Insane: Liberals claim Gingrich calling Juan Williams by first name racial code

Examiner.com ^ | 4/20/13 | Joe Newby

[Impala64ssa]

Is it now racist to call Juan Williams by his given name? Apparently so, according to liberals like radio talk show host and Fox contributor Geraldo Rivera and MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who seem to have acquired the gift of determining racism simply by the way a person's name is spoken.

Rivera was "analyzing" Newt Gingrich's response to Juan Williams' question at last Monday night's Fox News debate.

"When you listen to the way Newt Gingrich says Juan William’s first name, he says it like it’s a racial epithet, I swear to God, that’s my impression," Rivera said.

He then played Williams' question followed by Gingrich's response.

Geraldo Rivera falsely claims Newt Gingrich's use of "Juan" racist . Geraldo Rivera falsely claims Newt Gingrich's use of "Juan" racist.

"There is Gingrich being filled with disdain, utter disdain for the only man of color maybe in that whole room. That room was very, very, uh, reminiscent of another era in American politics," Rivera said.

Actually, that was Gingrich being filled with utter disdain for the question Williams posed to him.

[Cyber Liberty]

There are code words and then there are dog whistles. This is one of the latter.

[AuntB]

I despise Newt Gingrich, but trying to hang a racist label on him is just stupid and dishonest. One thing he isn’t is a bigot.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

"When you listen to the way Newt Gingrich says Juan William’s first name

The "way" hea says it?! What a bedwetter. (No insult intended to bedwetters.)

[JustSayNoToNannies]

hea -> he

[mjp]

liberals like radio talk show host and Fox contributor Geraldo Rivera and MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who seem to have acquired the gift of determining racism simply by the way a person's name is spoken.

projection

[windsorknot]

I have the same regard for any idiot, whether he is a “man of color” or an albino.

[cdcdawg]

This first came up over a year ago. Did it happen again or something?

[jmaroneps37]

It’s hard to tell who the biggest liberal ash hole in America is, but these two are right up there.

[certrtwngnut]

As a fellow Christian can I join your law suit.

[ArrogantBustard]

"When you listen to the way Newt Gingrich says Juan William’s first name, he says it like it’s a racial epithet, I swear to God, that’s my impression," Rivera said.

Rivera seems to have some mental problems ... paranoia, perhaps. He should seek help, rather than slandering folks.

[showme_the_Glory]

Ha Ha Ha. Those retarded liberals are so easy! They have buttons hang’n all over them. How can you not push one?

[OldNewYork]

If the kind of thing Gingrich said is a ‘racist dog whistle’, how is it that these critics are always able to hear it?

They truly are insane.

[mrsmel]

Conservatives and whites really need to start playing this game with them. We need to get all persnickety about the terms which are used to describe us as groups. They won’t want to go along with us at first, and will attempt to mock us out of it, but we need to dig in until they’re forced to allow us in on this. If we’re just persistent and appear to be dead serious, they’ll have to give in. (The hard part is being persistent, conservatives and whites are terrible at not caving at the first hint of “white guilt” thrown at us). We need to be as slippery at being grouped, defined and courted as the left is.

[Mr. K]

Roger Ailes should fire this ass-clown for those comments.