Despite its claim to be a website for "those opposed to intolerance," Fox News' "Fox Nation" blog is a veritable sewer of racist, homophobic, and sexist comments on threads deliberately calibrated to elicit those types of responses which include the occasional death threat directed toward the president. Meanwhile, whenever Bill Maher (Dubbed "Pig Maher" by Fox Nation writers) makes a rude comment about Republican women, there are howls of outrage. But this same concern about rudeness doesn't seem to apply to a comment, 21 hours old, on a thread which advances the right wing meme of Michelle Obama "breaking the rules" at the recent presidential debate. The website for those who "oppose intolerance" still features, among the other racist attacks, "Railroadearth's" belief that the First Lady of the US is a "dispicable cunt." Nice.
Fox Nation invites "those who share its values" to "join" them. Judging by what the moderators allow on this site, I'd venture to say that the "values" are very ugly. It's ironic, don't ya think, that Fox Nation and its denizens consider themselves patriotic Americans when, in reality, they hate a huge segment of their fellow Americans. If we remain a divided nation, it's due, in part, to the toxicity that is Fox Nation and, by extension, the "fair & balanced" Fox News!
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Visitor 55 commented
2012-10-19 08:36:12 -0400
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@bemused, Shameful, isn’t it? For some reason, neocons believe sex is dirty and any woman who has sex is a slut or a c—t…except of course if she’s a neocon and a bible thumper, say like ignorant teabagger goddess palin. Then she’s a saint who became pregnant without having dirty nasty sex. A regular virgin mary, that one. (yet they ignore her wild college days and her alledged extramarital affairs)
But the only conclusion that I’m forced to come to is that the pigs at the FokkksNashun cesspool hate First Lady Obama simply because she’s black. It has nothing to do with her being a woman. She hasn’t been a snob like queen ann rmoney. (And as much as I can’t stand ann rmoney, I wouldn’t call her a c—t. ) Michelle Obama hasn’t been a condescending asshole like barbara bush. She hasn’t been a hypocrite like nancy raygun. So, what else is there but hate and racism.
But the only conclusion that I’m forced to come to is that the pigs at the FokkksNashun cesspool hate First Lady Obama simply because she’s black. It has nothing to do with her being a woman. She hasn’t been a snob like queen ann rmoney. (And as much as I can’t stand ann rmoney, I wouldn’t call her a c—t. ) Michelle Obama hasn’t been a condescending asshole like barbara bush. She hasn’t been a hypocrite like nancy raygun. So, what else is there but hate and racism.
bemused commented
2012-10-19 06:02:22 -0400
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Third and last post directed at Mr. Swift’s first post.
A respectable blog site has rules and regulations and it’s respectability is preserved if posters are held to those rules and regulations.
Fox Nation says it has rules and regulations but there’s clearly nobody out there to enforce them. Want proof? Go and read the filth that stays on that blog for days on end.
A respectable blog site has rules and regulations and it’s respectability is preserved if posters are held to those rules and regulations.
Fox Nation says it has rules and regulations but there’s clearly nobody out there to enforce them. Want proof? Go and read the filth that stays on that blog for days on end.
bemused commented
2012-10-19 05:57:37 -0400
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Visitor 55 wrote: "what has First Lady Obama done to warrant being called a cât? "
In the days of ignorance on all things sexual that marked my childhood, bitter parishioners would have been tempted to point out that she’s had two children. “You know what she had to do to do that, don’t you?” they’d snigger in private.
That sort of thinking was enough to shame one of my aunties so deeply that she went literally around the bend. Trapped as she was between the Church injunction to submit meekly to her “conjugal duty” and the public shame of yet another pregnancy (over ten counting several spontaneous abortions).
Without hesitation, I charge the likes of the denizens of FoxNation of having destroyed that poor woman by “slut-shaming” her. That’s exactly what they’re doing by accusing Sandra Fluke of wanting unbridled sex simply because she said that health coverage for women should include birth control. Despicable.
In the days of ignorance on all things sexual that marked my childhood, bitter parishioners would have been tempted to point out that she’s had two children. “You know what she had to do to do that, don’t you?” they’d snigger in private.
That sort of thinking was enough to shame one of my aunties so deeply that she went literally around the bend. Trapped as she was between the Church injunction to submit meekly to her “conjugal duty” and the public shame of yet another pregnancy (over ten counting several spontaneous abortions).
