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"Kramer's" Racist Tirade -- Caught on Tape
TMZ ^
| 11/20/06
| TMZ Staff
Posted on 11/20/2006 7:03:27 AM PST by torchthemummy
Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.
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To: Defiant
Sounds like a muslim response. One set of rules for the muslims, another for the kufir.
281
posted on
11/20/2006 12:52:28 PM PST
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: go-dubya-04
I'll let you in on a little secret, regardless of their race, comedians DO like to hurt the feelings of a heckler and make them feel like an ass.
282
posted on
11/20/2006 12:53:51 PM PST
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: go-dubya-04
WAIT?!! You are EXCUSING the hate speech of Reverends of some unknown Christian faith, Al and Jesse?
We need to be able to distinguish between true hatred and th made-up crap of Jesse Jackson and the Rev Al.
Those 2 ARE bigots and vile racists. And quite public about their hatred.
283
posted on
11/20/2006 12:55:26 PM PST
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: Defiant
Better yet, why don't you tell my your ethnic heritage so I can assess whether you are allowed to respond to my posts?275 posted on 11/20/2006 3:42:59 PM EST by Defiant
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I'm sorry you said that. Was it a joke?
284
posted on
11/20/2006 12:56:08 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: 4yearlurker
It also could be that the two hecklers in the front row were planted there and part of the act. Ala Andy Kaufman style.You might have a point there. Kaufman and the entire thing with the pro wrestler on Letterman was staged, and we never figured it out till after he was dead, IIRC Letterman didn't know it either.
If it wasn't staged, that's probably the last we'll ever see or hear of Cosmo Kramer. Hannity is talking about it right now in fact...
285
posted on
11/20/2006 12:56:41 PM PST
by
ABG(anybody but Gore)
("By the time I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish you felt this good again" - Jack Bauer)
To: weegee
Still can't get yourself to say that what Richards did was plain wrong, can you? Gotta divert, say others use the word, say others are racist, say the heckler deserved it, and on and on. I don't know you well enough to say whether you are racist or not, but it seems odd that you just can't accept criticism of Richards, you have to make excuses or minimize it. Jesse Jackson? Race pimp. Hip-hop artists? Like to use N word. OK? Now, what do you think of the things Richards said to a member of his audience? Were they ok in context?
286
posted on
11/20/2006 12:58:55 PM PST
by
Defiant
(Dems don't want to lose Iraq, they just want Hillary to win it and then fly onto a carrier.)
To: Fawn
I've been working on my own raps. I am known in some circles as "Malignant R."
I've got the skillz to rule supreme
To speak ill of me is to blaspheme
I'll lead you all down the chosen path
Rise up against whitey, commence bloodbath
Take ten, you know what I mean
The White man, we needs to demean
The dark continent's victory
Shall be revenge for sad history
287
posted on
11/20/2006 1:01:18 PM PST
by
Cyclopean Squid
(Authoritarianism depends on lack of information. Totalitarianism depends on misinformation.)
To: trisham
Was it a joke? The joke is on you, as apparently you don't get it......
See, this is what you say to a heckler without involving heritage.
288
posted on
11/20/2006 1:02:01 PM PST
by
Defiant
(Dems don't want to lose Iraq, they just want Hillary to win it and then fly onto a carrier.)
To: evets
This can't be the same Kramer of the Puffy Shirt episode. Tell me it isn't so.
To: go-dubya-04
I disagree. Not all people automatically have prejudices. And I believe it is very wrong to presume that they do.
By doing so means that they are automatically racist or have racist tendencies.
Important point: you wont get beyond the "hatred" from both sides until you can assume the best of a person versus the worst.
Bottom line: it bothers be a great deal that blacks would refer to themselves in such a demeaning manner, even jokingly, if it is so serious.
To: stainlessbanner
Atlanta's Baseball team before the Braves:
To: torchthemummy
People who are truly funny do not have to resort to that kind of trash talking.
Seinfeld himself is incredibly successful, and never uses bad language.
292
posted on
11/20/2006 1:06:30 PM PST
by
Cincinna
(HILLARY & HER HINO " We are going to take things away from you for the Common Good ")
To: i_dont_chat
No excuse. It is racist and very ugly.
293
posted on
11/20/2006 1:08:24 PM PST
by
Cincinna
(HILLARY & HER HINO " We are going to take things away from you for the Common Good ")
To: Cuttnhorse
Oh, it be so.
This just in:
The jerk store called. They ran out of Michael Richards.
Just hours after TMZ exposed "Kramer's" vile and racially-charged diatribe at a Hollywood comedy club, the actor's former "Seinfeld" co-stars are weighing in.
In a statement released by Jerry Seinfeld, the comedian said, "I am sick over this. I'm sure Michael is also sick over this horrible, horrible mistake. It is so extremely offensive. I feel terrible for all the people who have been hurt."
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So, even Jerry Seinfeld, Richards' friend, can bring himself to tell Michael that what he said was "extremely offensive." Amazing that so many people here can't say that it was.
294
posted on
11/20/2006 1:11:05 PM PST
by
Defiant
(Dems don't want to lose Iraq, they just want Hillary to win it and then fly onto a carrier.)
To: kabar
Either way, the guy is an idiot.
295
posted on
11/20/2006 1:13:05 PM PST
by
ilovew
(Rummy...the best Secretary of Defense ever.)
To: Coachm
Actually the article says they were in the "cheap seats."
296
posted on
11/20/2006 1:17:13 PM PST
by
BBell
To: RetiredArmy; Cagey; Larry Lucido
I have never watched a minute of a Steinfeld show, and really don't care for these people. Jerome went from being Jewish to half Jewish half German. Lol.
To: RetiredArmy
His character reminded me of someone severely off their meds or mentally unstable. I could care less for that show or its so called actors.Can I hang out with you sometime. You seem like a lot of fun.
To: torchthemummy; All
I think that the great philosopher, Whitney Houston, said it best...
"Crack is WHACK!!!"
299
posted on
11/20/2006 1:24:57 PM PST
by
Mr. Jazzy
(God Bless the United States of America and all that defend her hard earned freedom!)
To: Defiant
The joke is on you, as apparently you don't get it...... See, this is what you say to a heckler without involving heritage.
**************
I guess I don't get it. It seemed out of character for you from your previous posts on this thread, which is why I asked.
300
posted on
11/20/2006 1:27:43 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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