really?
i've heard it and of it's use several times and i was born in '76.
heard it a bunch in GA and NC.

 

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Spike Lee retweets incorrect address of George Zimmerman, violates Twitter rules

(CBS News) Movie director Spike Lee is in hot water over a Twitter retweet that has left a Florida couple fearing for their safety.

Looks like the actor and director was a little too quick to retweet the home address of Elaine and David McClain, whose youngest son's name is very close to that of George Zimmerman - the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Florida.

The incident has set off a nationwide debate over race and justice. Zimmerman has claimed self-defense and has not been arrested.

Complete coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting

To be clear, George Michael Zimmerman is the 28-year-old man who is in hiding for shooting Martin. William George Zimmerman is 41-year-old man who is the youngest son of the McClains, the Smoking Gun reports.

"My youngest son, his last name is Zimmerman and his middle name is George," McClain told WKMG local news. "He definitely owes us a big apology. All of this is really scary and it's a shame. There's no reason they put our address out there without checking to see who lived there."

According to Fox News, the couple is now living in a hotel because of hate mail, media and neighbors questioning them since the tweet went out.

The original tweet was sent out by Marcus D. Higgins, a 33-year-old Los Angeles man. Lee was one of the people Higgins tweeted to get the word out on March 23.

"@SpikeLee EVERYBODY REPOST THIS George W. Zimmerman 159 Edgewater Circle Sanford, Florida 32773," @maccapone wrote in a reply to one of Lee's tweets.

After the discovery the address was incorrect, Higgins apologized via Twitter and sent this tweet to Lee: "GOD BLESS YOU I KNOW YOU HATE ME BUT I DON'T HATE YOU I DID APOLOGY FOR RETWEET THE WRONG ADDRESS."[sic]

Lee, who has almost 250,000 followers on Twitter, has yet to release a statement or response to the case of mistaken identity. He is, however, retweeting racially-charged tweets directed at him in the fallout of events.

"People,The Thinking Behind Me Retweeting These Insane Racist Rants Is Because This Sickness Must Be Exposed.USA Post Racial Society?????????"[sic] @spikelee tweeted.

Now there is talk of Higgins and the retweeters violating Twitter's content boundaries and use, which states: "ou may not publish or post other people's private and confidential information, such as credit card numbers, street address or Social Security/National Identity numbers, without their express authorization and permission."

According to Twitter's rules, an account "may be suspended for Terms of Service violations." The real-time micro-blogging service has no official statement regarding Lee's possible violation of terms. A spokesperson for Twitter told CBS News that the company does not comment on individual stories for privacy reasons.

The company did advise that anyone in the same predicament as the McClains should file a report, which will result in an investigation and "may result in the removal of content." More information can be found at the Twitter safety help page.

 

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Spike Lee is annoying as piss, I hope he gets banned from Twitter osmethne

 

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I know, screw that Knicks loving asshole. I hope they never get to the finals until a year after he dies.

Don't know how much truth there is to any of this, but hey, why not stir the pot a little bit more?

Zimmerman's story may not hold up to scrutiny

 

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banned from Twitter?

too cruel, i hope he gets sued for 25 million

 

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does have some interesting "details" to it.

 

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I'm not saying that frequency of usage is a factor in what precisely he said, as we all have our own vocabularies, but I've certainly heard "goon" a hell of a lot more often than "coon." Somebody mentioned hockey for "goon," and I'm deep in Redwing territory, so that's a possible link for me.

Of course, I also rarely hear people be blatantly racist, unless it's on an anonymous forum like this one that is also moderated. I'm sure I'd see Combat Mage type it a few dozen times per post if it didn't mean a ban.

"Goon" is also a racial slur against Vietnamese people, but I'd never heard it in that context before it became in issue in some of McCain's past remarks in the 2008 election. Like I said before, it's a good thing Martin wasn't Vietnamese.

 

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looks like we all have it wrong...coon is a term of endearment according to Zimmerman's friend!

 

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You mean Gook, not Goon as far as Vietnamese (well actually for many different nationalities of Asian solders).

 

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