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Gwyneth Paltrow Defends N-Word Tweet. The Dream attempts to eat the charge.

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Slayven

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http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity...s-n-word-tweet-its-the-title-of-a-song-201246


Controversial GOOP-er Gwyneth Paltrow stirred up some trouble in the Twittersphere over the weekend.

Paltrow, 39, retweeted a photo of her on stage during her friend Jay-Z's Paris concert Saturday, rocking out with the "Encore" rapper and his Watch the Throne partner, Kanye West.

N----- in paris for real," the actress wrote, addressing fellow concert attendee The Dream -- and also reaching nearly one million Twitter users who follow the actress on the micro-blogging site.

It didn't take long for backlash from angry Tweeters to start rolling in, prompting Paltrow to do a little backtracking.

"Hold up. It's the title of the song!" she wrote on Sunday.

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Producer The Dream (real name Terius Nash) leapt to Paltrow's defense as well. "FYI, sorry for the confusion. I typed 'N----- in Paris for real' from Gwen's phone, my bad," he tweeted about his concert-going experience. "Please excuse it! We were lit."
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No Dream, no.

https://twitter.com/GwynethPaltrow/status/208693551163379712
 
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Omega

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Who cares.

I'm so tired of people overreacting to a word. What's worse is, black people have had no problem making the word itself meaningless yet when a white person says it, it's the end of the world..

This is almost as stupid as when that kid got suspended from school for dressing up as MLK.
 
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Foxy Fox 39

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Clint Beastwood said:
Who cares.

I'm so tired of people overreacting to a word. What's worse is, black people have had no problem making the word itself meaningless yet when a white person says it, it's the end of the world..

This is almost as stupid as when that kid got suspended from school for dressing up as MLK.
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Interesting post here.
 
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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I'm just saying, "That's the name of the song," is a pretty good defense.
 
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MThanded

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Producer The Dream (real name Terius Nash) leapt to Paltrow's defense as well. "FYI, sorry for the confusion. I typed 'N----- in Paris for real' from Gwen's phone, my bad," he tweeted about his concert-going experience. "Please excuse it! We were lit."
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Now thats news worthy. Gwyneth getting high with The Dream.
 
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Aselith

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Probably a bunch of white folks who are mad that Gwyneth used it but they aren't "allowed." Aspiring racists need to get blown.
 
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NumberTwo

Paper or plastic?
This is a non issue IMHO.

EDIT: I should clarify, it was still a stupid comment. But not one worth the news it's garnering .
 
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DY_nasty

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Its the name of the song lol

I want to smoke with Gwyneth though.
 
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Horse Detective

Why the long case?
I hate when something pops up on the news, and it feels like I should be angry, but I am not.

Maybe I will stop watching anything with Gwyneth in it, at least long enough to fool others into thinking I am on board with the stagnant traditional values Twitter users apparently now have.
 
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Dead Man

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I expect this sort of outrage from stupid people, but I thought GAF was better than this. Fucking disappointed that people on here are making this a thing.

Slayven said:
Why was she referencing people that had nothing to do with the song?
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You're going to have to explain this to me.
 
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Steelrain

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Dead Man said:
I expect this sort of outrage from stupid people, but I thought GAF was better than this. Fucking disappointed that people on here are making this a thing.



You're going to have to explain this to me.
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With the amount of faux outrage that gets pumped through the OT, you're really surprised?
 
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Htown

STOP SHITTING ON MY MOTHER'S HEADSTONE
Clint Beastwood said:
Who cares.

I'm so tired of people overreacting to a word. What's worse is, black people have had no problem making the word itself meaningless yet when a white person says it, it's the end of the world..

This is almost as stupid as when that kid got suspended from school for dressing up as MLK.
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Yeah it totally sucks that black people can use a word historically used by white people to demean and dehumanize black people, but white people aren't allowed to use a word historically used by white people to demean and dehumanize black people.

So unfair.
 
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