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madinmaryland

(65,747 posts)
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 08:52 PM Jun 2017

There is NO EXCUSE for what Kathy Griffin said and displayed...

There is NO reason for anyone to support what she said from Democrats.

There is another post that said that we should and I strongly disagree..


She'll always be my favorite.

He had it coming, with all his hate and lies, attacking Obama and Clinton, grabbing women, and finally, ruining the world with his scorched-earth policies.

fRump's supporters foment violence, which she didn't. Hate crimes and violent assaults for racial reasons are very real. Many people will actually die under fRump's cutbacks, and he and his followers don't care at all.

So, this is a support thread for Kathy: Always honest, always human, always speaking up for sanity in the face of ignorance.

Hang in there, Kathy. Let it go and you'll find this news is nothing compared to what's comiing


We, as Democrats must NEVER stoop to the level of the other party. I DO NOT SUPPORT THE DISGUSTING STATEMENT SHE MADE.

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There is NO EXCUSE for what Kathy Griffin said and displayed... (Original Post) madinmaryland Jun 2017 OP
Trump does not care to know the details of the policy the republicans or applegrove Jun 2017 #1
Depicting yourself holding the bloodied head of a political figure is not a mistake. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #2
I have to agree with you... golfguru Jun 2017 #3
But if you watch the video she made with the "artist", you will see that she did expect reaction cwydro Jun 2017 #4
Yes. She misjudged. Terribly. It hurt many people for a moment. Millions applegrove Jun 2017 #7
Some people have some really unhealthy outlets following the election. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #10
Resistance is a learning process. You try things. You fail. You pick yourself applegrove Jun 2017 #13
Can't say I give a shit. Much Ado about not much dembotoz Jun 2017 #5
Much ado about nothing seems to sway a lot of elections lately. Midnight Writer Jun 2017 #24
I'm afraid some have entered a tit-for-tat spiral of stupidity. nocalflea Jun 2017 #6
I think there's possibly one excuse Rorey Jun 2017 #8
I've never liked her anyway, but sarah FAILIN Jun 2017 #9
Meh Lil Missy Jun 2017 #11
I think that it was a very artistic message. pennylane100 Jun 2017 #12
She shouldn't have apologized. 6000eliot Jun 2017 #14
Damn right. If an over-the-top comedy bit makes him cry, he's useless. Girard442 Jun 2017 #17
Nice post, Ted Nugent. Fuck off. madinmaryland Jun 2017 #19
+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Jun 2017 #23
she didn't stoop their level. Trump is far worse than what she did JI7 Jun 2017 #15
What a bunch of snowflake assholes. Crying all the way home to momma, when last year played tough. TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #16
The party of sociopaths. athena Jun 2017 #20
Now Bill Maher... Another issue pushed by Republican influenced press to incite Liberal infighting. TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #25
Too bad that head wasn't real. Jack-o-Lantern Jun 2017 #18
Best comment... LakeArenal Jun 2017 #21
If you like that ISIS type barbarity, I guess whathehell Jun 2017 #30
Sick whathehell Jun 2017 #31
GOP is using the pic to solicit donations. doodsaq Jun 2017 #22
Have you ever heard any of her routines? She knocks lame WinkyDink Jun 2017 #26
Yes, but she did apologize and she's been whathehell Jun 2017 #27
It's mind boggling. The country is led by a dimwit who is leaning toward nuclear war Vinca Jun 2017 #28
Kathy Griffin is just about as stupid as one can be..... frankieallen Jun 2017 #29
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2017 #32

applegrove

(132,582 posts)
1. Trump does not care to know the details of the policy the republicans or
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 08:56 PM
Jun 2017

Bannon put in front of him. It will all hurt millions. Kathy reacted. She made a mistake. She's apologized. Nuff said and done.

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
2. Depicting yourself holding the bloodied head of a political figure is not a mistake.
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 08:59 PM
Jun 2017

She new full well what she was doing. She just didn't expect such severe blow back.

 

golfguru

(4,987 posts)
3. I have to agree with you...
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 09:05 PM
Jun 2017

It was a bridge too far. Beheading a living human being is the most vile and inhuman procedure I can think of. It has no place in my USA.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
4. But if you watch the video she made with the "artist", you will see that she did expect reaction
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 09:09 PM
Jun 2017

She just thought she would coming out smelling like roses.

It was ugly and it was "vile" (to use Chelsea Clinton's words)

applegrove

(132,582 posts)
7. Yes. She misjudged. Terribly. It hurt many people for a moment. Millions
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 09:17 PM
Jun 2017

of people misjudged and voted for Trump. And some of them will die when the black lung means they have a preexisting condition so their state will kick them out of affordable insurance when they are 60. And they will die. Both are bad decisions. Only one will go on and on and on and hurt for years. I have a soft spot for her because she did a great comedy bit right before the election to try and stop millions from making the vote Trump mistake. And to fire up the Democrats to vote. On the whole she has tried to do good. I think that counts for something.

