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What an ass. I give him credit for apologizing, at least. Kids should never be brought into this.
Yes, I do give him credit on apolozing thought I think he should have never made the comment in the first place.
You know, I buy these apologies less and less these days. It seems too convenient, now - every time someone says something they *know* they shouldn't - they just apologies and think it's OK. . . and then fouls again.
The POINT of an apology is to say "sorry, I will not do it again" - and then actually make a strong effort not to do it again.
Beck makes no such effort to avoid labeling and offending people. thus, from him, this apology is fake.
I agree. How many people took David Letterman's apology as being serious when he made fun of Sarah Palin's children. It is the same thing you say a joke you know you shouldn't say and then apologize for it afterwards.
I agree. How many people took David Letterman's apology as being serious when he made fun of Sarah Palin's children. It is the same thing you say a joke you know you shouldn't say and then apologize for it afterwards.
hmm, Beck's joke made fun of the "george bush hates black people" line. Letterman's made fun of child rape. i'm thinking the two =\=
Maybe I missed it, but did Beck come out and say that obviously he meant the other older daughter-- and just got their names confused?
hmm, Beck's joke made fun of the "george bush hates black people" line. Letterman's made fun of child rape. i'm thinking the two =\=
There was nothing wrong with the skit until he got to the point of talking about the kids education to my mind. At that point, he crossed the line.
I could careless who Letterman was talking about, whether he meant the older daughter or not. The fact still remains he went after a child.
since we are discussing propriety, the content of the joke is not a seperate issue. the mere mention of a politicians' family is not verboten; had Beck said "now i will give him credit on this, he appears to have a very nice family, malia and her sister appear to be well adjusted happy girls" etc no one would have lost their mind exploding about howtheycan'tbelievebeckwouldbringuptheidslikethat. so the content is indeed part of the conversation. saying that a politicians' child would internalize that politicians' opinions about his opposition is a good deal less offensive than calling a politicians child a slut at best and thinking that their child being raped would be funny at worst.
i'm not out here saying that the idea was a good one. even beck doesn't think that. but to say this is the equivalent of the letterman bit? no.
Stupid skit and stupid comment. If I'd been listening I probably would have changed the station.
One question..
Was it inappropriate for Obama to use his daughter to reinforce his message regarding the oil spill?
Did he insult her by doing so? Then no. If Beck had refrained from insulting her education, would his skit been appropriate? Yup.
Beck's comment was in response to Obama bringing his daughter to the forefront by including her comment (real or fictional, who knows) into the discussion. Somehere have said that children should be left out of politics, so does that mean all the time, or just when they are made fun of?
Stupid skit and stupid comment. If I'd been listening I probably would have changed the station.
One question..
Was it inappropriate for Obama to use his daughter to reinforce his message regarding the oil spill?
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