Without hesitation, I charge the likes of the denizens of FoxNation of having destroyed that poor woman by “slut-shaming” her. That’s exactly what they’re doing by accusing Sandra Fluke of wanting unbridled sex simply because she said that health coverage for women should include birth control. Despicable.
bemused commented
2012-10-19 05:41:00 -0400
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Hypocrisy is sure to make my blood boil so, when I need a boost of adrenaline, I guess I should go more often to FoxNation and a) read their mission and vision (a site for civilised, tolerant debate), then b) stroll through some of the threads where the norm is precisely the opposite. Full-blown hypocrisy and – what’s even worse – so demeaningly proud of themselves for showing how uncouth they can be.
I’ve not read such vile and dispicable language since the days when junk mail was mostly circular letters against just about anything that wasn’t WASP (white anglo-saxon protestant): catholics, jews, blacks, coloured, non-English native speakers, you name it, we got such mail during the early Sixties. I even remember one that had it against “pushy females” (using the B-word). Oh, how I wish I had kept that one!
PS: a single stroll down FoxNation lane was enough to discourage me permanently from ever setting foot in there, again. I am, however, deeply grateful to Aria and Priscilla who clearly have stronger stomachs and who create these enlightening threads. And to the others who provide corroborating testimony.
I’ve not read such vile and dispicable language since the days when junk mail was mostly circular letters against just about anything that wasn’t WASP (white anglo-saxon protestant): catholics, jews, blacks, coloured, non-English native speakers, you name it, we got such mail during the early Sixties. I even remember one that had it against “pushy females” (using the B-word). Oh, how I wish I had kept that one!
PS: a single stroll down FoxNation lane was enough to discourage me permanently from ever setting foot in there, again. I am, however, deeply grateful to Aria and Priscilla who clearly have stronger stomachs and who create these enlightening threads. And to the others who provide corroborating testimony.
Aria Prescott commented
2012-10-19 03:43:23 -0400
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I still collect hate speech from Fox Nation sometimes. I have an obscene amount from them- one high-profiler user named Bennykoy was so inhumanly awful that I went to his disqus profile and me and my friends wrote down how many times he used each slur/“joke.”
From him alone, we pulled up that he used the N-word almost 3,000 times.
He used other racial slurs towards blacks 5,000 times.
His fav joke was “Once you go black, you’re a single mom.” He told it 680 times.
Every thread he posted on where the topic was Obama, black celebrities or Chicago, he left the comment “This is the rise of the Pavement Apes.” Some threads, he left a comment that was just that phrase to make sure.
When we branched out and checked the social conscience of his friends, we ended up discovera literally four digit number of users that are almost as bad as he is. The ones that aren’t posting there today? They’re not banned, they’re just not around.
Watters and Crew wouldn’t raise a finger against them. And dare I ask Smith if he wants to talk about Fox Nation’s little love afair with white supremacy?
From him alone, we pulled up that he used the N-word almost 3,000 times.
He used other racial slurs towards blacks 5,000 times.
His fav joke was “Once you go black, you’re a single mom.” He told it 680 times.
Every thread he posted on where the topic was Obama, black celebrities or Chicago, he left the comment “This is the rise of the Pavement Apes.” Some threads, he left a comment that was just that phrase to make sure.
When we branched out and checked the social conscience of his friends, we ended up discovera literally four digit number of users that are almost as bad as he is. The ones that aren’t posting there today? They’re not banned, they’re just not around.
Watters and Crew wouldn’t raise a finger against them. And dare I ask Smith if he wants to talk about Fox Nation’s little love afair with white supremacy?
Antoinette commented
2012-10-19 02:09:18 -0400
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railroadearth is a clown. Anyone married to him is desperate. Hopefully he is sterile and not be able to brood hateful children.
Don’t bother going over to Hate Nation. Instead, call out these frauds by telling the masses of the criminal activities of News International, and the numerous arrests of News Corporation employees.
These frauds are desperately trying to buried this scandal, but we won’t let that happen.
Don’t bother going over to Hate Nation. Instead, call out these frauds by telling the masses of the criminal activities of News International, and the numerous arrests of News Corporation employees.
These frauds are desperately trying to buried this scandal, but we won’t let that happen.
Mickey Bitsko commented
2012-10-19 00:06:30 -0400
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No way am I checking out Fox’s site, but I will go out on a limb and assume no one is complaining about how Romney constantly and obnoxiously broke the debate rules by asking the president questions, a no no which he should have been called on by the moderator.
Count Istvan commented
2012-10-18 22:27:24 -0400
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See sites like this should be open to lively debate but right wing sites should just be open to right wingers. It’s so easy.
Visitor 55 commented
2012-10-18 20:49:11 -0400
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@tom swift – "I could propose that the writer of that comment was of the âleftâ persuasion posting it to be used as proof of intolerance on the ârightâ, and it couldnât be proven otherwise. "
You could, and you’d be wrong. And here’s how I’m going to prove you’d be wrong.
