# Poor Leslie Jones.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-leslie-jones/764370>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 29, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-leslie-jones/764370 "2016-08-29T04:03:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-leslie-jones/764370/21 "2016-08-30T17:47:01Z")

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> [@HookerChemical](#):
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> It’s reported that many of the racist and homophobic tweets being attributed to her were faked, so keep that in mind as well.

I know.

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-leslie-jones/764370/22 "2016-08-31T05:26:42Z")

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> [@monstro](#):
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> And you would know about [racism](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2899707&postcount=40), wouldn’t you?

Hello, search function! You done good.

I also think that part of why these bastards keep going after her even harder is because it’s apparent that it’s bothering her. And rightly so. But to the illiterate bottom dwelling assholes of the world, that makes her chum in the water, of the most delicious kind. So frigging hateful. I’m just glad Milo the Moron got his. Here’s to hoping there’s more where that came from.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-leslie-jones/764370/23 "2016-08-31T17:47:06Z")

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> [@monstro](#):
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> And you would know about [racism](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2899707&postcount=40), wouldn’t you?

Ugh. (Not you, the post you linked to)  
Seriously though, I think where she made a mistake was feeding the trolls. Not all bullies are the same. Some will back down if you stand up to them. These idiots were more like your little brother playing, “I’m not touching you!” in the back seat of the car. They wanted a reaction and she gave them one. If she had just blocked them without saying a word back, then it would’ve died after just a few tweets. Instead, it kept going.

I’m not saying what they did was right, but you know, DNFTT.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-leslie-jones/764370/24 "2016-08-31T21:18:43Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> I’ve heard people say she’s just a stereotypical ‘obnoxious assertive black woman’ or something to that effect, I don’t think people realize she’s doing a parody of that.

This. She’s like the female Tracy Morgan. And I loves me some Tracy Morgan.

For those of you unfamiliar with her here’s a video of her and Louis C.K. doing an SNL skit. In this one they even make a meta-joke about the way she talks.

and here's one with her and Peter Dinklage.
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SQ44aQWnH4I/maxresdefault.jpg "Naked & Afraid: Celebrity Edition - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ44aQWnH4I)

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