#but some are just plain fucking stupid!!! Like there's an unpopular opinion channel with like polls and shit that anyone puts whenever and

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This uni discord I'm on is a nice idea but, my fucking god, they've got some stupid rules.

#Like there's a shit ton of channels and like yeah some are great it's nice to have subject ones and question ones and to keep them separate #but some are just plain fucking stupid!!! Like there's an unpopular opinion channel with like polls and shit that anyone puts whenever and #naturally y'know people discuss the polls but then the admins (or are just ex-students #current students + applicants) are like oooh no debates here take it to general but! like! usually there's other convoys happening in #general and it's rude to interrupt and start a new one or like that's where people join and get assigned so basically general is super #clogged up already so IT MAKES NO SENSE to drag unpopular opinion chats awaaaay from their origins and into there. It's! So! Daft!

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CNN Host Cuomo Mocked After Claiming ‘Fredo’ Was the Equivalent of ‘the N-Word’ During Run in With Heckler

CNN host Chris Cuomo was mocked online after he claimed the name “Fredo” was the equivalent of “the N-Word” during a confrontation with a heckler.

The filmed run-in was posted to Twitter on Monday and went viral quickly, depicting Cuomo yelling angrily at a man after he had called him “Fredo” — a reference to Fredo Corleone, the weak brother of the Corleone crime family in “The Godfather.”

Cuomo claimed that using the name “Fredo” as an insult was “disparaging” to Italians and that the name was the equivalent of “the N-word” to African-Americans.

“Punk ass b*tches from the right call me ‘Fredo.’ My name is Chris Cuomo, I’m an anchor on CNN,” said the CNN host before threatening to throw the man “down these stairs like a f***ing punk” and that Cuomo would “f***ing wreck his s**t.”

Watch the video here:

A man in NY yesterday approached CNN's Chris Cuomo and called him "Fredo"

Cuomo: "You're going to have a problem"

Man: "What are you going to do about it?"

Cuomo: "I'll fuckin ruin your shit. I'll fucking throw you down these stairs"

Credit: "THAT'S THE POINT with Brandon" pic.twitter.com/4iWwzaSQpF

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 13, 2019

CNN executive Matt Dornic came to the defense of Cuomo, saying that the network “completely support[s] him” after the president’s eldest son — Donald Trump, Jr. — said that he “assum[ed]” that CNN was “not be available for comment.”

Chris Cuomo defended himself when he was verbally attacked with the use of an ethnic slur in an orchestrated setup. We completely support him.

— Matt Dornic (@mdornic) August 13, 2019

Dornic then took it a step further, attacking Trump, Jr. and his brother Eric Trump as “dumb brothers” in response to another tweet by the president’s eldest son.

Speaking of dumb brothers…. cc: @EricTrump

— Matt Dornic (@mdornic) August 13, 2019

Reactions to the video from other users were mixed.

Some users mocked Cuomo:

About an hour after the video’s posting, a user on Twitter pointed out that a guest on Cuomo’s show — commentator Ana Navarro — had described the president’s son as “Fredo” in the past while on-air.

Welp, this is awkward. Here's a clip of @ananavarro calling @DonaldJTrumpJr "fredo" on…Chris Cuomo's show. https://t.co/gUMoyWvvEQ

— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) August 13, 2019

President Donald Trump gave his thoughts as well, saying “the truth hurts” and that he “thought Chris was Fredo also” in a tweet on Tuesday morning.

I thought Chris was Fredo also. The truth hurts. Totally lost it! Low ratings @CNN https://t.co/yBpGjt4N1T

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 13, 2019

Others did not hold back their thoughts, with one user calling Cuomo’s equivocation of “the N-word” and “Fredo” as “pure racism.”

Did @ChrisCuomo  just say that “Fredo” is to Italians what the N word is to black people? Th N word is a dehumanizing word used against blacks who endured years of oppression. Fredo is a term from The Godfather, referring to the dumb brother. Equivocating the two is pure racism.

— Katrina Pierson (@KatrinaPierson) August 13, 2019

Does CNN’s head of PR still think “Fredo” is an ethnic slur after watching this? Because if it’s the N word for Italians like @ChrisCuomo says, I don’t understand why Chris seems so at ease with someone saying it here. An excuse just as fake as his news. #FredoCuomo https://t.co/8G8yuY80CK pic.twitter.com/1gwVyDVCob

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 13, 2019

Fun fact about #FredoCuomo: Mario Cuomo used to refer to @ChrisCuomo as “the dumb one.” That’s why he doesn’t like being called Fredo.

— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) August 13, 2019

So @ChrisCuomo says calling him "Fredo" is like the "N-word for us"

Weird, I don't recall him having an issue with Ana Navarro calling @DonaldJTrumpJr "Fredo" ON HIS SHOW ON CNN.

I also don't recall CNN having an issue with Rick Wilson calling Rep. Nunez "Fredo" on CNN.

Hmm… pic.twitter.com/cTdm9TdWMU

— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) August 13, 2019

As Oprah always reminds us, the n-word is the last thing black men heard before they were strung up from a tree or when black women were raped. Nothing is comparable to the n-word.

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 13, 2019

Remember when @ChrisCuomo said that Nick Sandmann was wrong for how he acted when Nathan Phillips was beating a drum in his face?

No bueno, Fredo! https://t.co/RDLGImuX0H pic.twitter.com/wI89SOyfUb

— Austen Fletcher (@fleccas) August 13, 2019

Hey, @NAACP, do you agree with @ChrisCuomo and @CNN that saying “Fredo” is the equivalent of the “N” word? #askingforafriend https://t.co/ojLF54X4uY

— Katrina Pierson (@KatrinaPierson) August 13, 2019

“Fredo” is not the “n-word for Italians.” It’s a movie reference invoked specifically to make fun of Chris Cuomo.

— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) August 13, 2019

U want to know how culturally ignorant I am? I thought for several minutes that someone called @ChrisCuomo “Frodo,” and it just really pissed him off.

I’ll admit I had no idea “Fredo” was a thing.

— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) August 13, 2019

I think the guy was being a jerk to @chriscuomo, and I certainly understand Cuomo getting pissed, but there's just no way calling someone Fredo Corleone is like the n-word. There just isn't. That's plain nuts.

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 13, 2019

So everyone must refer to @ChrisCuomo as Fredo from now on I see…

— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) August 13, 2019

So @ChrisCuomo says that “Fredo”— a character on The Godfather— is the same as the n-word? Equating the two is the very definition of white privilege and diminishes the generations of hate African Americans have had to endure. https://t.co/vbwIAran9S

— Steven Cheung (@CaliforniaPanda) August 13, 2019

Please, @NYGovCuomo, please tweet out: “@ChrisCuomo, you’re my brother, and I love you…”

— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) August 13, 2019

Some defended Cuomo:

Fox News host Sean Hannity praised Cuomo, saying that he believes that the CNN host “has zero to apologize for” and was the one who “deserves the apology.”

I say good for @ChrisCuomo

He’s out with his 9 year old daughter, and his wife, and this guy is being a jackass in front of his family.

Imho Chris Cuomo has zero to apologize for. He deserves the apology. https://t.co/VnyMNgz14U

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) August 13, 2019

Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) proclaimed that Cuomo “had every right to defend himself” while disputing the claim that “Fredo” was equivalent to “the ‘n-word.'”

1. The guy is an ass who rudely got in the face of a public figure on vacation with his family.

2. @ChrisCuomo had every right to defend himself.

3. “Fredo” is not the “n-word.”

4. Now can we move on to stuff that matters like Trump’s stupid trade war killing American farmers?

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 13, 2019

Others came to Cuomo’s defense, as well.

I am not a fan of Chris Cuomo in the slightest but the guy insulted him and then sketchily recorded it. I don’t think that’s cool.

— Lisa Boothe (@LisaMarieBoothe) August 13, 2019

UNPOPULAR OPINION: Don’t approach a man in public and start chirping at him, film it, then whine when you get put in your place. @ChrisCuomo did nothing wrong here. Leave people alone and mind your own business. pic.twitter.com/yHTWXIwNoY

— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) August 13, 2019

Good for @ChrisCuomo – standing up for himself (and his family) when harassed in an orchestrated setup

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 13, 2019

Although I disagree that calling #ChrisCuomo "Fredo" = calling a black person the n-word, I get his point and support his response to this rightwing loser who ambushed him. Some people think having a cell phone & You Tube channel makes them journalists. 11 yr olds have both, so..

— Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) August 13, 2019

Too many of us have seen this happen when we are out with out famIiies. If this continues someone is going to get hurt. Have some respect. @ChrisCuomo has every right to defend himself and his family. https://t.co/UD6g3hy9Mo

— Corey R. Lewandowski (@CLewandowski_) August 13, 2019

Additionally, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci tweeted out his support for Cuomo, agreeing that “Fredo” was a “slur” and that the confrontation was “quite racist.”

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