Has Matthews apologized for suggesting gays burned down those churches?

[blm]

Funny how Matthews quickly assumed gays would burn down black churches but it didn't occur to him that Republican raised, bigotted brats could have done so.

[MadMaddie]

1. I mentioned this earlier...

He will be defending the bigots...he will write it off as pranks and kids that got bored..

People need to raise hell about this!!

[rodeodance]

7. I obviously missed your ealier post--but i will raise hell if I have a lin

k.


.....People need to raise hell about this!!

[Chipper Chat]

12. Yeah, but Tweety takes a back seat to USA Today.

Their article this morning was lopsided it its defense of "those cute white boys' (my words). Friends gave affidavits on how talented they were and how many friends they had. I was peuking as I read it. If these were 3 poor black boys they would already be off to Gitmo.

[goclark]

37. I knew they were going to play the "just like you and me"

friend game!

I had another post and a few were saying they would be getting punished enough and we didn't need to learn anymore about it until they were in Court.

HA!

We need to learn the TRUTH from the "friends."

You can not tell me that some sweet little angels, who never did anything wrong in their lives, just decided to BURN BABY BURN some churches after a few drinks.

[rocktivity]

18. The reason why they're pushing the "prank" angle

is because the alternative angles are "hate crimes" and "domestic terrorism."

:headbang:
rocknation

[blm]

23. Like Abu Ghraib was a hazing - alternative being WAR CRIME.

.

[The Backlash Cometh]

25. Oh, I get it. White college boys are performing pranks when they burn

churches down; and blacks and hispanics are vandalizing when they spray paint the exterior of drab buildings.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

32. And black people getting bread in NOLA during Katrina = looting, white

people doing the same = "finding" bread.

It's an easy game, once you know the rules!

[goclark]

24. MadMaddie ~ we are on the same page

I had a post about this and I have heard them called "Pranksters" and "college kids" on television.

Both of those terms are misleading.

In my mind, Democrats and clear thinking adults should not play into those words.

They are arsonist and terrorist in my book.

[MadMaddie]

27. Agreed...

Arsonist and Terrorist....

[Poiuyt]

2. He might lose some of his RW money if he did

[rodeodance]

4. I did not know he had done this-Whatever pocessed him to say that?

[jbnow]

35. He is a jerk but he didn't make

the accusation. It was a show about the burnings and he was asking questions. Can't remember who the "experts" were on the panel. But tweety mentioned this didn't seem racial as it usually was with white racists burning down black churches. He asked if the baptist church had made controversial decisions lately, would they have upset anyone? He mentioned gay groups along with some other stupid guesses. I remember expecting him to throw in satan worshipers, but he didn't.

Nothing sounded like he thoughts gays did it or that he was actually accusing them. It was in the midst of a conversation about possible motivation. If you look at who the baptists have insulted gays is one of the groups. It was stupid but not any emphasis, not way out of line, just part of the conversation.

I usually only watch him about the libby/CIA leak because he was good at that and takes it to cheney. I mostly avoid him because he adores bush so much. Not sure why I watched this one, if there was libby news around the same time.

I like bashing him when he deserves it, but this just wasn't like it is being made out to be. Frankly gays should be angry and I'm sure they are with the religious and political right using them to whip people into some quasi-moral frenzy. I've never heard of activist gay groups responding with violence so that made it a stupid question, but it was a question and not an accusation.

[blm]

39. I said he suggested gays did it while ignoring the idea of bigotted brats

being the likely suspects.

So, I don't think I'm portraying it inaccurately. The transcripts are posted in the thread.

[MuseRider]

3. HE SAID THAT!?!

I do not watch him and usually skip the threads about him, I can't stand him. So he really made that comment? Damn.

[blm]

5. Hard to believe, isn't it.? Right around the same time he was making

his Brokeback Mountain attacks.

[MuseRider]

13. He was attacking BBM too?

God, what is wrong with this country? That movie touched me more than any recent films that I have seen and it was well done, not the usual Hollywood schlock. Still, if you didn't like it you have to attack it?

So, CM is a little homophobic is he? There has to be something there to use. Has to be.

I guess I am glad I have spared myself his show all these years. Never could stand him. I watched him only once to see old Zell go at him.

[rodeodance]

6. does anyone have a link for that comment?

[gatorboy]

11. Here you go:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/02/03.html#a7003

http://openlettertochrismatthews.blogspot.com/2006/02/matthews-says-maybe-liberals-and-gays.html

[lies and propaganda]

19. WOWWWWWWWWWW!

The balls on this scumbag!

[Lefty48197]

20. Oh Dear God, what a f*cking idiot Matthews is.

His show is soiled toilet water.

[chelsea0011]

8. gays and extreme left wing. he speculated. I guess he gets a pass

because, it's not like he is expected to report on the truth. He's part of the make-it-up crowd. Lying is in. But don't hold your breath expecting anything from the cable news crowd. Rather gets chased and all these clowns keep on ticking.

[kenny blankenship]

9. I've heard no apology to gays from Matthews, but that's hardly surprising.

Even though they have suspects in custody, things are on a hair-trigger, and we remain on the highest level of alert...

[Arkansas Granny]

10. Apologize! Have you lost your mind? Remember who we're

talking about here.

:hi:

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

14. Apology?

:rofl:

[Marie26]

15. Why on earth would he think that? n/t

[DURHAM D]

16. Poor Tweety - smacking down gays because he thinks it hides

his love of Bush.

[blm]

21. That's the likely scenario - Tweety doth protests too much.

.

[Zenlitened]

17. Not even a pseudopology, the kind where they "apologize IF"...

... their statements offended anyone?

Which is, of course, immediately followed up by trying to justify why they spewed their crap to begin with.

Then a quick segue into declaring themselves "persecuted" for having been made to apologize to begin with.

:D:

[theHandpuppet]

22. Don't hold your breath

Matthews the flaming bigot apologize? Maybe he needs a reminder -- what's that asshat's email addy, anyway?

[FreedomAngel82]

26. Oh of course not

They're such good kids dontcha know! :sarcasm:

Didn't he also blame liberals too? I thought he blamed both groups. :shrug: Still wrong none the less to blame someone without any sort of proof. I never pay attention to him anymore anyways and you guys should too. My life is much more stress-free without all that crap.

[salin]

28. has amnesia?

Matthews, appologize?

How many revolutions has Tip spun in the past five or more years?

[Misunderestimator]

29. Yeah... HUH? I have officially heard it all now.

:wtf:

[roguevalley]

30. no and his mother hasn't apologized for him being born either.

[proud patriot]

31. Chris made an ass of himself

by assuming

[theHandpuppet]

33. I posted the same question a few days ago

And I see Matthews is no closer to an apology.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=605743

[blm]

36. Imagine if Dan Rather made such a public assumption in reverse. Tweety

would be dissecting every word for an entire week.

[NastyRiffraff]

34. EVERY TIME I think Tweety can go no lower...

He comes out with shit like this. No, I didn't know before reading this thread that he said that.

He's more dangerous than Rush. All liberals know what Rush is, but I keep hearing gasps of admiration whenever Tweety says something sane..."He's turned around!"

No, he hasn't. He still has a finger in the air, trying to figure out which way the wind blows.

[KoKo]

38. He's "acting out" maybe some guilt. We might find that he's into some

"odd stuff" when he's not doing his show...like Claude Allen...eventually the evil you do sort of eats away at your insides.