Orlando Jones: Liberals Should Kill Sarah Palin

Orlando Jones may be best known for his days as a comedic TV pitchman. This latest suggestion, though, is no laughing matter.

The former soda slinger who spent years telling people to "Make 7 Up Yours" fired off a series of tweets on October 22nd following the death of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. After discussing Kanye West's trip to Occupy Wall Street, Jones wrote, "Libyan Rebels kill Gaddafi, if American liberals want respect they better stop listening to Aretha & kill Sarah Palin(:"

Smiley face or not, Jones received a number of angry tweets in response to his comment, and responded to a number of them a day after his initial remark.

In response to user @Obamamamadingdo, who describes herself as a conservative woman who stands with Israel, Jones wrote, "Advocating? No. Demanding? Delusional. Poking fun @ liberals and getting a response obama mandingo... priceless(:"

When @tn4p, whose full user name is Tennessee 4 Palin, called the statement violent, he wrote, "I regret to inform you that jokes do not qualify as violent rhetoric. your angry reaction and response however, does(: keep smiling." When the user then compared his statements with those that could have inspired the shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, he followed it up by saying, "Actually, I don't think it's just a joke is an apropo response. If my tweets are so upsetting to you please do not read them(:"

Jones has appeared in a large number of TV guest star roles, including recent turns in "Necessary Roughness" and "Rules of Engagement." His film roles include "Drumline" and "The Replacements."

Comments

[Renee Girton]

11:46 PM on 12/08/2011

I was out the country when this happened, So I apologize for waying in late. I find it hard to believe that anyone actually thought Orlando Jones was calling for Sarah Palin's death. I went to his facebook and twitter page and read nothing but jokes. The headline is out of context. This isn't about Black or White. Bill Maher has said far worse. So has Howard Stern. The statement was making fun of liberals not conservatives. Palin was the punchline she has nothing to do with the joke. If you didn't like this joke fine, all comediennes are hit and miss. Get over it. He's funny.

[BachmannPalinOverdrive]

02:47 PM on 11/02/2011

Orlando's going to get sued for copyright infringement by Sarah if he doesn't watch out.

[Pappa]

08:19 AM on 11/01/2011

Just answer this question. Who is more apt to assinate for political reasons, Whites or minorities? Nuffield said.

[burtongrl]

09:22 PM on 10/29/2011

Had this been the other way around Sharpton would be all over it

[justobserve]

07:29 AM on 10/29/2011

Palin herself would defense Jones for saying this. He has learned from a Palin's page to say something outrageous just to get her/his name on the news.

[Mayor Quimby]

04:04 PM on 10/28/2011

wishing for palin's death is wrong.

gun at the broad for her nonsense thoughts and ideas but it doesnt mean she deserves to die.

any dem who even remotely defends this even with some comparison to a republican who may have wished another dem dead is an idiot too.

stuff like this cant be defended even if the other side has done it in the past.

[arrr39]

12:17 PM on 10/28/2011

Liberals are the tolerant ones with the largest intellect. Isn't obvious. Nothing they do works and are the laziest people I know. They think someone else should have to work hard for them to survive. What a concept. Liberalism = Misery.

[ddarkfury]

12:09 PM on 10/28/2011

Its fascinating how Liberals ALWAYS resort to name calling and calls of violence when they can't make a logical argument against their political rivals. I guess its no surprise that socialist states ALWAYS demonize and then murder their citizens.

A vote for a liberal is a vote for tyanny and oppression. Look how the dems leaders are encouraging violent conflicts with the OWS. They're USING these poor saps for their own political aims, then are so PROUD of themselves when someone gets hurt and it makes a headline. I guess that's what they call 'progressive'. I call it evil.

[tesfaye mengestu]

12:07 PM on 10/28/2011

Orlnado Jones, or whatever his name is has just drained out the little grey matter he has in his brain.
You can't call for a murder of any human being just because you differe in ideology. Sara Palin may not be the jewel of everbody but she is a jewel of her family. That is what Orlando Jones missed to to take into account. She is a high profile women who reached that height as he did in his comic profession, not sitting but working hard at it and then climbing the stairs one at a time. I differ with her many view but I certainly have a respect for Mrs Palin and why not?
One should never call for a murder of another human and say I was joking. How about if some wako like him will follow his advioce and take action? Hope he will write an official apology latter and ask Mrs Palin an excuse. Less of that is an acceptable.

Tesfaye Mengestu

[loki7nyc]

09:57 AM on 10/28/2011

If people will stop talking about this moronic woman, her 15 minutes of fame will come to a quicker end and she might just go away...effectively "killed". Why give her ammo to cry more about how the press victimizes her? She lives to be a professional victim.

[rgilley]

09:31 AM on 10/28/2011

This guy is wackier than Palin. He must surely be another stealth Teapublican.
eg. Blue dog Democrat.

[kemcha]

09:25 AM on 10/28/2011

Sarah Palin isn't even a viable threat to anyone and calling out for the "death of any citizen of our planet" isn't something that should be tolerated. It's akin to putting out a "contract on someone's life" and this Orlando Jones should be prosecuted for it because issuing death threats is still a crime.

[JaneK13]

08:43 AM on 10/28/2011

Enough already....leave her alone! Mean-spirited is not funny!

[rgilley]

09:32 AM on 10/28/2011

I agree leave her alone and she'll go home wagging her tail .

[MyWayE316]

07:28 AM on 10/28/2011

I am continually amazed at the double standard we all live in today. Just imagine the reaction if a white comedian said we ought to kill the President? Would that be "rascist"? I realize it was a ridiculous attempt at humor (?) or maybe just an attempt for an unknown to get ANY sort of publicity (?) But where is the outrage? Where is Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews and the gang? I know, it's Sarah Palin so that is somehow different, right? Of course it is. If you are black you can only be a victim of rascism and not an idiot spewing it!

[Stan Cunningham]

08:10 AM on 10/28/2011

Right on!

[rsaillant1]

08:10 AM on 10/28/2011

You wrote, "I am continuall­y amazed at the double standard we all live in today. Just imagine the reaction if a white comedian said we ought to kill the President?"

When was SP elected President, when did she ever run for that office? Your analogy
sucks on so many levels.

When was there ever a deep rooted, nationwide hatred of whiny white women.
Was that segment of the population ever hunted down and hung by the KKK?

If you concluded, as you stated in your comment, that it was a ridiculous attempt at humor,
why not leave it at that level and move on, leaving the racist comments unsaid?

[ddarkfury]

12:23 PM on 10/28/2011

You mean hunted down by the then-democratic party of the south, right? The KKK were the 'progressives' of their day- demonizing their opponents then resorting to violence when 'uppity' blacks earned their way to success and disproved the allegation that they were too ignorant to achieve anything?

I think the anology is appropriate. Its ok to degrade women as long as they're conservative. Its also ok to degrade christians and businessmen. Go ahead, pee on a cross and call it art. I'd like to see you libs do that to a Koran.

[Wayne Simanovsky]

07:24 AM on 10/28/2011

Somebody should kill orlando jones.

[Stan Cunningham]

08:11 AM on 10/28/2011

Very brave! Right on!