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https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/charlie-brown-thanksgiving-criticized-as-racist

Youre a racist man, Charlie Brown!

Critics are slamming ABCs A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving for seating its only black character, Franklin, alone on one side of the holiday table in a rickety old lawn chair.

Meanwhile, white friends including Peppermint Patty, Charlie Brown, Sally and even Snoopy were all seated across from him in real chairs as they feasted, Twitter users pointed out.
The special, which debuted Nov. 20, 1973, aired again on Wednesday prompting social media outrage over the gangs highly unwoke picnic table arrangement.

Why is Franklin in Charlie Brown Thanksgiving sitting all by himself at the table. Man. Things that I did not notice as a child, @Asharp52 blasted on Twitter.

Others said good grief over a seating chart that would have thrilled George Wallace.

Not watching Charlie Brown Thanksgiving anymore, until they sit some people on the same side of the table as Franklin, another critic tweeted, along with two black power-style fist emojis.

The scene in question centers on an impromptu holiday feast of toast, jelly beans and ice cream in Charlie Browns backyard.

At one point, poor lonesome Franklin topples over in his half-broken chair.

They give our friend the busted chair and wont even sit on the same side of the table, more proof that Charlie Brown and his cohorts are RACIST, slammed Twitter user @mwizzy128.

But others defended the classic special, pointing out its creator Charles Schulz fought to add Franklin to the cast to stand up against racism in 1968.

Seriously please get some historical context. Charles M. Schultz was a trailblazer and bucked racism in those days by adding Franklin to reflect the issue and challenging what was then going on in society, tweeted California radio show host Mark Larson.
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What critics? This has always been a joke people made about the special. Ive heard it jokingly for years. Fox is either acting like those jokes are legitimate or citing like 2 twitter users.
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Kinda reminds me of how Huckleberry Finn is commonly banned for being racist, when the one of the central themes of the book is how dumb racism is.
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Imbeciles
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Charlie Brown Supported Barry Goldwater
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DarkRoast posted...

Kinda reminds me of how Huckleberry Finn is commonly banned for being racist, when the one of the central themes of the book is how dumb racism is.

Same as To Kill a Mockingbird But id imagine that has more to do with people not being able to separate language from a period from the message itself, not with people not understanding the message.
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those statistics are misleading and you know it, charlie brown
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VipaGTS posted...

DarkRoast posted...

Kinda reminds me of how Huckleberry Finn is commonly banned for being racist, when the one of the central themes of the book is how dumb racism is.

Same as To Kill a Mockingbird But id imagine that has more to do with people not being able to separate language from a period from the message itself, not with people not understanding the message.

Huckleberry Finn also suffers from literary circles often debating whether or not something is satire.
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Freddie_Mercury posted...

those statistics are misleading and you know it, charlie brown

He was just pulling out his cellphone, Charlie Brown
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We need to address the cannabalism first.
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another day another manufactured controversy, good job fox news!
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https://xkcd.com/2051/

Conservative "journalists" in 2018.
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Fox News literally reporting on memes for a decade ago to manufacture more racial division? Must be a day that ends in 'y'.

They also made the Indians short with big noses. Everything is racist now. 2018 has everyone woke

CircleOfManias posted...

https://xkcd.com/2051/

Conservative "journalists" in 2018.

So fucking accurate
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Random ass tweets from nobodies are somehow newsworthy.
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Serious Cat posted...

We need to address the cannabalism first.

??????????
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