Michele Bachmann Greeted With 'Lyin' A-- B--ch' by Jimmy Fallon's Band
As we get nearer to Election Day, Americans on both sides of the political aisle must be wondering if the media will have any limits concerning what is an acceptable attack on one of President Obama's opponents.
Consider that on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, as Republican presidential candidate and sitting member of Congress Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) was introduced Monday, the band played a song called "Lyin' A-- B--ch" (videos follow with commentary):
As CBS's Minnesota affiliate reported at its website Tuesday:
Jimmy Fallon’s house band the Roots didn’t have a warm welcome for Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann when she appeared on the NBC show early Tuesday.
As Bachmann strode on to the stage at Fallon’s “Late Night,” the show’s band played a snippet of a 1985 Fishbone song called “Lyin’ Ass B****.”
The song begins with a distinctive “la la la la la la la la la” refrain — the only words audible before Bachmann, smiling and waving to the audience, sat down.
Hot Air reported Tuesday:
The dumbest part of this, of course, is the drummer tweeting about it to make sure everyone got “the joke,” which defeats the purpose of disguising the insult...Fallon himself tweeted a few hours ago that the drummer is “grounded” but we’ll have to wait ’til tonight’s show to find out if that means anything more than “please stop yelling at me about Bachmann.”
So where are America's women's groups - like the National Organization for Women - on this?
Is every attack on conservatives now acceptable in this country?
Apparently so, for ABCNews.com reported this Tuesday as a "joke on Michele Bachmann" without an ounce of outrage or disgust:
Exit question: Would a female reporter for ABCNews.com or any news outlet in the nation have thought this was just a joke if a prominent Democrat woman like Hillary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi had been so disparaged on national television?
Update: Fallon apologized to Bachmann on his Twitter account Tuesday: "I'm honored that @michelebachmann was on our show yesterday and I'm so sorry about the intro mess. I really hope she comes back."
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Why Why Why...
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 6:38pm.
Why do these repubs continue to dirty themselves with these lowlifes???
Will they ever learn that they are hated by them?
What is so hard about that??
Fallon
Submitted by HudsonRiverGirl on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:58pm.
I would hope that every single presidential candidate calls out that jackass.
Everyone should be protesting on Michelle Bachmann's behalf.
Will ABC do a big story on this, ala uppity?
Submitted by merly1 on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 11:23pm.
No, probably not.
Actually ABC does have a story
Submitted by The_Barrel_Guy on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 10:35am.
ABC is running a piece by Russell Goldman on "The Note" that says the drummer calls the song tongue in cheek... If that is so, then perhaps NBC should play the same piece the next time Mrs. Obama appears on one of their sets...
If not, Fallon and his whole crew should be summarily fired...
Reference: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/jimmy-fallons-drummer-groun...
Begining
Submitted by dmaley1714 on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 6:42pm.
This is only just the beginning of the insults and degradation of the GOp over the next 12 months. Wait until there is only one candidate Jimmy Failing will include at least one joke per monologue.
The sad thing?
Submitted by KornKing on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 6:46pm.
He'll think it's a joke, but given that all true humor needs to have at least a grain of truth, all it will be is just some sort of nasty smear.
What is funnier?
Submitted by djwolf12 on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 6:49pm.
A) Watching Jimmy Fallon's show
B) Watching Jimmy Fallon flap his arms like a bird after being thrown off a roof?
Answer B, hands down. Choice A is material to subject prisoners sitting Guantanimo Bay to for coerced interrogation.
That's the liberal idea of humor
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 6:49pm.
Spew venom and then add the disclaimer "It's a joke!!"
no more Fallon for me
Submitted by seeseebutler on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 6:55pm.
I am no Bachmann fan but this makes me sick. This illustrates the contempt the show has for conservatives and their viewpionts - viewpionts shared by a majority of Americans. I use to watch the Fallon show but no more. Everyone should boycott the show. Perhaps if they lose enough viewers they will show a little respect to people with different pionts of view.
