To be fair — I think there has been some overreaction.
you want to see over reaction, a big name conservative should make a snarky joke about lettermans wife and them having a child out of wedlock..THAT will bring an over reaction from the left that would make this letterman dustup look like childs play..
Did you hear the one about A-rod in a three way with Obama’s daughters?
I didn’t think so. Neither did I.
I agree completely. The larger problem is the double-standard. Comedians are hard-hitting on conservatives, and hands-off for liberals. Liberals are OK with making obnoxious statements about conservatives, and ask for someone’s head when the same statement is made about one of their own. That’s a huge problem.
There can be a similar double-standard from conservatives who think calling Sarah Palin a “slutty flight attendant” is horrible — but proceed to make jokes about the girth of Hillary Clinton’s ankles. The only difference is whose appearance is off-limits.
I do not have a double-standard. The joke was obnoxious, regardless of the target. But, I don’t care for the liberal premise that someone should lose their livelihood because of an obnoxious comment. I also don’t care for people running around asking for apologies all the time.
There is a separate problem that comedians seem to be in the business of being obnoxious these days. Part of it is that the public is similarly obnoxious ... demand drives the supply. Decorum is unfortunately a thing of the past —from both the right and the left.
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