Some website almost nobody knows or cares about, writes about an OFFENSIVE comedian, but is AFRAID TO OFFEND.
Lenny Bruce (Jewish) would not see the logic in this.
He died so that some twat at Schmooze can be a schmuck?
PS, some Jews would find SCHMOOZE offensive, because it implies that all Jews use Yiddish constantly, and are VERKLEMPT if they can't drop one of those tacky ugly terms into a conversation over a BAGEL AND A SCHMEAR.
Well, well. Sarah Silverman has nothing better to do than answer the phone when some yenta calls. So let's read, NU?
It seems to me that the point of CENSORSHIP is to protect delicate eyes from a sudden OFFENSIVE BLINDSIDING of filth or racism.
I would appreciate, in that case, if the sanitation department CENSORED dog shit on the sidewalk, which I don't want to see, smell or step in, and allow cops, meter maids and even Con Ed workers to issue tickets to offending dog owners. These dog owners are ASSHOLES. Real FUCKHEADS.
Back to the story. If you're reading about an OFFENSIVE comedian, are you going to REALLY be offended or shocked if the word CUNT turns up? Or SHIT? Or even CHINK?
In SCHMOOZE, you really do have to have a knowledge of Asian racism to even know that C***K is not an attempt to censor COCK but to censor CHINK.
Nice to know Sarah never did apologize to publicity hound provocateur pest Aoki, who smugly followed her all over the place, and even engaged with her on TV at least once, leaving her pretty exasperated. Maybe not as exasperated as reading this SCHMOOZE thing and seeing "SHIT" has been censored. "SHIT" is allowed to be spoken by Conan O'Brien and his guests on TBS. It's also found frequently on the sidewalks even though it's OFFENSIVE.
"S**T" huh. As if we don't know what the real word is? So what IS the point? At this point, we hear the word everywhere, in every movie, on every cable show, and when the microphones pick up what fighters and their trainers say between rounds. Why get coy while writing an article about an offensive comedian not wanting to apologize for her words?
Pearl Williams, an old-time raunch comic in Vegas and Miami, used to say, "Women come in and stare at me, and they say 'She's SO dirty.' If they're so refined, how come they know what I'm talking about?"
And how come they're so stupid? Why DO people come to shows that are advertised as for adult audiences, or feature well known and controversial performers, and are then shocked...SHOCKED...by what they witness?
Silverman, Kinison, Gottfried, going back to Lenny Bruce, all used "bad" words for shock value. Steve Allen, a very conservative and mainstream comedian, even felt that what Lenny was doing was correct and served a purpose, and should not have involved censorship. Just as children will often use a "bad" word and then giggle and wait for a reaction, sometimes comedians do the same thing. This is especially true of Silverman, who often uses the persona of a pottymouth, a girl who just won't stop saying rude things because it's FUN to say rude things, or mention gross stuff and creepy things we all think about.
The message of the article is important; the Internet is loaded with bullies, and the PC crowd of assholes is especially prone to demanding people apologize, or simply GET LOST if it's somebody who is offensive against the wrong group: Fire Al Franken, Fire Samantha Bee, Fire Bill Maher, DON'T Fire Roseanne Barr, etc.
Bernie Taupin could be wrong. Sorry is NOT the hardest word. It's used constantly by unrepentant felons who have to say "I'm sorry" to a judge, in order to to get away with a premeditated crime. Silverman is right; it shouldn't be used to placate a few pricks and pussies.
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