Faux News' E.D. Hill's asinine 'fist bump' terror alert

Fist bump makes you a terrorist?!

Sheesh, this is really getting nutty. I suppose that means I and a particular set of friends of mine would also be suspected terrorists too when we fist bump? If I was able to think of a stronger word than 'asinine' I'd be suggesting it right now.

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by: AlexM @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 07:08:38 AM CDT

Racist

Flat-out racist suggestion. That has been a greeting in African-American culture for longer than I can remember. But then all of his imaginary boogeymen probably look alike, I'm sure it's hard for him to keep all the stereotypes organized. Seeing as it has since been co-opted into white culture, Hill better be prepared to ship the cast of Superbad and most of Hollywood off to Guantanamo.

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by: jackalope @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 07:24:47 AM CDT

asinine indeed

In what is probably totally typical ignorance from a white person, I had no idea that this gesture had its roots in African-American culture.  In any case, my friends and are on the Gitmo list, too.  And seriously, if you've never seen this gesture before, or you find it threatening, what kind and size of rock have you been hiding under?  The commentary on the clip is hilarious: "Is this a signal that young people get?"  ha!  

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by: theSlowPion @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 09:24:45 AM CDT

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Wiki

...says the origin is likely from Fred Carter during his NBA days, or possibly a mutation on "Wonder-Twin Powers Activate!" (though that isn't quite the same thing,) both from the 1970's. I remember being taught how to do it as a small child by several of my mother's students at Acadia High School in Florida over 30 years ago. It and other non-WASP greetings interested me much more than the death-grip handshake my father made me practice so that I wouldn't appear effeminate in public.
I see it as racist, or at the least xenophobic, because you're right; unless they've just emerged from a bomb shelter, the suggestion is totally disingenuous. Another deliberate attempt to portray Obama as foreign and scary to their yokel audience.
Unfortunately for them, this is sillier than Rachel Ray's paisley scarf to any sane person. I wonder what would Hill and her "expert" would make of the famed 'gay handshake'?

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by: jackalope @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 11:08:34 AM CDT

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Who knew....

All those professional athletes I've seen for years doing the fist bump were terrorists!!!!! Somebody'd better contact the NBA and NFL as well as Home Land Security! We're inundated!!!!!

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by: dcguy202 @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 07:34:49 AM CDT

Exactly

And I like the fist bump! IMO it signifies "team"- I loved that moment!

And it's a helluva lot better than when Al tried to give Tipper a tonsilectomy... ewww!!!

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by: Louise @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 09:58:46 AM CDT

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Ri-fucking-cockulous

That's about the strongest term I can think of.  Asinine is also applicable.

Seriously, wtf is up with everyone freaking the hell out about this?  I guess my boyfriend and I, and all our friends, are terrorists.  I mean, for the love of All, my incredibly harmless 40-yr-old-virgin type of friend participates in our "bump" moments.  There is a picture of BUSH doing the "bump", I don't remember who with, but it was posted on another blog I read.  Guess Bush is a terrorist.

...wait.  We already knew that.

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by: Nikaia @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 08:03:58 AM CDT

If the fist pump is a 'turist' sign...

WTF was the chest bump Bush did with the graduate this month?????  

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by: dcguy202 @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 08:59:22 AM CDT

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Trying to think like a right winger,

  All I can come up with,

 Fist Bump = Terrorist = Islmaist = BAD

 Chest Bump = War Hero = Christian = GOOD

 The only way I can come up with.  But than again trying to think like a right winger, I have to have just woke up, and not have taken my morning shower and had my first cup of tea.  

If I make sense? it was quite by accident.

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by: HappyCat @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 09:28:51 AM CDT

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Just wait until the word gets out

That Obama fathered two Black babies!

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by: Paul In SF @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 08:35:00 AM CDT

You know...

I had heard about THAT! Guess it's not a rumor, huh?

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by: Louise @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 10:00:23 AM CDT

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Faux News' E.D. Hill's asinine 'fist bump' terror alert

Keith Olbermann does a great take on this: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30...

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by: BarbieAnn @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 10:05:16 AM CDT

In all fairness

Murdoch didn't hire her for any other reason than how high her hemline can go and how she fills out a sweater.

And had she been a brunette, they would have popped her over to the weather desk. Watching Faux weather right now; sweet Lord that girl's cleavage goes down deep!

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by: Louise @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 10:06:30 AM CDT

'A Signal that Young Peoploe Get'?

I don't know how old the Faux News commentator was, but I'm 40, and I get the Fist Bump Terrorist Gesture informal handshake considerably better than she apparently does.

Perhaps it's something the Klan doesn't do, so she's simply unaware of it.

It's really rather remarkable how you can hear the scare quotes in her tone of voice, too.

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by: Warren @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 10:52:28 AM CDT

The only good thing coming out of this...

... is I LOVE watching Michelle and Barack's fist bump, over and over again.  I think they look adorable - their mutual love and respect is SO clear.  I say, the more Faux news plays that, the better.  

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by: OH les @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 11:10:02 AM CDT

I LOVE IT!

My little nephews taught my 68 y.o. Mom the fist bump and now they do it all the time.  What a great little gesture to relate to young voters.  Obviously the Obamas have a playful affectionate side that's very refreshing to see.

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by: sammyseattle @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 11:50:36 AM CDT

What about that thumbs up that Michelle gave Barack

right after the knuckle bump?  Oh right, I think i know, she was quickly trying to cover up her terrorist gaffe by stealing The Fonze's gesture or neutered American wholesomeness.  PUT HER IN CHAINS!

/ rolls eyes  /

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by: Lurleen @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 12:59:35 PM CDT

They need to get over it!

Giving dap, or a fist bump, or a pound or whatever you want to call it is so NOT a big deal.  And it's an indication of just how OLD mainstream media is that they're making a big deal out of it.

My kid was watching Hannah Montana the other day and Hannah and her friend gave each other "a pound" over something they had accomplished.  If America's little teenage darling is giving "dap" on the Disney Channel, then I think it's safe to say it's pretty mainstream.  I mean for crying out loud, little 6 year old girls in middle America are watching and emulating Hannah Montana.  

So really the whole gesture isn't all that interesting, or hip, or even ethnic for that matter.

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by: Cousin J @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 13:35:58 PM CDT

Poppy Bush is a "terrorist" then

and here's the undeniable proof!

Guess Dubya will be bombing Kennebunkport next...

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by: Louise @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 15:05:58 PM CDT

Oh please!!!!!

THAT's a war I'd be willing to support!

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by: dcguy202 @ Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 15:03:28 PM CDT

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Oh for god's sake

It's not a "fist bump"; it's called a "dap", and it's not even a recent phenomena.  

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by: onthesea @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 15:58:07 PM CDT

I guess with my arthritis...

and my inability to make a full fist, let alone 'bump' someone with it I can now bypass airport security and walk around the metal detectors at courthouses - If I can't give the secret handshake, I can' be a terrorist, can I????

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by: Snooky Ookums @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 17:32:48 PM CDT