I sure hope someone makes
Submitted by buddyc on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 6:52pm.
I sure hope someone makes Jimmy Fallon pay for this. It was dispicable. I am sure that got him some brownie points with the higher ups on NBC.
Again, we need candidates smart enough to know that they are going to treat them this way.
I doubt Jimmy had any idea of
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:29pm.
I doubt Jimmy had any idea of the song before the fact.
So who's idea was it bal?
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:35pm.
Do tell.
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The band's?
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:38pm.
The band's?
You give Fallon too much credit
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 8:43pm.
It's Fallon's show. What happens on his show reflects on him. The fact that the drummer wasn't fired outright suggests that the song was acceptable to Fallon and the show's production team.
The proper thing for Fallon to do is apologize on his next broadcast.
I don't disagree that he
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 9:23pm.
I don't disagree that he should apologize. But even the guy in the band said it was a spur-of-the-moment thing.
And Fallon isn't known for being mean-spirited.
Good
Submitted by ozarkian on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 9:31pm.
Glad to hear Fallon's not known for mean-spiritness; I'm sure that means he'll do some kind of public suspension or firing of those responsible (assuming he did not know ahead of time)
And we can all thank the rap world, that made the words "bitch" and "ho" synonymous with "female."
Spur of the moment my butt, Bal.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 9:44pm.
It's obvious they practiced the song ahead of time, at least several times. And I highly doubt it was in front of the studio audience.
It's not like a bunch of random musicians launching into Johnny B. Goode at the drop of a hat.
Professional bands that have
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 9:49pm.
Professional bands that have been together as long as the Roots have know TONS of songs they can play at the drop of a hat.
I have to agree with balboa on this one
Submitted by misterbee241 on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:04pm.
I've spent some time in a band or two. after a while, each musician will get used to what the other guys know and what and how they do things. I played bass with one lead guitar player for a number of years. he could start a song and i could jump right in with him,, and vice versa. Once we played a Navy enlisted club. a Chief petty officer came up and asked us to do anchors aweigh. none of us had played it before. we ran through it twice then turned up the volume and played it. So Fallon's drummer probably called the tune and everybody just jumped in. That doesnt excuse him though for his bad manners.
Not buying that at all. These talk shows are rehearsed just
Submitted by Smartypants on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 9:21pm.
like any live television show. They don't just "wing it" out there.
Rehearsed
Submitted by stratman on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 2:12am.
There are rehearsals for certain parts of a show, but not necessarily the bands music.
However, whomever directs the show wants every minute accounted for, including what the band will play, the lyrics sung, and for how long the music will last approximately. It is highly doubtful a major network would allow a rowdy band of counterculture artists to have carte blanch on song selection, including acceptable lyrics sung on air. As such, there are only a few scenarios:
Fallon, a muscian, may not have had a clue beforehand but he is savvy about this genre of music and may have known the song after the band started playing it.
As it turns out, the drummer of the band tweeted he had a special snarky song planned. Later on he tweets (boasts) about it being a perfect song for Bachmann. After the snark hits the fan, the drummer switches to CYA mode and says it was "spur of the moment".
Nope. It was premeditated. The drummer is a lying Obama-loving Leftist and his own words betray him.
Fallon might not have known...
Submitted by kch50428 on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 11:51am.
But the segment producer and the band knew what they were going to do - and no one in the chain of command up to the executive producer objected pre-production. The song selection was deliberate. That can not be disputed.
Media will ignore...too busy with NASCAR boos !
Submitted by creekrat on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:07pm.
This won't even be a blip.....I find the blatant bias hard to believe and impossible to accept.
Comeback Kid
Submitted by sergeant stogie on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:09pm.
Too bad someone on her staff didn't recognize the song. They could have ran out there, grabbed her, flipped this little weasel the double bird, and left the show immediately. Now THAT would be comedy.
No Talent
Submitted by Firmworm on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:10pm.
