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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Jun 2016

      Ralph Nader regrets the fact you can't buy "Negro-joke books, Jewish-joke books, Polish-joke books" etc.pic.twitter.com/ODHWD0U14J

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Jun 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      That Nader interview, with much else of interest, can be found here: https://psmag.com/election-season-politics-with-ralph-nader-public-interest-crusader-82d6fbd6e13d#.w3ay7t932 …

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Jun 2016
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      Ralph Nader thinks the kids today are too soft & maybe should do some push-ups in the army.pic.twitter.com/q0924ryWrO

      22 replies 25 retweets 27 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Jun 2016

      Strangely enough, the ethnic joke books Ralph Nader mentioned still exist in India, where Sikh jokes are basically same as old Polish jokes.

      7:11 PM - 6 Jun 2016
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        1. Candice King‏ @cklibabeth83 6 Jun 2016
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          racist jokes are all basically the same - only the subject of mockery changes

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        1. Troy Goodfellow‏ @TroyGoodfellow 6 Jun 2016
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          Trying to think of the last time I saw a Newfie joke book.

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        1. Boyd Erman‏Verified account @BoydErman 6 Jun 2016
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          unless you were in Sask and then they were Ukrainian jokes.

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        2. James Ledbetter‏Verified account @jledbetter 6 Jun 2016
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          They still exist in the US! https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_fb_0_11?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ethnic+joke+book&sprefix=ethnic+joke%2Caps%2C134 …

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Jun 2016
          Replying to @jledbetter

          Yeah, lots of books. And also lots of ethnic & race stand up comedy. I don't know what Nader is thinking.

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        1. NeilT‏ @biliousbarnacle 6 Jun 2016
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          God how I hate being told lame Dumb Newfie jokes...my polite "that's enough" smile countered with exhortations to lighten up...

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        1.  🔵 Mr. Blue  🔵‏ @OneKindOfBlue 6 Jun 2016
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          My Indian Hindu & Sikh colleagues called a truce on that stuff long ago.

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        1. Emm Martin‏ @emmartin173 6 Jun 2016
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          Having Trikki Nikki Haley as my governor, I can understand why they would linger on.

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        1. NYC118  🇺🇦‏ @nyc118 6 Jun 2016
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          Will somebody take home to see Old Jews Telling Jokes, or at least give him the DVD?

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        1. Arish Singh‏ @arishish 6 Jun 2016
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          But strong efforts in India to ban jokes todays, in past some like Khushwant Singh championed them in free speech terms like Nader

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