted on
10/30/2018 10:37:37 AM PDT
by
Rinnwald
To: EdnaMode
Except the running gag of the movie was that the role was a mistake. Shaun probably should have listened.
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posted on
10/30/2018 10:38:36 AM PDT
by
discostu
(Every gun makes its own tune.)
To: EdnaMode
To heck with the Special Olympics!
EVERY year I offer to coach the trap and skeet team, and every year they turn me down!
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posted on
10/30/2018 10:43:05 AM PDT
by
RedStateRocker
(Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
To: EdnaMode
NEVER APOLOGIZE
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posted on
10/30/2018 10:50:47 AM PDT
by
atc23
(Votante Blanco)
To: I want the USA back
A character in a movie,,
In A Movie!
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posted on
10/30/2018 11:13:43 AM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(Despised by the Despicable!)
To: atc23
Agreed. People apologize over everything these days.
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posted on
10/30/2018 11:15:57 AM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: Big Red Badger
“I’m a Dude,
Playing a Dude,
Disguised as another Dude!”
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posted on
10/30/2018 11:16:42 AM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(Despised by the Despicable!)
To: EdnaMode
Shaun, You never go full retard!
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posted on
10/30/2018 11:20:30 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
To: commish
Kirk Lazarus: Everybody knows you never go full retard.
Tugg Speedman: What do you mean?
Kirk Lazarus: Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man,' look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho'. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump.' Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and he won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. He was a goddamn war hero. You know any retarded war heroes? You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, "I Am Sam." Remember? Went full retard, went home empty-handed.
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posted on
10/30/2018 11:22:35 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
To: EdnaMode
For a moment, I thought they were talking about Talcum X.
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posted on
10/30/2018 11:38:30 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
10/30/2018 11:57:56 AM PDT
by
dufus
To: atc23
👍🏼
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posted on
10/30/2018 11:59:48 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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