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Simpsons is dropping the character Apu to ‘avoid the controversy’
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| October 26, 2018
| John Sexton
Posted on 10/27/2018 6:18:54 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan
They should sell the store to a bunch of Millenial Gays and let the Simpson’s satirize that.
Lets see how that goes.
To: C19fan
It's ok for Joe Biden to say “You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.... I'm not joking.” However, it's racist for a fictional cartoon character to be an Indian immigrant Kwiki Mart owner. I need to duct tape my head back together.
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posted on
10/27/2018 7:12:13 AM PDT
by
nuke_road_warrior
(Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
To: Vermont Lt
If I was Groenig, I would sell South Park the rights to him for $1.
That would also be fun to watch. He would get shot by some stereotype criminal in every episode.
To: freedumb2003
Ill second that. It was a stupid premise anyway.
Everyone knows Indians run hotels and Pakis run quicky marts.
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posted on
10/27/2018 7:17:32 AM PDT
by
gnarledmaw
(Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
To: gnarledmaw
Everyone knows Indians run hotelsThat's why they are known as...Motel Sikhs.
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posted on
10/27/2018 7:20:16 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: wally_bert
Will they shove all of Apu's episodes down tbe memory hole never to be seen again?
Maybe they should just replace all of the characters with the NPC meme.
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posted on
10/27/2018 7:23:38 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
To: C19fan
the character ... speaks in a stereotypical Indian accent I work with dozens of Indians. That's exactly what they sound like. It's a stereotype FOR A REASON!!!
And by the way, nobody has a problem with Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel speaking in a "stereotypical" Southern hick accent. And I remember an episode in which Germans took over the nuclear plant; their speech was rife with cliches like "Ach du lieber" and "Gott in Himmel."
And then there was the French waiter, the Japanese soap maker, Fat Tony the Italian mafioso ... All stereotypical characters that no one seemed to mind.
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posted on
10/27/2018 7:30:01 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: C19fan
They could make all the characters NPCs, but that would insult the SJWs.
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posted on
10/27/2018 7:46:39 AM PDT
by
robel
To: C19fan
Gutless.
The Simpsons itself is a stereotype of every possible character. Apu got a pretty tame treatment compared to Homer, Cletus, the one-armed gun dealer, et al.
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posted on
10/27/2018 7:47:53 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: C19fan
the character, who speaks in a stereotypical Indian accent, Deport him for visa fraud. Problem solved.
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posted on
10/27/2018 7:51:36 AM PDT
by
meadsjn
To: Vermont Lt
They killed Apu! Those bastards!
Peach
To: SMGFan
and one of the few truly devout characters on the show ...
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posted on
10/27/2018 7:54:38 AM PDT
by
catnipman
((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
To: C19fan
The Simpsons had a very good run. Time to shut it down.
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posted on
10/27/2018 8:21:43 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Vermont Lt
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posted on
10/27/2018 8:26:57 AM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: C19fan
Indians NEVER speak with Indian accents! Actually, isn’t it more racist to think that speaking with an accent is bad or shameful? What does that imply about real people who speak with an accent?
To: C19fan
Why they really hated Apu...
He was obviously pro-Second Amendment.
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posted on
10/27/2018 8:45:50 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Trump-a-licious
The Simpsons hasn’t been funny in years.
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posted on
10/27/2018 8:46:39 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: IronJack
And they speak better English than I speak Hindi, that’s for sure.
Nothing wrong with accents, as long as I can understand what they’re saying.
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posted on
10/27/2018 8:47:42 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: C19fan
They can have Joe Biden shot him through his front door with a shotgun.
To: Larry Lucido
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