Jimmy Fallon intro’s The Roots as the best band in late night television. I’ve been a musician for 40+ years and I know talent when I hear it, and they suck! A terrible mix of loud percussion and some hey-yo hey-yo. As much as I detest Letterman HE has the best band in late night television. And Leno’s Ricky Minor is right up there too.
The band members are actually paying attention to politics
Submitted by lrgon on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:12pm.
aside from smoking dope?
What beef they have with the Minnesota congressman is up for conjecture. Maybe they just feel that way about all Republicans? It would be interesting to know what in particular they disagree with Mrs. Bachman. Maybe they could work out their differences if they sat down and talked.
Mrs. Bachmann is pretty good at explaining and defending her views. I'm sure she could explain the traditional marriage point and perhaps even gain some respect from the band members. Well,that is a stretch.
Most entertainers think that oh-mo-sexuals (gaies) deserve something called "equal-equal rights." Rock and roll musicians for the most part are liberal and therefore have a built in prejudice against anyone that believes that homosexuals aren't entitled to double "equal rights."
The fact is that oh-mo-sexuals can marry as long as they marry a person of the opposite sex. So this idea that conservatives like Mrs.Bachmann seek to deny the Ohmos rights are delusional or more likely are being disingenuous.
It could be that the drummer or other band members hate her foreign policy positions and with that she could learn a thing or two from the band.
Of course that band has no
Submitted by Smartypants on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 9:22pm.
Of course that band has no idea what M.B. stands for; she just has an "R" after her name, so she must be evil and stupid. That's what they've been told all their lives.
Irgon
Submitted by Prisondog1776 on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 2:10am.
Not sure how you got on a homosexual tirade there.
"The fact is that oh-mo-sexuals can marry as long as they marry a person of the opposite sex.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/comment/reply/51934/1600175#ixzz1eVQxycXG
Its a foregone conclusion that if a person is gay they will marry a
person of the same sex, not "as long as they marry".
Also it is not a "fact" that all homosexuals can marry in all States. You could argue that a person could visit a State that does allow it.
Irgon the mega-bigot
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 4:53pm.
Easy. Irgon hates EVERYBODY. The only people good enough for him are his God, Ron Paul, and General Douglas MacArthur. Everyone else who is living, will live or has lived he hates passionately.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Yeah, I'm sure at least a few members of the band are Paulbots.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 5:03pm.
.
Bam-ba-lam
Submitted by the struggler on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:30pm.
I guess it would just be the knee-slapper if they played Black Betty for Michelle Obama.
Totally hilarious
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:42pm.
It would take at least that since her husband already invites entertainers to the WH who refer to women as "hos"
You get the kewpie doll.
Submitted by ozarkian on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 9:32pm.
You get the kewpie doll.
Jimmy who?
Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 7:58pm.
Jimmy who?
we all know with certainty if
Submitted by sometimesright on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 8:06pm.
we all know with certainty if a conservative had done this to Hillary or, gawd forbid, Michelle O....oh man, the outrage!! newspapers would give it front page coverage across the U.S. for weeks! N.O.W would go on a rampage, Chris Matthews(misty-eyed) would have a 1 hour expose' about the hateful right and Nancy Pelosi would DEMAND an apology postehaste.
since this was NBC's "latenight" they'll get a free pass since it was only a "joke" right?
Absolutely correct on all accounts
Submitted by Smartypants on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 9:23pm.
There is a double standard. The fact that liberals don't see it is both hilarious and sad at the same time.
why not?
Submitted by ozarkian on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 9:27pm.
Hey, wasn't it great to see all those prominent conservatives at the press conference today, denouncing this, just as they have all the other anti-woman insults by the moonbats?
If only...
Speaking of crass and disrespectful...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 11:33pm.
it certainly applies to anyone involved in this boneheaded stunt.
Jer
So Jer,
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 11:42pm.
You think the slime media will be spending as much on this as they have on Rush? Do you want to bet that some elitist creep will be defending it real soon?
Rush and Jimmy Fallon's band
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 11:51pm.
Rush and Jimmy Fallon's band are hardly the same thing.
