Michael Richards?

[Ginzburgh]

Are there any posts on Michael Richards freak out?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3RjiVcIlhY

Old news but I figured someone would make a post about it.

[leah]

holy shit! what was that all about??

[Jay]

If that guy's career wasn't done already, now it definately is.

[Mop]

Meh the only people that seem to give two shits is the media that cant stop talking about it, most people i know could care less.

[Spazz]

DUde what the hell .

[Gypsiyee]

Only reason it's such a big deal is because he's white, imo. Yeah it was a total dickhead thing to do, but when there are comics like Martin Lawrence and DL Hughley who's primary staple in their material is jokes about how stupid white people are, I don't think it's fair to allow it to ruin one man's career and not the others. It's total bullshit that anyone has an attitude like this, but seriously - it should be universally uncalled for, not just uncalled for for white people.

[Spazz]

We are held to a higher standerd becuase there are still a lot of people alive who remember racism.Id also like to point out making fun of sterotypes is a lot diffrent than goin on a str8 up raicst rant simple woman.

[araby]

does he have other stuff? that's funny or not like this?? this is really embarrassing..this guy made a really big fool of himself. and I don't know if he knew better. seems crazy.

[Gypsiyee]

We're held to a higher standard? That's total bullshit. I had nothing to do with anything that went on all those years ago, and I have no responsibility nor do I owe anyone shit for it. Yeah, it sucks that it happened, but guess what - this is 2006, and it'd be foolish to begrudge someone who had nothing to do with anything that happened for all the horrendous things that happened back then. White people weren't the only ones guilty of owning slaves, you know, that just happens to be the primary focus. Shitty behavior is shitty behavior, regardless of the race of the person displaying it.

And those two comics, in particular, do NOT make fun of stereotypes - they outright insult white people in I'd say 85% of their material, and you'd be ignorant not to see that. It's just as bad, only people aren't as easily offended by it. Both sides are equally ignorant, and you simply cannot attack one side while defending the other.

I'm not defending the guy, to be clear - I think that it's absolutely disgraceful, and I'm embarrassed by it myself - but I'm also embarrassed of the other comics when they feel they can't be funny without pulling the race card.

[Spazz]

Wtf are you talking about slaves for ? People havent owned slaves for eons but racism went on well past that. You ever hear of MLK? What is he famous for you twit? Can you quote either of those comics for me ? Can you back up a word of what your saying or are you just talking out your ass ?

[Jay]

There's a major difference with racial satirical comedy and screaming hateful racially charged obscenities. I don't think Martin Lawrence and DL Hughley are guilty of the latter. Their comedy is more observational humor that stereotypes white people.

[Spazz]

There's a major difference with racial satirical comedy and screaming hateful racially charged obscenities. I don't think Martin Lawrence and DL Hughley are guilty of the latter. Their comedy is more observational humor that stereotypes white people.

Id also like to point out making fun of sterotypes is a lot diffrent than goin on a str8 up raicst rant

I allready stated that eralier

[Gypsiyee]

Wtf are you talking about slaves for ? People havent owned slaves for eons but racism went on well past that. You ever hear of MLK? What is he famous for you twit? Can you quote either of those comics for me ? Can you back up a word of what your saying or are you just talking out your ass ?

Why are you so rude? Have I once insulted you or calmly stated my opinion? You wonder why people think you're such a moron, and it's because of posts like this, and then you back up your ignorance with things like 'lol dude i was high it's prolly the drugs.'

Yes, racism went on way past that, as a result of the past. Again, I WAS NOT alive during the civil rights movement, and I'm sorry that it happened but to say that we're held to a higher standard for it is ridiculous, in my opinion.

I'm not putting them in the same classification, this guy is much worse in his hatred in this example, obviously- but yes - I'll happily find quotes from them degrading the opposite race - give me a few.

[Spazz]

You werent alive back then but thats the key word.I have a problem when i hear that shit too. History has been going on longer than any of us have been alive.To think youd be imune from events in history becuase you "werent around" when it happened is very foolish. A lot of people were alive back then or have relitives that were.Memories and stories get passed down through generations. It takes a second to fix forgive and forget. Yea it sucks white people are held to a higher standard but im just trying to explain to you why that is. If you want to see why they can push it a little further i suggest you google cival rights movement. Pay close attention to the years that shit was going on and think about how old the people would be.

[Minrott]

who's this guy?

[Mop]

I would say we could be held to a higher standard but there is just as much reverse racism in america today as there is white vs minority racism.

[Darcler]

lol I laughed. I'm still laughing. Comics are funny. Funny comics/

[10sun]

who's this guy?

Kramer from Seinfeld.

[Gypsiyee]

I'm not saying I'm immune, Spazz.. I completely understand that history has shaped what is today - but it'd be like hating my current relatives because my ancestors beat their kids. There's nothing we can do about it now but learn from their mistakes, I can't fix it. I don't feel that people in current day are suffering or that we should still be griping and expecting a handout for what happened so long ago. You can't change the past, but you can learn from it, and using it as an excuse for the way you are (especially when it's something that you, personally, were not even involved in) solves absolutely nothing.

Sorry, raiding right now - soon as I'm off I'll find quotes.

[Dylan]

I've always hated this guy.

I hate Seinfield.

I especially hated him while on Seinfield.

[Darcler]

he was agrivating on seinfeld but lol he like made all the blacks hare him. people were walkig out haha

[araby]

my friend just messaged about this guy, I didn't realize he's been around and that this isn't typical of him. he seems to think this is possibly a joke but in itself..

[araby]

whoa wait, michael richards as in kramer? omg I'm such a tard...oh man...I feel really weird now.

[Yamori]

I had heard the people he was yelling at had been talking really loudly throughout his entire gig, to the point that people were getting up and leaving because of it. *shrug*

[Insanityfair]

I've always hated this guy.

I hate Seinfield.

I especially hated him while on Seinfield.

I agree with this. Except I liked him in UHF...pretty sure that was him as the janitor.