EXCLUSIVE: Upstate N.Y. politician under fire for allegedly racist tweet at MSNBC anchor Melissa Harris-Perry

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/upstate-pol-stirs-race-furor-tweet-msnbc-anchor-article-1.1780967

ALBANY — A Dutchess County official has touched off a furor by telling a black MSNBC news anchor on Twitter, “Keep your stinking paws off my kid, you damned dirty ape.”

The remark by Jim Coughlan, the Dutchess County controller and a candidate for state Senate, was directed at Melissa Harris-Perry in response to remarks she made about child-rearing that upset many conservatives.

Coughlan said he had no idea that Harris-Perry is black and denied the comment had racist undertones, saying he simply repeating a “well-known quote from the Planet of the Apes.”

That's just too funny.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Her lisp is kind of sexy. I'd love to hear her talk dirty.

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Her lisp is kind of sexy. I'd love to hear her talk dirty.

D is right, you're on a roll today.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

He said he didn't know she was black. Even if she wasn't why call someone an ape? They are such name callers. Pathetic.

[GandD 5,966]

D is right, you're on a roll today.

It's G. I'm the G. Because I'm the man and the man comes first.

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Hell yes. Bichez betta rekanize.

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It's G. I'm the G. Because I'm the man and the man comes first.

And in some cultures, not at all

Hell yes. Bichez betta rekanize.

I'm going to pray for you.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

People have actually said it on here about black people and then denied it was racist.

At the end of the day, racist or not, it's just stupid.

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People have actually said it on here about black people and then denied it was racist.

At the end of the day, racist or not, it's just stupid.

Because they're racist. Everyone knows the connotation behind it. To call a woman who wants more attention for kids in school a damn filthy ape, that's some old school racism.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Well a guy on here once referred to Michele Obama as 'Zira to his Cornelius' and then tried to make out how it wasn't racist because apparently it was fine to compare Dubya to a chimpanzee.

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Well a guy on here once referred to Michele Obama as 'Zira to his Cornelius' and then tried to make out how it wasn't racist because apparently it was fine to compare Dubya to a chimpanzee.

I've seen that here. The issue is when white people say other white people are monkeys, it's only perceived one of two ways. Either it's laughed at because it's just plain stupid, or it's acceptable because the human race is said to evolve from them. When it's black people, it's only seen one way. And that's because back then there were scientific movements that were determined to prove black people couldn't be counted as fully human.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/upstate-pol-stirs-race-furor-tweet-msnbc-anchor-article-1.1780967

ALBANY — A Dutchess County official has touched off a furor by telling a black MSNBC news anchor on Twitter, “Keep your stinking paws off my kid, you damned dirty ape.”

The remark by Jim Coughlan, the Dutchess County controller and a candidate for state Senate, was directed at Melissa Harris-Perry in response to remarks she made about child-rearing that upset many conservatives.

Coughlan said he had no idea that Harris-Perry is black and denied the comment had racist undertones, saying he simply repeating a “well-known quote from the Planet of the Apes.”

That's just too funny.

James “Jim” Coughlan is a Republican politician and the current Comptroller for Dutchess County, New York.

Will these people ever learn?!

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It's G. I'm the G. Because I'm the man and the man comes first.

Do you miss all the cold and snow in Canada?

[GandD 5,966]

Do you miss all the cold and snow in Canada?

D says its too hot here. I told her the perfect temperature for humans is one that I can stand naked in and not have my nips go hard That's the temperature at which humans are meant to exist.

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D says its too hot here. I told her the perfect temperature for humans is one that I can stand naked in and not have my nips go hard That's the temperature at which humans are meant to exist.

I'm out of likes. I'm beginning to act all loose like Val.