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Title: Fox News contributor gets death threats for mocking Star Wars fans
Source:
EW
URL Source: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/25/fox-news-star-wars
Published: Nov 25, 2015
Author: Andrea Towers
Post Date: 2015-11-25 12:31:43 by Rufus T Firefly
Keywords: None
Views: 592
Comments: 6
Not everyone is excited about seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens in theaters this holiday season. Related 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' lands PG-13 rating Can 'Star Wars' be the new 'Titanic'? The cast of 'Force Awakens' battles 7-year-old superfan in game of 'Star Wars' trivia Last month, Fox News contributor Katherine Timpf jokingly insulted fans who were excited for the newest trailer during a guest stint on the late-night political comedy show Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue. Now, Timpf has revealed she’s recieving death threats for her comments. “I have never had any interest in watching space nerds poke each other with their little space nerd sticks, and I’m not going to start now,” Timpf shared on the original broadcast. “You people are crazy. You Star Wars people are crazy. Yesterday I tweeted something, and all I said was that I wasn’t familiar with Star Wars because I’ve been too busy liking cool things and being attractive — people threatened my life. You’re not really branding yourself in a way that makes me want to join your life-threatening club.” On Tuesday, Timpf wrote a piece published by the National Review, sharing her thoughts on online bullying and noting that she wouldn’t back down in the face of threats. “A lot of people are clearly a lot of upset. But guess what? I’m not apologizing,” Timpf wrote. “Why? Because the all-too-common knee-jerk reaction of apologizing for harmless jokes after overblown hysteria is ruining our culture. This political-correctness obsession threatens free speech, and I absolutely refuse to be a part of it.” She took her argument one step further by defending her original comments. “Bottom line: If you are telling me that I should die and/or apologize for making a joke about a movie you like, then you are too sensitive,” Timpf wrote. “You have the problem, not me. I’m sick of oversensitive mobs in our overly sensitive society bullying people into saying that they’re sorry over jokes — even if the subject of the joke is something as serious as Star Wars. So, for that reason, I will not apologize.” Poster Comment: I think the boy emperor should have another news conference and address this crisis.
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sub human liberals ... iq's below monogoloids --- yes we con - hoax - whips - gun - knives - chains ! http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=43230&Disp=0 If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
Star Wars fans will have to burn down a few neighborhoods for this insult to the Empire.
Psalm 37 PRAY FOR PARIS
Or at least dress up as a Wookie or Storm Trooper while screwing with her credit card accounts. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Omg. Did you guys see her? WOW what a hotty! They tried the nerdy black glasses to make her look less hot but that isn't possible. Then again I saw the interview and she went from a 9.5 to 5!
Part of the fanbase obviously needs a dose of reality. If someone insults your holy object, you DO NOT go all jihad on the source. Humanity apparently has yet to evolve into a civilized society.
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Star Wars fans will have to burn down a few neighborhoods for this insult to the Empire.
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