# Anthony Cumia of "Opie and Anthony" fired for "racist tweets"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-cumia-of-opie-and-anthony-fired-for-racist-tweets/692381>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 5, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-cumia-of-opie-and-anthony-fired-for-racist-tweets/692381 "2014-07-05T00:02:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-cumia-of-opie-and-anthony-fired-for-racist-tweets/692381/190 "2014-07-07T19:14:37Z")

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In the link, **Shodan** says:

> [@Why do these racist comments warrant a warning while others don't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-racist-comments-warrant-a-warning-while-others-dont/640325/51):
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> That’s the problem. You are assuming that any disparaging remark about the masses in South Africa is racist. That is not necessarily the case.
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> “Part of the problem in South Africa is due to the fact that most of its populace is not experienced in living in a modern democracy”. That’s a politically correct way of saying the same thing.

**Mr. Dibble** comes back with:

> [@Why do these racist comments warrant a warning while others don't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-racist-comments-warrant-a-warning-while-others-dont/640325/55):
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> And they are **not** saying the same thing: what’s the link between “no experience with democracy” and “living in the bush”? None.

And **Shodan** :

> [@Why do these racist comments warrant a warning while others don't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-racist-comments-warrant-a-warning-while-others-dont/640325/56):
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> One is politically correct, and the other is not. They express the same opinion.

It seems pretty clear to me that **Mr. Dibble** is accurate when he says that **Shodan** ‘sees nothing wrong with saying the majority of the population in Africa’s most developed country are “fresh out of the bush”’, except it was “living in the bush” rather than “fresh out of the bush”.

“Most of its populace” = “majority of the population”; “no experience with democracy” = “living in the bush” (except one is politically correct and one is not, according to **Shodan** ). Perhaps you’d care to explain how I’ve got it wrong.

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