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Actor Orlando Jones defends tweet calling for Sarah Palin's death
Digital Journal ^ | October 26, 2011 | David Silverberg

Posted on 10/26/2011 2:16:16 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo

Orlando Jones, best known for his stint at comedy show MADtv, recently tweeted for liberals to kill Sarah Palin and defended his statement, saying, "My tweet hit a nerve. That's good."

Several days ago, Jones wrote on his Twitter account: "Libyan Rebels kill Gaddafi, if American liberals want respect they better stop listening to Aretha & kill Sarah Palin(:"

He then faced a barrage of criticism on his Twitter feed and via his Facebook account. CNN reports Jones responded to a number of Twitter users, "including one that asked why the actor 'thinks it's funny to call for Sarah Palin to be murdered.' Jones replied to the query, 'I don't. I think it's funny that you are so upset about my inane tweet.'"

Jones, also known for being a 7-Up spokesperson in the late 1990s, defended his tweet, recently writing, "My tweet was farcical not funny or a call to action."

On his Facebook Page, Jones went further to fully explain his motive behind the inflammatory tweet: "Any anger directed at me and my right to free speech is an absolute waste of time. I am not a statesman. My comments reflect no political affiliation. It's just me being me, in a world that will never comfortably mix political correctness with artistic expression. For that, I offer no apologies, excuses or wisdom."

Palin or her representatives haven't responded to the tweet or its fallout yet. This story will be updated as news comes in.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: civility
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

oh my... i hope he doesn’t get mugged on the way home from work

that’d be just awful


21 posted on 10/26/2011 2:33:07 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Obama celebrated the assassination of an American overseas. Obama is really only one step away from doing the same on American soil.

It’s a point worth making - in a better way.


22 posted on 10/26/2011 2:36:12 PM PDT by donna (Americans now owe more on student loans than on credit cards.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Anything for fame. Anything at all.


23 posted on 10/26/2011 2:36:12 PM PDT by RoadTest (For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

I don’t doubt for a minute that the majority of Hollywood agrees with him. There would be dancing in the streets there if someone killed Sarah Palin.


24 posted on 10/26/2011 2:36:11 PM PDT by greene66
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Sooo,
Why can this P.O.S. call for Saracuda’s death and squat, but if I call for obammy’s i get a visit from the law???
No threats, just asking/??


25 posted on 10/26/2011 2:36:50 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (FUBO ( Real conservative or go fish))
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
7 UP YOURS, ORLANDO.
26 posted on 10/26/2011 2:37:14 PM PDT by BufordP ("Drink me if you can't take a joke!" --Kool-Aid)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
The responses I read at DU were overwhelmingly negative toward Jones. They called him an idiot.
27 posted on 10/26/2011 2:49:09 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man (T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

when you tweet something so outrageous it actually forces Keith Olbermann to defend Sarah Palin, there’s no taking it back.


28 posted on 10/26/2011 2:59:07 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Dang, “The Replacements” is one of my favorite movies.


29 posted on 10/26/2011 3:29:02 PM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: brytlea
“This is a nut... this is an Uncola nut”... that guy in the 7Up commercials.

LLS

30 posted on 10/26/2011 3:34:18 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
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To: LibLieSlayer

I didn’t think that’s who it was, but I guess so. I thought that guy was bigger.


31 posted on 10/26/2011 3:49:08 PM PDT by brytlea (An ounce of chocolate is worth a pound of cure)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Words from a wasted Obama-bot.


32 posted on 10/26/2011 3:49:47 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: M Kehoe

“The way I see it Mr. Jones, is that former Gov. Palin could probably take you out from 300 yds.”

By the looks of the wimp, I would say she could do it with her bare hands.


33 posted on 10/26/2011 3:50:53 PM PDT by jivin gene (Breakin' up is hard to do)
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To: sten

“oh my... i hope he doesn’t get mugged on the way home from work”

They might hit him with his purse.


34 posted on 10/26/2011 3:53:36 PM PDT by jivin gene (Breakin' up is hard to do)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Sounds like he was just goofin, and making a point.. that the Liberals are all talk.


35 posted on 10/26/2011 4:13:04 PM PDT by Paradox (The rich SHOULD be paying more taxes, and they WOULD, if they could make more money.)
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Graphic stolen from Freeper BIGLOOK.

36 posted on 10/26/2011 4:14:55 PM PDT by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Bump....


37 posted on 10/26/2011 4:20:17 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Keith was disappointed at Orlando Jones because Jones’ words could easily be used by conservatives to undermine liberals’ attacks on the likes of Palin. Palin used a metaphoric words that what we have now is ‘war’. Jones’ words don’t have other meaning. It’s a direct, open call to kill Palin.


38 posted on 10/26/2011 4:22:51 PM PDT by paudio (0bama is like a bad mechanic who couldn't fix your car; he just makes it worse. Get somebody else!)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
It's just me being me

Ah, the old "I'm an a-hole and can't help myself" excuse.

I wonder if he would mind if he and his family started getting inane death threats and strange inane packages of inane white powder. Not a call to action, just another of my inane comments. I must be an a-hole, too. Just can't help it.

39 posted on 10/26/2011 4:33:02 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
I am not a statesman.

Nor are you a man.

40 posted on 10/26/2011 4:39:10 PM PDT by kanawa
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