December 22, 2013
Aren't We Lucky?
The popular leader of a comedy troupe that looks like a zombie version of ZZ Top has made a somewhat edgy and vulgar comment that has the ministry of acceptable discourse all in a tizzy. The fellow has been fired. There are thoughts i generally agree with on this matter of great importance here, here, here, here and from the always interesting Camille Paglia here. This is at once silly, disturbing and perhaps even a bit heartening...
You see, so quiet is the domestic and international stage that it is the only news story worth talking about.
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Posted by: The Brickmuppet at
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Fortunately we live in a world where the top story is that a Duckhunter has been fired by a TV network.
I for one approve of this.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Sun Dec 22 19:07:52 2013 (Izt1u)
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There was no "edgy and vulgar" comment. The interviewer asked: "what do you consider a sin", and the dude replied with a fairly standard list, for a bible-thumper. It's like Bush's WMD that were #16 in the Colin Powell's List Of Reasons To Remove Saddam. Suddenly it's the only one anyone know about because MSM decreed so.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at Mon Dec 23 14:45:29 2013 (RqRa5)
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I stand by it. His attempt to explain why straight men might find the topic icky did stray into vulgarity. Also, any speech in a national venue that does not treat said topic with fawning adoration is pretty edgy nowadays, as his firing demonstrates.
("Edgy" meaning skirting at or just over the edge of cultural acceptability.)
OTOH, as for the networks cherry picking his words and rearanging them to make the statement maximally 'ungood'...well yeah. You get no argument from me.
Your comparison to Bush's many reasons for removing Saddam is pretty close to the mark. I was particularly offended that his closing quote on the matter was so thoroughly excised from the reports that I didn't even read it until
Sunday night
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at Mon Dec 23 16:11:44 2013 (DnAJl)
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