Regarding the untalented, classless and self aggrandizing Kathy Griffin, she should have

[cornball 24]

heeded the words of Michelle Obama, "when they go low, we go high" before her insipid and stupid action. In the words of the vernacular, she is an asshole!

[Xipe Totec]

1. Your concern is duly noted. nt

[pintobean]

9. I recced this thread

Will you be noting my concern, too?

[SCantiGOP]

35. Another rec

No reason to defend her just because 'they' treated some of 'ours' worse.
I for one will be glad if I never see or hear from her again.

[Squinch]

2. Kathy Griffin is a comedian who makes a living being outrageous, and she did something

that some people think went too far. (I don't.)

Her biggest mistake was apologizing.

[LOL Lib]

8. This is the correct response.

Thread went off the rails,careened down a cliff, and burst into flames at the mention of "untalented."

Like her or not, agree or not, she is an established comedian and a well known name. That takes a small measure of talent at a minimum.

I personally think the trump head should go on tour like triumph the insult comic dog. Maybe even let it visit kindergarten playgrounds this fall and let kids play dodgeball with it.

[Squinch]

10. If I didn't go queasy at the sight of ....

Trump's face, I would have thought it was hilarious.

[pressbox69]

14. LOL

[NobodyHere]

22. Yup

By apologizing it makes it harder to defend.


Also we've been burning politicians in effigy since who knows when.

[Orrex]

23. 100% correct from start to finish

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. Agreed. She shouldn't have apologized.

[Rorey]

30. Yeah, she shouldn't have done that

She shouldn't have apologized. At the most, she should have explained the symbolism, or whatever it was that was the reason she did it. If it was hatred for what 45 and republicans are doing to our country, then a whole lot of people feel the same way. IMO, apologizing in this case is just pathetic.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

44. Yes

[Les Cowbell]

3. It was a stupid thing to do

I'm a nobody but if somebody asked me to pose and post a pic like that on social media I would have said that is moronic. And putting yourself on a level with the awful Nugent who gets away with such things does not make it right.

[shenmue]

4. Notice it's mostly people with low post counts who suddenly find the time to post these threads?

Is that a new thing, to take the place of when you know who didn't win the primary?

[dhill926]

5. Ain't that the truth

[Les Cowbell]

6. If you are talking about me ...

I just joined DU so I have a low post count. I didn't just "find the time" I retired recently so I have more time to do things like express my opinion on sites like this. BTW, I voted for Hillary in the primary and general so your apparent "thesis" that I'm a Bernie voter is wrong as well. But that's a technique people often use when they can't rebut a point - attack the messenger, even when it's false.

[shenmue]

7. Not you, but still

Check these threads. It's pretty consistent.

[Jakes Progress]

25. Does my post count meet your approval?

Gotta ask you how you would have reacted if dennis leary had paraded down some stairs with a bloody head of Obama or Michelle? Would you have found that to be funny? Would you have been outraged?

Dude. Bad taste and crudity is bad taste and crudity regardless. My feeling about this third list celeb is that she is forever on the hunt for some stunt that will get her to second list. Tell me something funny she has done. Her desperate grab for celebrity has given the right wing more excuses to behave the way they do. Michelle was right. Go high. You shouldn't go lower than them - tho this whining comedy wanna be tried.

(Oh. I voted Hillary twice this year.)

[trc]

37. On point, well said.

There is a video of Griffen talking to the photographer in which she correctly describes the anticipated backlash she has endured. If you do something like this, talk about how bad it will get and do it anyway, you lose your moral outrage card and just look stupid.

[3catwoman3]

43. Your categorization as a "third list celeb" is quite generous, IMO.

D list would also be kind. I agree with your characterization of her "desperate grab for celebrity."

I wish we could all have voted for Hillary twice.

[emulatorloo]

11. Love yr user name. Welcome to DU!

[billh58]

20. Some things are so

obvious aren't they?

[denbot]

12. God forbid a comedian perform a mock a beheading of a president..

Who has killed the dignity of the office of the President of the United States.

[hay rick]

13. Methinks the outrage is a tad misplaced.

I didn't laugh. I cried when I realized it wasn't real.

[zanana1]

17. HAH! nt

[Rorey]

31. LOL, I at least have to say I wouldn't have cried if it was real

I don't like having ugly thoughts in me, but 45 brings them out in me. And so do many republicans.

[zanana1]

18. I remember seeing pictures of Obama...

There were pictures of him being lynched. I'll never forget that. I think the outrage is a bit disingenuous. (I finally got to use that word)!

[pressbox69]

15. Big deal.

Didn't right wing clown Sarah Palin post a map with targets on it. Soon after real people in one of those states were shot and killed. Love means never saying you're sorry to right wing swine.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. I don't like her much either; I'm not a fan of "shock" comedians.

But I also don't give a crap about this whole thing. The stunt was in poor taste; she's apologized; and the whole thing will be forgotten before long.

[cornball 24]

21. Are you talking to me? If so, what is that "you're not fooling anybody" about?

[Orrex]

24. IMO she should have followed with a pic of herself bowling with the head

Or a pic of the head on her porch at Halloween, next to the jack o' lanterns.

Or one of the head half-buried in a steaming manure heap.

Or the head resting on Putin's lap.

Or being used as Putin's foot rest.

Or floating in an undrained swamp.

Or being shot out of a cannon (i.e., "fired&quot .

Or circling the drain.

etc.

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. HA!

[Rorey]

32. I would have respected that more than an apology nt

[Orrex]

33. Let me disclaim that I don't fault her for it

She was immediately put under incredible pressure to apologize, both from the Right and the Left, and it doesn't seem unlikely that she faced actual threats from elements of Trump's base.

[Rorey]

36. Good points

In fact it seems more than likely.

[janterry]

28. All comedy falls flat sometimes

I don't really follow her career, but I think it's a mistake to call her untalented. Many people have found her talented over the years.

To be a comedian means that you push at the margins of humor. She pushed too far and it didn't work.

Honestly, I wish her well. She should get back up on the horse, having learned from this, and keep on 'keepin' on.'

It was just a 'bad' joke.

[Salviati]

29. I like sandwiches. What is your favorite kind of sandwich?

[hamsterjill]

34. I didn't like that she did it, but it's time to move on.

I agree in that the news conference and apology were a bad idea. It made her look vulnerable and Trump fans loved it.

I don't like what she did myself, personally, but she had every right to do it. I think she's suffered enough and it's time to move on. I do not like the idea of an entertainer's entire career being ruined over one bad decision. I've never really been a fan of hers, but obviously she has a following. I hope she will take some time out of the spotlight, and then come back reinvented.

[MFM008]

38. When we go high

The repukes kick us in the nuts.
AND we lose.

[LanternWaste]

39. Thank goodness satire, by its very definition, dismisses your unsupported premise.

Thank goodness satire, by its very definition, dismisses your unsupported premise. Mustard can be a real shock to mayonnaise fans...

[cornball 24]

40. I wrote a long response to your "dismissal of my unsupported premise" and it disappeared into the

stratosphere. So, instead of rewriting it, I decided to go to the refrigerator and check out the mustard vs. mayonnaise thingy that you posed in your "analogy"?? Shucky darn! I like them both! What I do not like is the bastardization of the definition of "satire" to legitimize the exploitation of "satire" by Ms. Griffin. As someone who writes satirical political poetry, I do not, as many others, align myself with Griffin's "satirical" efforts. In my opinion, satire and intellect are codependent and Griffin flunked out in both areas.

[SecularMotion]

41. She probably feels the same way about you

[cornball 24]

42. Aww, I hope so! I would consider that a compliment!😎