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I just a little follow these

ocean-kat — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 00:11:43 +0000

In reply to I'd likely go along with his

I just a little follow these pop culture controversies so I never heard Silverman's "chink" joke or the controversy it spawned. I've taken stands for minority and gender rights on job sites when people make jokes that have cost me but I have to say I thought the joke was hilarious and actually sent a good message at it's core. It didn't mock the Chinese it mocked the stupidity of racism and how people don't realize their racism.

You have a point. It s about

rmrd0000 — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:36:42 +0000

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You have a point. It s about eyeballs

Michael Eric Dyson defends Mahrer and will replace Al Franken as a guest.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-maher-cancellations-racial-slur...

Ice Cube will also be a guest

http://thegrapevine.theroot.com/ice-cube-to-appear-on-bill-maher-to-disc...

I'm a big proponent of

ocean-kat — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:54:29 +0000

In reply to Ted Nugent uses weapon

I'm a big proponent of pointing out the misogyny that exists in the world but I don't think that's the major cause of the different treatment. Nugent is a conservative who largely performs for fringe conservative audiences and republicans protect their own in ways that democrats don't. Maher is on a non MSM corporation that is famous for it's violence and sexual porn series like Game of Thrones and The Sopranos. It pushes the edge in many ways and Maher's show courts controversy by design and is just a little more serious version of Howard Stern. Saying outrageous things is part of Maher's and his shows shtick. Griffin is affiliated with a respectable MSM news corporation that has a reputation to protect. Nugent or Maher would likely have been fired if they had MSM gigs on something like CNN and Griffin would likely have survived if she had an off channel comedy show.

I'd likely go along with his

barefooted — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:47:53 +0000

In reply to I like Wesley Morris' take on

I'd likely go along with his take on it, too, if Maher hadn't been here before.

Quite unlady-like of her, eh?

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:13:28 +0000

In reply to Ted Nugent uses weapon

Quite unlady-like of her, eh? Alas, even Lucrezia Borgia was slandered quite mercilessly.

Ted Nugent uses weapon

rmrd0000 — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:26:24 +0000

In reply to Bill Maher's much worse than Kathy Griffin

Ted Nugent uses weapon imagery as metaphor with no problem. Maher uses the n-word with no problem. Kathy Griffin gets fired and has concerts canceled. The obvious variable is gender.

I really thought Maher would get a time out.

I like Wesley Morris' take on

artappraiser — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 22:59:57 +0000

In reply to Bill Maher's much worse than Kathy Griffin

I liked Wesley Morris' take on the Maher story:

What Was Bill Maher’s Big Mistake? @ NYTimes, June 4

Morris is Critic-at-Large for the Times, won a Pulitzer for criticism in 2012 and also happens to be Afro-American, grew up in Philly...in 1997 he graduated from Yale University,[7]where he had been a film critic for student newspaper...for four years...etc.

So it's not like he's some old fart not up with the zeitgeist and current pop culture.

I thought Mahrer would at

rmrd0000 — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 22:39:34 +0000

In reply to Ironic, eh? But what do *you*

I thought Mahrer would at least get a time out. Responses I heard are all over the map.

Ironic, eh? But what do you

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 21:44:34 +0000

In reply to Interesting, "Real Time" is

Ironic, eh? But what do *you* think, if I don't already gwt oblique references, and what's your sense of how the black community sees it if you feel you can say?

Interesting, "Real Time" is

rmrd0000 — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:39:25 +0000

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Interesting, "Real Time" is scheduled for broadcast on Friday. Senator Franken canceled his appearance. Ice Cube and former Bernie Sanders spokesperson Simone Sanders are scheduled to appear.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-maher-controversy-al-franken_us...