Dave at least maned-up and apologized. Dave is pretty irrelevant at this point. I hate people getting fired for PC reasons, even when they are on the other side. It is our side who will take the most hits.
Agreed. It’s over, don’t try to turn Dave into a sacrifice to the PC gods. Not that I think that likely.
he manned up because he’s already lost one major advertiser (Embassy Suites) and is probably in jepordy of losing others...
We run that risk. That's why, IMO, we need to find another double-standard target and swamp them next. If we stay on message and move quickly to the next media scumbag then we can get some credibility in the public's eye and not be dismissed as a one-hit-wonder like the Imus protests were.
We need to keep in mind that the real target is the media double-standard and we need to keep increasing the pressure for the foreseeable future on every instance of it we can or the double-standard won't die.
I don’t think this is a PC issue. It is a basic decency issue. Unfortunately, Dave has outed himself as an old perv. And you’re right in a way he is irrelevant. But he crossed a line that no public (or private) person should cross, regardless of their politics, what is politically correct, or what the audience will swallow. I also wonder what is going to happen to the writer who came up with that joke and the producer and director who thought it was funny.
Manned up???????????
One week too late with a "weak" non apology about how his flawed joke was misinterpreted and so sorry if it(my joke) was misunderstood.
I would rather go down fighting than to surrender.