Discussion: WATCH: KKK Leader Takes Shots At CNN's Don Lemon In Bizarre Interview

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Imperial Kludd, indeed.

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That is what CNN gets for giving a public platform to this racist idiot.

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Yes they did. But don’t be surprised if Chuck Todd is on the KKK leader’s phone now to invite him to appear Sunday. “False equivalency”, you know. And Chuck says it is not up to them to distinguish facts. :wink:

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Add Lemon to the list of rightwing clowns getting trounced lately. He’s nothing special but he’s trying to be, and doing a famous flop just like the rest of them.

Considering the glaring fact that CNN is desperate to be Faux and that Faux has hit bottom by having the English and French call them out as idiots and their #1 liar Oreilly got outed as their truly best liar, its only natural that CNN would rush to flush any remaining credibility that they might have.

CNN, the rush to flush, I like that and I wrote it, so cool ; )

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What idiot producer things it’s a good idea to put people like this on TV? Why give people with a knowably invalid position a platform on national media?

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Lemon should be embarrassed to have even booked this interview. Why? Why elevate this guttersnipe to the level of someone who’s opinions matter enough to get an interview on TV. What a shame. There once was a time, a long, long time ago when CNN was an actual news organization. Cable news really is just trash, I’m happy to say I don’t watch it.

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It’s shocking that anyone would think this is a good idea. They should all resign immediately and find other careers because they suck at news and the responsibility to goes along with this profession.

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Embarrassing.

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This interview is indeed a peculiar bit of oddness. But then again so was last night’s bizarre confrontation between Chris Hayes and Jennifer Rubin, where Conservative Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin insists it’s not a contradiction to negotiate a better deal with Iran while simultaneously pushing for regime change. There was a whole lot of histrionics, and not much sense, from Rubin who continually talked over Hayes. Her propositions here were ludicrous and replete with unsubstantiated assertion. I Finally turned off the sound and followed on closed caption because her voice is…well…nails on chalkboard; disc brakes squealing, etc

Most of these interviews pitting “opposing sides” are just jacked-up controversy and the journalistic equivalent of juveniles who, after putting two large beetles, of differing species, in a jar, sit back in hopes that they’ll fight.

The difference between the Hayes-Rubin “dialog” and the Lemmon-Moore “dialog” isn’t absolute, just one of degree.

Infotainment at it’s lowest.

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Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of redundant. :wink:

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I’m not a CNN fan nor a fan of Don Lemon. However, what you see in this video is exactly what the KKK is. And in that regard I think it was good to show people exactly what the KKK is. It’s not funny. It’s not entertaining. It’s what it really is.

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“A geek is a circus performer who has been hurt-but since he has been hurt and the circus is the only way he knows to make a living everybody feels sorry for him so they put him in a cage and throw a live chicken to him. The geek then chases the chicken around the cage and tears it apart and eats it. He throws one chicken bone to the audience. Cause he’s the geek and the audience is the freaks.” Huey P Newton

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Profits.

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Imperial Dudd

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No, this is good. I was just thinking to myself the other day, how does the Klan feel about racist chants? Now I know!

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‘James Moore, the Imperial Kludd of the Loyal White Knights…’

Is this a misspelling or is this guy’s title really the "imperial Kludd’?

Who among us would not say stupid shit if he were labeled an Imperial Kludd?

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Happens when all you you hire are no-ability on-air talent-- unable to attain any heights.
Don Lemon and his ilk are no different than bikini-clad, tradeshow-booth-bait.

So, yeah-- in asking ‘how low can you go?’
We’ve not seen it yet IMHO.

jw1

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Look I don’t want to start a stampede or anything. But I hear he’s SINGLE!

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You are correct. I’m fixing.

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He looks like a common Kludd more than an imperial and one that’s oddly adverse to white light…
But, I’m guessing an Imperial Klodd had a child with an Imperial Dud and voilà, Kludd.

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