I put on my hazmat suit and go to the FokkksNashun every now and then with the silly hope that someday it will be monitored, or better, shutdown. The pigs who post comments at the FokkksNashun have been regulars for a long time. The racist pigs who have been regulars for a long time aren’t shy about posting disgusting racist and homocidal comments. In fact, they’re proud of themselves and try to outdo each other. And the mods over there aren’t worth a shit and will ban anyone who isn’t racist and hatefilled.
People from the “left” just don’t have any interest in being, or even pretending to be, racist hatefilled assholes. For an intelligent, self-thinker who can form their own opinions, It gets boring real quick. On the other hand, racist hatefilled pigs find it greatly entertaining to be racist hatefilled pigs. They thrive on it.
Case closed.
You could, and you’d be wrong. And here’s how I’m going to prove you’d be wrong.
I put on my hazmat suit and go to the FokkksNashun every now and then with the silly hope that someday it will be monitored, or better, shutdown. The pigs who post comments at the FokkksNashun have been regulars for a long time. The racist pigs who have been regulars for a long time aren’t shy about posting disgusting racist and homocidal comments. In fact, they’re proud of themselves and try to outdo each other. And the mods over there aren’t worth a shit and will ban anyone who isn’t racist and hatefilled.
People from the “left” just don’t have any interest in being, or even pretending to be, racist hatefilled assholes. For an intelligent, self-thinker who can form their own opinions, It gets boring real quick. On the other hand, racist hatefilled pigs find it greatly entertaining to be racist hatefilled pigs. They thrive on it.
Case closed.
truman commented
2012-10-18 20:15:01 -0400
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@doors17. Welcome to the club. I got banned from the Fux Nation months ago when I persisted in offering helpful suggestions to teabaggers like 1. never bite down, 2. always gargle afterwards and 3. don’t forget to floss out those troublesome pubic hairs. Go figure.
Dave Ables commented
2012-10-18 20:14:47 -0400
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You’ll get called worse than a ‘sick fuck’ over there, if you disagree.
Dave Ables commented
2012-10-18 20:11:34 -0400
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@Tom Swift,
Do you post at Fox Nation? Do you look for a lively debate there?
Do you post at Fox Nation? Do you look for a lively debate there?
doors17 commented
2012-10-18 19:16:12 -0400
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I got permanently banned from Fox Nation on the day Gabrielle Giffords was shot for posting Sarah Palin’s crosshairs map that showed her district in the bullseye. They didn’t like that.
Priscilla commented
2012-10-18 18:58:33 -0400
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To Mr. Swift. Inasmuch as I have no affection for Laura Ingraham, if a poster here called her the C-Word, that post would be eliminated because it is an incendiary term not relevent to the discussion. As I said, that offensive term doesn’t seem to be a problem with Fox Nation whose commenters also use the N-word. And as far as making “blanket assumptions,” Fox Nation routinely posts threads that bait the base bigotry of its readers such as they are. And it’s funny – while they frequently target Democrats who might have behaved in an inappropriate way, they tend to ignore Republicans such as that GOP Tennessee Rep who wanted his mistress to get an abortion. If he had been a Democrat, that would have been a lede on Fox Nation.
And BTW, Tom, the Fox Nation posters are, on occasion, rather homicidal. Doesn’t say much for their readers, does it.
And to say that the C-Word poster was a left wing ringer.
Is that all you’ve got. Puleeze!
And BTW, Tom, the Fox Nation posters are, on occasion, rather homicidal. Doesn’t say much for their readers, does it.
And to say that the C-Word poster was a left wing ringer.
Is that all you’ve got. Puleeze!
Tom Swift commented
2012-10-18 18:44:51 -0400
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Wow, I ask four questions and quote one example, no insults, no accusations, no assumption of motive or character; and this is the response? I get called a troll, denigrated, and to paraphrase a tool of the right. Hard to have a civil discussion here. To rephrase my questions in case it was not understood, how is a website that is open to comments responsible for the postings? A website has only three choices when posting a report or article. 1) No comments accepted. 2) Censor or ban the comments. 3) Accept all comments. My choice is either 1 or 3. If you open the site for comments you are obligated to accept all, good or bad. It seems no one likes free speech except their own.
To make blanket assumptions or make inferences about a website based on an individualâs comment is not intellectually honest. As a thought experiment, I could propose that the writer of that comment was of the âleftâ persuasion posting it to be used as proof of intolerance on the ârightâ, and it couldnât be proven otherwise.
If you think a website should censor comments fine, but then donât complain when comments you feel should be posted get cut.