Ha, new it
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 11:53pm.
Is it Jer?
You knew what, Boudin?
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:05am.
Jer
Second time tonight,
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:08am.
You've play dumb. I aint buying it
Well, then either leave me alone, Boudin...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:23am.
or ask your questions so I know what in the hell you're talking about.
Jer
Third time,
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:28am.
I know answering hurts, but playing dumb isnt much better
Exhibit #123
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:37am.
of why it is utterly pointless to attempt to have a productive dialogue with Boudin.
Jer
Perfect
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:51am.
Absolutely perfect. Great job Jer,,,
And Boudin proves once again why he is a total
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 1:07am.
embarrassment to this website.
Now, you may proceed with your customary whine about me calling you names.
Jer
Pure class
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 9:40am.
Way to go Jer, fantastic. Embarrassing dont even cover it.
Hey Jer,
Submitted by gfrrman on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 1:58am.
...ROTHFLMAO, I rarely agree with you, but this is one the funniest threads to read and you got it right. Am I trying to "cifer" hieroglyphics?
g
gfrrman...sometimes it just doesn't pay to boot up
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 2:03am.
the computer.
I condemn the boneheaded show of disrespect to Michele Bachmann, and I still wind up getting slammed.
Jer
For what it's worth, Jer...
Submitted by Phryj1 on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 2:36am.
...I have noticed you've consistently criticized those who've made demeaning and derogatory remarks, etc. against conservative women.
You're a true gentleman, sir.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
Thanks, Phryj1...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 3:19am.
Your comment alone made booting up my computer worth the effort.
Jer
edit. I guess I should say "your comment and experiencing the very rare occasion of gfrrman agreeing with me".... :-)
Agreed, Jer
Submitted by gfrrman on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 3:19am.
...and the best burn is humor!!!......
g
gfrrman...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 3:22am.
see edit to my reply to Phryj immediately above.
Later,
Jer
It's a pretty simple question Gfrrman
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 9:33am.
Should'nt take any cifer-ing. Jer refuses to give an honest answer, and now you pretend to be confused.
What about Rush the Canadian Rock Group? Are...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 5:42am.
they anything like Jimmy Fallon's band?
I was talking to this guy a few years ago and I happened to mention that I liked Rush and he said he did too. That impressed me because he didn't look the type who would normally listen to Rush and then I found out he was talking about how much he liked Rush, the Band.
Turned out he had no idea who Rush Limbaugh was and I had no idea who Rush the Band was either. I still don't know what they sound like, so I'm asking all of you out there, are they any good?
Rush (the Canadian band)
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 4:58pm.
The Canadian power trio known collectively as Rush is amazing. But people either love them or hate them. I am in the former category. But then, I like songs with more than four chords, superior musicianship, and oh by the way, the greatest drummer and poet on earth is part of Rush.
Dave, Scuba Dude, and I (for starters) can go on and on and on about them. Look up "Tom Sawyer" (their most well-known song) to start out with. Or really, anything off of Moving Pictures.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Boudin...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 11:52pm.
a. I don't know.
b. "elitist creep" is a pretty broad category.
Jer
Jer
Submitted by MrShy on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:00am.
"elitist creep" is a pretty broad category.
Yes, it's broad, indeed.
- shy on vinyl
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Yes you do,
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:31am.
Fact is there is no chance the lame media takes up this story. Unless, like Bal, they are defending it.
Your out, now go fine the Pines
Questlove..
Submitted by greggy on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:52am.
presented a disgusting, misogynistic insult, to an invited guest on LNWJF.
As a lame excuse, he now claims that it was a spur of the moment decision. Yet, HOURS after the taping, and before airtime, he was bragging on Twitter to his followers about what he had done.
Since Fallon is obviously on Questlove's Twiiter list, Fallon definitely knew there was a "snark" at the expense of one of the guests, before the show aired. You want to tell me he didn't send Quest a text, or call him, to ask what he was referring to?
Then, after the show had aired, Quest approvingly retweeted a follower's comment that "it was the perfect song for her."
