'Shock jock' Rosenberg says he apologized to Mayor Mamdani for calling him a 'cockroach'

'Shock jock' Rosenberg says he apologized to Mayor Mamdani for calling him a 'cockroach'
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Rosenberg said he spoke privately with his wife, his daughter and other close friends before recording the message and said he “didn’t sleep last night.”

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A City Hall spokesperson said Rosenberg did not contact the mayor directly. “Time will tell how sincere of an apology it is,” Mamdani said on Wednesday.

Yeah, though I have a guess what time will reveal.

Rosenberg has a history of incendiary remarks. He referred to tennis legend Venus Williams as an “animal” and once referred to the U.S. Women’s Olympic soccer team as “juiced-up dykes.” He also mocked singer Kylie Minogue’s breast cancer diagnosis.

Time didn’t stop him from making this new remark. And, hey, when reading that archived article linked in the original post:

He has also called female soccer players “juiced-up dykes,” claimed “faggots play tennis,” and said Palestinians were “stinking animals.”

Hm! Yeah, going to need a lot of time to believe that he means it.

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MAGAJew right here.

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“*removed*s play tennis?”

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He said “*removed*s play tennis.” Not sure if that’s a worse slur than dykes or not, but both are shitty things to say.

EDIT: Apparently Lemmy or this instance has a slur filter. It’s the F-word against gay men.

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Thanks. Censorship is dumb.

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I can see the slur, so maybe it’s lemmy.world

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Sounds like he’s angling for some free publicity.

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If you are new yorker isn’t calling someone a cockroach the same as calling them family.

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