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
10. Some people have some really unhealthy outlets following the election.
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 09:29 PM
Jun 2017

We need to keep our wits and some of us need to stop acting like anything goes now.

applegrove

(132,582 posts)
13. Resistance is a learning process. You try things. You fail. You pick yourself
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 09:33 PM
Jun 2017

up, learn and try again. We weren't born into resistance in the West. You have to learn it step by step.

Midnight Writer

(25,539 posts)
24. Much ado about nothing seems to sway a lot of elections lately.
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 11:45 PM
Jun 2017

They are already using this in their advertising and fund raising.

nocalflea

(1,387 posts)
6. I'm afraid some have entered a tit-for-tat spiral of stupidity.
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 09:16 PM
Jun 2017

"March for Truth" tomorrow. That resonates.

Rorey

(8,514 posts)
8. I think there's possibly one excuse
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 09:19 PM
Jun 2017

What's going on is making sane people think crazy thoughts. Every time I see that yuck pretending he's president, I have to remind myself that it's real. As unbelievable as it is, it's real.

We should TRY to refrain from stooping to the level of the other party. We might slip once in awhile. We're only human.

sarah FAILIN

(2,857 posts)
9. I've never liked her anyway, but
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 09:24 PM
Jun 2017

I really don't care about what she did. She is a different sort of human than I am with her comedienne stuff going on. Many are alcoholics, drug users or just sad people hiding behind the laughs. They have a different reality than I do, but the 2 things I thought of was the beheading of Royalty during revolutions back when such things happened and the Queen yelling "OFF with her HEAD!" about Alice in Alice in Wonderland. Neither of those associations bothered me just because I don't care. It's nothing any worse than what was done to Obama.

She will bounce back. I still won't like her any more or less..

pennylane100

(3,425 posts)
12. I think that it was a very artistic message.
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 09:30 PM
Jun 2017

I cannot believe the hype her message has caused, especially when looking at all the misery and death his policies on health and welfare will cause for all the poor and working class families. I think his head on a platter is a fitting end for such a monster.

Girard442

(6,890 posts)
17. Damn right. If an over-the-top comedy bit makes him cry, he's useless.
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 09:42 PM
Jun 2017

Not like that's new news.

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
16. What a bunch of snowflake assholes. Crying all the way home to momma, when last year played tough.
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 09:41 PM
Jun 2017

.









BACK AT YOU, MOTHERFUCKERS!

TRUMP, FUCK -YOUR- FEELINGS!

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athena

(4,187 posts)
20. The party of sociopaths.
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 11:32 PM
Jun 2017

Seriously, "Fuck your feelings"? Is that what the United States is now? The land of sociopaths?

We should have put a stop to this long ago, when the right wing first started attacking political correctness. Because in the end, being against political correctness means being in favor of offending people -- in other words, not giving a damn about others' feelings. Every liberal who jumped on the "politically incorrect" bandwagon is partly guilty for Trump's presidency. In a country where people respected others and cared about other people's feelings, Trump wouldn't have even gotten close to winning the presidency.

Love and compassion are the highest human feelings. They are the basis of our society -- the reason we live in communities rather than alone in the wild. Love and compassion will save the world, not sociopathy and egotism. We liberals have to stop stooping to the level of the deplorables and embrace love, compassion, and kindness, the way Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to do.

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
25. Now Bill Maher... Another issue pushed by Republican influenced press to incite Liberal infighting.
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 07:22 AM
Jun 2017

doodsaq

(120 posts)
22. GOP is using the pic to solicit donations.
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 11:38 PM
Jun 2017

On Friday, the California Republican Party began soliciting donations using an image of Griffin posing with the mask of Donald Trump’s head, the Associated Press reported. It urged donors to help fight “the left’s blatant disrespect.”
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Thanks, Griffin.

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
26. Have you ever heard any of her routines? She knocks lame
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 07:30 AM
Jun 2017

celebrities in lame routines.

She's not even as trenchant a political comic as the old Smothers Brothers.

No love lost for her.

But the odd thing? Who really should care what this D-lister did or does?

whathehell

(30,497 posts)
27. Yes, but she did apologize and she's been
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 07:32 AM
Jun 2017

sufficiently "punished" by the media so I think it's time to stop acting like she's guilty of a felony or something.
.

Vinca

(54,135 posts)
28. It's mind boggling. The country is led by a dimwit who is leaning toward nuclear war
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 07:33 AM
Jun 2017

with North Korea, but the main topics on left-leaning sites are Kathy Griffin and Bill Maher. Too bad our only worry isn't comedians with poor taste.

 

frankieallen

(583 posts)
29. Kathy Griffin is just about as stupid as one can be.....
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 07:34 AM
Jun 2017

What did she expect was going to happen? and anyone defending her actions here is a hypocrite. Just think of the reaction if Dennis Miller did what she did with Obama.
Most here that are defending her stupidity would be the first to say he deserves what he gets, that racist f**k !!

This is the kind of thing that makes us look ridiculous, in my opinion.


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