To make blanket assumptions or make inferences about a website based on an individualâs comment is not intellectually honest. As a thought experiment, I could propose that the writer of that comment was of the âleftâ persuasion posting it to be used as proof of intolerance on the ârightâ, and it couldnât be proven otherwise.
If you think a website should censor comments fine, but then donât complain when comments you feel should be posted get cut.
mlp ! commented
2012-10-18 18:06:29 -0400
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I’ve been here a long time, and I really can’t recall seeing the ‘C’ word in a post at Newshounds. It may have occurred, but it was removed before I saw it.
But the point, ‘Tom/Kathleen/Theola/Kortez’, is that not only is ‘railroadearth’ disrespecting the First Lady of the US by using that term, but also women in general. I really can’t think of a term that women find more offensive. However, the insult is compounded by the fact that the post has been left up there for nearly a day. But you choose to play the ‘false equivalency’ card in order to defend their position? I sure you’ll make your mother proud!
But the point, ‘Tom/Kathleen/Theola/Kortez’, is that not only is ‘railroadearth’ disrespecting the First Lady of the US by using that term, but also women in general. I really can’t think of a term that women find more offensive. However, the insult is compounded by the fact that the post has been left up there for nearly a day. But you choose to play the ‘false equivalency’ card in order to defend their position? I sure you’ll make your mother proud!
Visitor 55 commented
2012-10-18 18:02:33 -0400
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If we truly had a “librul” media, FokkksNashun would have been shut down the very week it started. But, unfortunately, the “librul” media is just another right-wing myth like st. ronnie raygun who single handedly ended the cold war and barack obama the socialistfacistmarxisthitlermuslimcommie.
Visitor 55 commented
2012-10-18 17:45:23 -0400
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@tom swift, calling sick fucks “sick fucks” is not offensive. Those who reside in the FokkksNashun cesspool are in fact sick fucks. They prove it to us every single day with their racism, hate and daily rantings on how they want President Obama to be killed. We can all agree they’ve earned being called sick fucks.
Perhaps you aren’t aware that the C word is offensive, disrespectful and sexist? Now, I’ve explained to you why the sick fucks at the FokkksNashun cesspool are called sick fucks. Please explain what has First Lady Obama done to warrant being called a c—t? Not someone’s worthless opinion, but actual proof. I can’t think of anything she’s done that would even be remotely intrepreted as offensive.
It’s only obvious that the racist pig who is calling her that hates her for no other reason than that she’s black.
Oh, and FYI, the mods here at NewsHounds have censored comments that use the C word.
Perhaps you aren’t aware that the C word is offensive, disrespectful and sexist? Now, I’ve explained to you why the sick fucks at the FokkksNashun cesspool are called sick fucks. Please explain what has First Lady Obama done to warrant being called a c—t? Not someone’s worthless opinion, but actual proof. I can’t think of anything she’s done that would even be remotely intrepreted as offensive.
It’s only obvious that the racist pig who is calling her that hates her for no other reason than that she’s black.
Oh, and FYI, the mods here at NewsHounds have censored comments that use the C word.
Joseph West commented
2012-10-18 17:41:27 -0400
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Just to amend my earlier comment, Tom, I didn’t mean to call you a troll. I meant to call you a “concern troll”—that’s a troll who only comes along to comment on what’s obviously an attempt to redirect the comment thread.
To compare an ANONYMOUS poster (unless you know someone whose real name—either first or last—is “railroadearth,” the name’s pretty obviously a fake) who makes a vile comment about the REAL First Lady with a reasonably anonymous poster making a vile comment about an entire mindset* is really a case of grasping at strawmen.
*Yes, I’m aware that’s not really an applicable term for the folks at Fox(Noise)Nation since their brains are more along the lines of those of ants or bees—brains which do nothing that isn’t part of their Queen-ordered direction. I know that scientists use the term “hivemind” to describe this, but that still doesn’t really apply to the Fox(Noise)Nation since the term “mind” is there.
To compare an ANONYMOUS poster (unless you know someone whose real name—either first or last—is “railroadearth,” the name’s pretty obviously a fake) who makes a vile comment about the REAL First Lady with a reasonably anonymous poster making a vile comment about an entire mindset* is really a case of grasping at strawmen.
*Yes, I’m aware that’s not really an applicable term for the folks at Fox(Noise)Nation since their brains are more along the lines of those of ants or bees—brains which do nothing that isn’t part of their Queen-ordered direction. I know that scientists use the term “hivemind” to describe this, but that still doesn’t really apply to the Fox(Noise)Nation since the term “mind” is there.
Count Istvan commented
2012-10-18 17:37:59 -0400
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Tom Swift Another member of the party of responsibility taking absolutely none.
