Cosmo Kramer

Donnyj · Nov 23, 2006

When is the last time you seen Chris Rock hammered for his racial insults {jokes} about white people? Sounds like a double standard to me. Move on....

RayH · Nov 23, 2006

Donnyj said:
When is the last time you seen Chris Rock hammered for his racial insults {jokes} about white people? Sounds like a double standard to me. Move on....

The technical term for this double standard is reverse racism.

AndyM · Nov 23, 2006

All of this wouldn't be a problem once everyone realizes there was only one race created...

The human race.

Peace!

Dozernut · Nov 23, 2006

The trouble with our public figures and heroes is that they are recruited from the human race. They are not special, invulnerable nor without dislikes or prejudice. I am by no means defending Richards for his actions, but I do have to give him credit for eating those stale, dry words. Now where is the apology from the heckler? We cannot hear all words spoken by the person or persons, who set off the tirade. The price of popularity is the loss of a personal life and being examined under a microscope by the media. I like my life of obscurity and any person who shows me respect will get it returned.

Dweeks · Nov 23, 2006

He is freakin broke, no money, nada, zilch.....thats why he has been working the comedy deal. His career is toast now. His antics were absolutely racial and embarrassing to the human race. There is a difference with Chris Rock and Kramer.....This was part of Chris Rocks act, but Kramer went off on the hecklers in the audience. Called the the N word repeatedly, wanted to hang them upside down and shove a fork in their rear ends. And a lot of other racial things I would rather not list here. Big difference! Remember Richard Pryor? He was funny!

NewToy · Nov 23, 2006

rvaitor said:
I would say he peed on the electric fence - it was painful to watch - talk about someone with a problem.

Gloria Alred(?) will save the victims though. Their pain and suffering will be well rewarded - and Mr. Richards won't be quite as rich in the morning.

Hopefully his Freedom of Speech will be protected by the constitution. Not saying what he did was right, but I don't think his tirade damaged the "victims" to where financial compensation is required. Just my opinion.
John

N80 · Nov 23, 2006

Well, if Richards is truly broke, then they can sue all they want, you can't get blood from a turnip.

I don't really buy the distinction between Rock's act and Richard's tirade. Have you ever seen Chris Rock's acts? Very often vile and vitriolic, very angry at times. In my opinion its worse when you think about it, write it down, practice it and then go out and say it in public....for money. I also don't buy this double standard for the "N" word. I personally think it is vile and my kids are not growing up in a household where it is spoken. Unfortunately I did. But, if the word is truly vile, truly racist and truly unspeakable, then so be it. Chris Rock should get the same flak when he says it as Richard's gets when he does. To elevate the word to such truly unspeakable proportions and then give AA comedians a free pass when they use it, often in the very same context, to make money is to confuse the issue and bring the word back into the culture as something less than the vile thing that it is. I also don't understand how the 'N' word continues to be such a taboo when 'red neck', 'cracker', 'white trash' (the worst thing you could call someone where I am from) and any of the various slurs directed at races, nationalities and religions seem to have a lesser status in the 'unspeakable lexicon.'

RayH · Nov 23, 2006

Yell, I just noticed that this board has now banned the other racial slurs that were fine to write just yesterday.
Im not sure how I feel about that. I think I will just contemplate it for awhile.

Dusty · Nov 23, 2006

Are you saying that they have added words to the banned list since this thread has started? I haven't tried, but I know that there are many words that are offensive to some religions and races that will still get by, since some of the people are not as familiar with them as some of the more common words. I still see people using words that you can tell what they mean, but they just put a few *** in to fool the automatic censors. When we see this, what are we to do? Ignore it, or notify the moderators? If we notify the moderator and the thread disappears because of one persons indiscretion, then we all loose. I wonder if it were possible for the moderators to just remove the offending word or words completely? In many instances, removing just the sentence would be sufficient without killing the meaning of the post, or killing the thread itself.
Dusty