Clearly, Quest had no regrets about what he had done, hours after he had done it. So his claiming some kind of exemption for a "spur of the moment" decision (which I do not believe), rings entirely hollow and meaningless.
Fact: if this had been done when Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton was on the show (among other liberal/Demo women), not only would The Roots have been fired from LNWJF ALREADY,
but the entire world would be on fire right now, with deafening official condemnations and outrage flowing from many persons in the world of politics, entertainment, "women's groups", and the media.
Of course, when you think it's OK to insult a guest with whom you disagree politically, by calling her a "Lyin' Ass Bitch", a song whose lyrics refer to a woman as a “slut trash can bitch,” and bragging to your followers that you've done so, it's a sign of a sick, low mentality. Of course, the rap genre is full of exactly this sort of gutter culture "bitches and ho's" mentality, and too many black "artists" actually think it's OK.
Fact of the matter is, liberals who claim to be "women's rights" advocates are mostly perpetrating a lie of ommission, in that all that they really care about is LIBERAL women. Similarly, many if not most liberals who are consumed with and by political correctness, and are forever diligently searching for faux reasons to be offended (even claiming to hear "dog whistles", when they don't exist), either turn a blind eye to things like this, or they outright applaud them.
Balboa thinks it's important for us to know that he's just sure Fallon didn't know about it in advance. That point is virtually irrelevant - Fallon gave Questlove that lattitude, Quest works for Fallon, it's Fallon's show - Fallon's ultimately responsible for Questlove's actions.
My best guess is that there will be virtually no consequence for this disgusting act - whereas, again, if this had been done to Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton, The Roots would not only have been fired already, but they would have become persona non grata in the business.
Thank you,
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:56am.
I think even the thick may be able to get a grip now.
So Greg, are you smarter then a Lawyer? Do you think the old media spend as much time on this as they did on Rush today?
Am I smarter than a lawyer?
Submitted by greggy on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 1:44am.
I don't know - I guess it would depend on the issue, and it would depend on the lawyer.
I thought Rush used a stupid choice of a word, in making his point. Of course, sometimes Rush will say something in a certain way that is purely designed to drive the liberals crazy. But even though describing a white person's attitude as uppity is OK, I don't think it's OK to describe a black person's attitude as uppity. Some will say that what's good for the goose is good for the gander, but I think good judgment is important. You can be considerate without surrendering to PC idiocy. There's no real good that comes out of using words gratuitously to provoke people, especially when the use of that word has a connotation that is associated with racism.
That said, I have a far bigger problem with what Questlove did - for a number of reasons. It was far more profane, it was far more rude, it was far more hurtful, he planned it at least several minutes in advance, and he expressed specific pride in it afterward.
Ironically, Rush would have a far more valid (and believable) "spur of the moment" excuse, than Questlove would. The majority of Rush's show is stream of consciousness, spontaneous speech. That's a big difference.
Even though what Questlove did was far more offensive, my guess is that the media would much rather talk about what Rush said.
greggy is right
Submitted by rightwinghawk on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 10:09am.
Rush stepped in it with the "uppity-ness" comment. Its meaning is clear and it's unnecessary to make the point, which at the same time makes the other side's point about us. Very bad choice of words.
Huh?
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 12:34am.
Being "uppity" is just another way of saying "elitist snob". I fail to see how Mr. Limbaugh "stepped in it".
You should also be advised that Mr. Limbaugh will use certain words to GET a reaction, and it works every time, and in so doing, it shows what fools we have in our wonderful media. Take his use of the word "regime" to describe the administratiion of His Majesty The Shahinshah. Chrissy Matthews threw a temper tantrum about in on his show, Softball. Mr. Limbaugh promptly played that clip on his show and proceeded to use the word "regime" CONSTANTLY in his opening segment which followed. And he has referred to His administration as the "regime" ever since.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Sticking to my guns..
Submitted by greggy on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 4:10am.
