Comments on: Boston cop refers to Professor Gates as a ‘banana-eating jungle monkey’ in mass e-mail. What do you think?

By: Que Sera, Sera

Que Sera, Sera — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:18:03 +0000

Barrett isn’t the brightest lamp in the shop.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:32:50 +0000

I don’t see what the big deal is.

If black professors, civil rights leaders, comedians, sports figure, rap singers, and etc can get away with calling white people a bunch of slurs and say the most bigoted remarks about them, then this cop should get away with it also.

I’m so sick of white people having to tip toe around every word to avoid offending black people while they can say whatever they want.

By: Allison, the (deleted) Nice Lady

Allison, the (deleted) Nice Lady — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:13:17 +0000

If this is *really* what happened, then I suspect he will be promptly and rightfully fired from his job.

And that should be the end of it.

By: Go Skippy

Go Skippy — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:03:32 +0000

I take offense to that, we all don’t just eat bananas nor live only in the jungle!
This police officer can claim not being ****** all he wants- if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it’s a duck.

By: rayb1214

rayb1214 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:29:30 +0000

I’m sure that person is no more a ****** than Gates or Obama are.

By: Curt J

Curt J — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:43:41 +0000

While I don’t agree with the ‘Jungle monkey’ part, who are any of us to say that the ‘Banana eating’ part of the email is wrong?
I know a lot of people who eat bananas, myself included.

PS: I love splitting hairs!

By: Slick

Slick — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:33:48 +0000

So what? They are only words. Men should not cry like babies over words. What a soft man you must be.

By: jdman13

jdman13 — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:14:01 +0000

freedom of speech, even from idiots, is a right, if it was a work address then he should be suspended, but you can’t fire him without an ensuing battle. Honestly, Gates deserved it,.

By: X-Treme Weatherman

X-Treme Weatherman — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:49:21 +0000

Well Gates IS a banana-eating Obama-Dik ******* jungle monkey.

But so is this man

By: Who Flung Poo?

Who Flung Poo? — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:38:25 +0000

I think the cop is a fuggin’ idiot.