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Dave & Buster’s apologizes for 'racist' tweet
Fox News ^ | 11.19.2014 | FoxNews.com

Posted on 11/19/2014 10:51:43 AM PST by dware

Food and gaming chain Dave & Buster’s has had to apologize after sending out a racially-charged tweet to promote #TacoTuesday.

On Tuesday, Dave & Busters --which has more than 70 locations in North America-- posted on this on its official Twitter feed:

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Their tweet said: "I hate tacos" said no Juan ever. #TacoTuesday
1 posted on 11/19/2014 10:51:43 AM PST by dware
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To: dware

Which word is actually a race? Taco or Juan?


2 posted on 11/19/2014 10:53:05 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Cordially.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I think it was the “Tuesday” part. =D


3 posted on 11/19/2014 10:54:01 AM PST by dware (3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

If you eat at a Mexican restaurant are you racist or is the restaurant racist?

Pray America wakes up


4 posted on 11/19/2014 10:54:09 AM PST by bray (Palin/Perry)
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To: dware

You would think that they had hired the Frito Bandito or something..


5 posted on 11/19/2014 10:56:02 AM PST by fhayek
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To: bray

Both, and you’re a racist for asking, and I’m a racist for laughing at it.


6 posted on 11/19/2014 10:56:05 AM PST by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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Which word is actually a race? Taco or Juan?

i find it fascinating that the person who claimed it was "racist" was named "Clarke". . . that a really Hispanic name, isn't it?

7 posted on 11/19/2014 10:56:11 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: dware

Oh wow! How insensitive (/sarc)... so, Hispanic is a race now? So using ‘taco’ and a Hispanic name together in a sentence is now considered racist?


8 posted on 11/19/2014 10:56:16 AM PST by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: dware

I have a mexican friend who used to want to open a mexican restaurant and call it “Taco Benders”.


9 posted on 11/19/2014 10:58:24 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: dware

Not offensive.

My guess is that D&B knows that there is no such thing as bad publicity.

They took a nothing remark and ginned it up and “apoligized” for it in some lame “look at me” attempt to get recognition.


10 posted on 11/19/2014 10:59:33 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Swordmaker

That’s known as “outrage by proxy”.


11 posted on 11/19/2014 11:00:27 AM PST by rhoda_penmark
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To: cripplecreek

I knew a guy who wanted to open one called Nacho Mama.


12 posted on 11/19/2014 11:02:37 AM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: cripplecreek

Here in San Antonio there was a Food Truck Vendor serving up a good Chicken dish served Asian Style.

What did they call it?

“CockAsion”.

It did not go over well. It got banned.


13 posted on 11/19/2014 11:02:55 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: dware

No Juan cares..................


14 posted on 11/19/2014 11:03:54 AM PST by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: cripplecreek

I have a friend from Jamaica who wants to open a restaurant. I told her to name it “Jamaican Me Hungry”


15 posted on 11/19/2014 11:04:06 AM PST by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: dware

No Hispanics will be Joaquin into their restaurants.


16 posted on 11/19/2014 11:04:21 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree ( When dems win, it's a mandate. When we win, we must compromise.)
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To: SkyDancer

Apparently any ethnicity can now be used for race based discrimination. Unless you’re central or northern european. Then there is no “protected” category for you. Wait until you fill out the latest questionaire at the docs office. If you go to one that is.


17 posted on 11/19/2014 11:04:21 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect "their" rights so they can now try to infringe on mine. Weird huh?)
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To: fhayek
“I love Frito's corn chips,
I love them, I do,
I love Frito's corn chips,
I get them from you.”

*Bandito points gun, get chips, amnesty, and your job*

Does this make make La Rasa mad?
Que lastima!/s

18 posted on 11/19/2014 11:05:34 AM PST by PATRIOT1876
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To: dware

On what planet does a person who follows Dave & Buster tweets come from? Somebody needs to get a life.


19 posted on 11/19/2014 11:06:35 AM PST by FreedomGuru (Time for torches and pitchforks.)
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To: dware

Someone will get butthurt over anything ever said, written, or thought about. That’s why I say carry on and ignore the effing limp-wristed whiners. OOOPS, DID I JUST OFFEND GAY MEN? I sure hope so.


20 posted on 11/19/2014 11:06:49 AM PST by Mich Patriot (Pitch black is the new "transparent.")
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