This is just dumb. We now have a campaign on Twitter to cancel the Colbert Report because the show's corporate Twitter feed reposted a joke making fun of the Washington Redskins owner for being racist.
So yes - people are getting their knickers in a twist because a comedian made fun of something racist and they are too damn stupid to realize the context.
Twitter: What is this? [smashes the model for the reading center] A center for ants?
Colbert: What?
Twitter: How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read... if they can't even fit inside the building?
Colbert: Twitter, this is just a small...
Twitter: I don't wanna hear your excuses! The building has to be at least... three times bigger than this!
Colbert: He's absolutely right you know.
Stephen Colbert Accused of Racism With #CancelColbert Campaign
“I am willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever,” “The Colbert Report” Twitter wrote Thursday.
The joke was taken from a bit on Wednesday night’s “The Colbert Report,” parodying Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder and his launch of the Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation in light of controversy over the team name. Taken out of context, however, many Twitter users saw the joke as racist, and launched a #CancelColbert campaign that quickly became a trending topic.
As the controversy started, the tweet was deleted, but Twitter users managed to screenshot the tweet before it disappeared.
Comedy Central and “The Colbert Report” has yet to speak publicly on the controversy. Colbert has called the character he plays on the show “an idiot” in the past.
Updated on 03/27/14 10:04 PM: Colbert tweeted about the controversy on his account, sharing sentiments with the protesters.
“The Colbert Report” Twitter clarified that the account is not run by Colbert himself.
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