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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:40 PM Feb 2015

D'Souza On Obama: 'You Can Take The Boy Out Of The Ghetto...'

Conservative activist and convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza on Wednesday raised the bar for his incomprehensible Twitter feed, tweeting a photo of President Obama with the message, "YOU CAN TAKE THE BOY OUT OF THE GHETTO."

D'Souza criticized the "vulgar man" Obama for using a "selfie-stick" in a recent video produced by BuzzFeed that promotd the Affordable Care Act. He then decided to forgo a dog whistle and bashed out a racial slur in all caps.

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YOU CAN TAKE THE BOY OUT OF THE GHETTO...Watch this vulgar man show his stuff, while America cowers in embarrassment
10:48 AM - 18 Feb 2015


Shortly after, D'Souza followed up his initial "ghetto" tweet:

Dinesh D'Souza ✔ @DineshDSouza
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I know Obama wasn't actually raised in a ghetto--I'm using the term metaphorically, to suggest his unpresidential conduct
11:19 AM - 18 Feb 2015


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D'Souza On Obama: 'You Can Take The Boy Out Of The Ghetto...' (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2015 OP
Dartmouth grads would seem to be the only ones embarrassed by some jerk's unbecoming conduct alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #1
Those are the words of *convicted felon* Dinesh D'Souza The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #2
That fucker.. whathehell Feb 2015 #3
D'Souza is a racist pig as well as convicted felon, so of course an honored guest on Fox. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #4
His court-ordered weekly therapy isn't working, apparently... Cooley Hurd Feb 2015 #5
Bush's conduct was unPresidential,and where was he raised? SummerSnow Feb 2015 #6
BEYOND disgusting.. "metaphorically" my ass! annabanana Feb 2015 #7
seems d'souza is the one raised in a ghetto, and that's a slur on ghettos. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #8
where did Dinesh learn to talk like that? Enrique Feb 2015 #9
Who knows? whathehell Feb 2015 #11
White supremacy and rape are subjects learned at Dartmouth?!? Dawson Leery Feb 2015 #10
Is he tweeting from jail? City Lights Feb 2015 #12
Unbelievable Catherine Vincent Feb 2015 #13
He's using the word "ghetto" metaphorically just as most Americans use it metaphorically gollygee Feb 2015 #14
One of his first jobs was as policy advisor to Ronald Reagan in 1987. People like to claim that Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #15
I would advise ignoring the piece of shit. bluedigger Feb 2015 #16
Obama was a successful Constitutional lawyer who became Senator, then President...... AverageJoe90 Feb 2015 #17
Me fail English? That's unpossible! Initech Feb 2015 #18
I didn't think it possible to think less of Dinesh D'Souza. Octafish Feb 2015 #19
If you take the dumb out of dumbass, you're still an ass. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #20
Is this the same D'Souza that got caught with his pants D'own in D'hotel with D'mistress? Erose999 Feb 2015 #21
Um, Distort D'Newsa, Honolulu doesn't have a ghetto KamaAina Feb 2015 #22
 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
1. Dartmouth grads would seem to be the only ones embarrassed by some jerk's unbecoming conduct
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:42 PM
Feb 2015

in this case.

Ooof.

What a clown.

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
3. That fucker..
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:43 PM
Feb 2015

He "knows" he wasn't raised in a ghetto?...Yeah, he'd just like

to dog whistle his disgusting racist shit for the others.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
4. D'Souza is a racist pig as well as convicted felon, so of course an honored guest on Fox.
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:43 PM
Feb 2015

He would have been front of the line with the British hooligans yelling drunk hate speech at a subway in Paris.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
6. Bush's conduct was unPresidential,and where was he raised?
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:45 PM
Feb 2015

He must be talking about the ghettos in Bombay.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)
7. BEYOND disgusting.. "metaphorically" my ass!
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:46 PM
Feb 2015

It was about the most clearly demonstrable racist utterance I have EVER seen from someone who pretends to a seat at the table of public discourse.

He should not only be FIRED for this, he should never show his face in public again.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
9. where did Dinesh learn to talk like that?
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:47 PM
Feb 2015

did he fall in with a white supremacist gang when he was in the joint?

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
14. He's using the word "ghetto" metaphorically just as most Americans use it metaphorically
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:55 PM
Feb 2015

It has for a while been a replacement for "the n word" and that's exactly how he was using it.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
15. One of his first jobs was as policy advisor to Ronald Reagan in 1987. People like to claim that
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:57 PM
Feb 2015

Reagan era Republicans were moderates, but folks like D'Souza and Pat (Director of Communications) Buchanan clearly define Reagan and his Party as the racist, bigoted Party it was.

 

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
17. Obama was a successful Constitutional lawyer who became Senator, then President......
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 01:19 PM
Feb 2015

Dinesh D'Souza is a failed movie director with a couple of crappy books to his name, and a rap sheet. This should be a no-brainer.....

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
19. I didn't think it possible to think less of Dinesh D'Souza.
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 06:32 PM
Feb 2015

Oops. Wrote too soon.

Contrary to the statement made in Mr. D'Souza's sentencing memorandum, it is my former husband who has an abusive nature. In one instance, it was my husband who physically abused me in April 2012 when he, using his purple belt karate skills, kicked me in the head and shoulder, knocking me to the ground and creating injuries that pain me to this day. http://rogerailes.blogspot.com/2014/09/grand-old-police-blotter-dinesh-dsouzas.html
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
22. Um, Distort D'Newsa, Honolulu doesn't have a ghetto
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 08:07 PM
Feb 2015

unless they somehow managed to hide it from me for nine years.

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