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Ryan Girdusky clashed with British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan on Monday night.

CNN has banned a conservative commentator from appearing on the network again after he told a Muslim journalist "I hope your beeper doesn't go off," an apparent reference to the spate of exploding pagers in Lebanon that killed members of the Hezbollah militant group last month. 

Ryan Girdusky made the comment during a heated debate with Mehdi Hasan, a prominent British-American broadcaster and an outspoken critic of Israel's war in Gaza, on "CNN Newsnight" with host Abby Phillip. 

The guests were discussing the racist jokes made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, which overshadowed former President Donald Trump's rally at New York's Madison Square Garden on Sunday and continue to make headlines two days later.

As the debate turned fractious, Girdusky and Hasan sparred over whether the latter had been labeled an anti-Semite. "I'm a supporter of the Palestinians, I'm used to it," Hasan said.

Girdusky replied: "Well I hope your beeper doesn't go off."

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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 237 points 1 day ago

Girdusky appeared indignant on social media in the hours afterwards and said in a tweet "apparently you can't go on CNN if you make a joke."

"It was a prank, bro!"

The last refuge of the Trumpist shitheel.

[-] makyo@lemmy.world 90 points 1 day ago

Playing off hate as a joke, this is why it's okay to punch nazis

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 1 day ago

Punching nazis always produces a smile if not a laugh

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yup, there's also this idea that certain people like to posit that Nazis never laugh or attempt to make jokes. It's not that you aren't joking, it's what your joke says about you.

I can understand that in a particular moment you're not calling for the literal death of your political opponents, yet still believe you'd be pretty okay with the literal death of your political opponents, and your "joke" may well help me be more confident in my conclusion.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

That's because it's true. Fascists fundamentally destroy humor. They aren't joking when they say this stuff. They just say they are.

It's so much more straightforward than people act like.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

Yeah. This was definitely a joke. It’s also definitely not a joke whose teller I want anywhere near a political panel or as the guest on a news show. I wouldn’t think of this joke, it makes my skin crawl. The fact that he not only thought of it, but found it worthy of saying, speaks volumes as to how he thinks about people.

[-] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 23 hours ago

Nazis never laugh or attempt to make jokes

To be fair, the original Nazis were German...

[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

German comedian in monotone: I just flew in to Zurich and my armz, zey are tired.

Audience: cough.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yup. It came off as ignorant hate, not a joke.

“I’m a supporter of the Palestinians, so I’m used to it.”

“Well, then I hope your beeper doesn’t go off.”

“Did you just say I should die?”

“Are you a Hamas?”

https://youtu.be/QwmFv4jnH-4

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

That was my point. His response was, "It was a joke, bro" which is the last refuge of Trumpist shit heels like him. "I'm sorry that my racist, hateful comment offended you."

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Absolutely. I was supporting your point with the interview itself, since it wasn’t linked in the article.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago
[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

No worries. You’re totally right.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago

It's always a joke when these folks get pushback.

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago

That’s called a Schrödingers douchebag. Something is both a joke and not a joke until one is called out.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago
[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

I thought that was when he cheated on his wives

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 day ago

This goes back a long way. There are posts on neo-nazi BBS systems from the 80s where they are talking about the strategy of making a racist comment, then playing it off as a joke if there’s pushback, and noting that a given audience may be receptive to more extreme and overt racist messaging in the future.

[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Well, people like this Girdusky are a joke. At least that much is certain.

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