Many, if not most people realize that the word "uppity" has a history of being used in tandem with the word "ni**er" following it. It was used to refer to black people who talked back to whites. It was also used as a slur against blacks who became too successful, and achieved beyond their "appropriate" station.
So I personally don't think it's helpful to use the word "uppity" to refer to any black person. If you've never heard of this slur, you're probably in a minority of persons who haven't. You are quite incorrect when you say it's just another way of saying "elitist snob" - it has quite an ugly historical context when used in reference to black people.
If you read my post, you saw that I specifically stated that I knew Rush often used certain words to get a reaction out of liberals - and I think that in many cases, that's just fine. IMO, however, using the word "uppity" to refer to a black person is not one of the times when it's fine, for the reason stated.
Using the word "regime" to refer to the Obama administration, is altogether different. Of course, Chris Matthews bitched when Rush used it the first time - only to be humiliated and exposed as a hypocrite when video was released showing Matthews using it to refer to "the Bush regime". Other liberals had used the term "regime" to refer to the Bush admin, as well - further exposing Matthews' hypocrisy on the subject.
That's fair game. It also isn't comparable to using the word "uppity" to refer to any black person. Why not use the word "arrogant"..or "elitist", instead - in light of the ugly historical connotation? What is the upside to using the word "uppity"? There is none..
Good morning Greggy
Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 4:49am.
You're right, uppity is used in that context but down here it's used for anyone that develops a superior attitude. My problem with the whole affair is there are too many people waiting in line to be offended.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Greggy, I've heard the term
Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 11:45am.
Greggy, I've heard the term "lazy a$$" in tandem with the N-word all my life as well. So, should we call those words racist too?
That's up to you..
Submitted by greggy on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 2:43pm.
or any other individual, to decide for yourself, based on your own best judgment.
And I wouldn't go so far as to say that the use of the word uppity is intended by every person who uses it as "racist", but it sure does give that impression.
There's also a difference between some average guy using a loaded word like uppity, and a radio personality with millions of listeners using it. It's a word that lends some support to claims by liberals, of racism. I don't see the benefit, when there are so many other words available without that history.
Good, 'cause I'm sticking to mine
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 3:08pm.
Why. please forgive me for being on this earth less than four decades and thus not being familiar with every single last slang word or insult ever devised in the English language!
In my time here on earth, I have heard "uppity" used MANY times, and it is usually followed by a period. And uppity means SNOBBY. Is ANYONE going to deny that our ruling family isn't SNOBBY, or, dare I say, UPPITY?
My Shahinshah, do we have to reinvent the English language to use words that describe our ruling family without a good chunk of the population getting their panties in a bunch?
Sorry. Mr. Limbaugh used "uppity" by itself as a adjective, and a very accurate one at that. You have a case if he followed it with a word like ______ (insert racial slur there). Until then, IMHO, neither you nor anyone else has a case.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
When the hell did "uppity" become a race marker?
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 1:05am.
I've heard of "uppity" employees, kids, women, you name it.
Matter of fact, the only people I hear complaining about its use is "uppity" liberals.
Wrong..
Submitted by greggy on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 4:08am.
Because you just heard me and one other conservative complaining about its use to refer to a black person, in this very thread. The other guy goes by "rightwinghawk". I hardly think he's an uppity liberal - and I know I'm not.
You may know it, I'm not so sure
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 2:08am.
You both sound like guilty white liberals who don't get out enough. As I stated, I've heard "uppity" used in conjunction with any number of races, sexes, political classes and economic classes. Never once has it crossed my mind that its usage is racist. Must be I don't get out much, huh?
The only time I ever see his show are just in the...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 5:23am.
clips that Greta occasionally plays of him at the end of her show.
"The Last Word", I believe it is called.
I hope she has played her last clip of him.
cowardly ambush
Submitted by rightwinghawk on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 8:59am.
The treatment of Bachmann is just one more example of why the media and Hollywood are so despised by most of the country. This might actually make some liberals queazy.
Lib's queazy?
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 10:19am.
Of course that would assume they will hear about it. Even if they do, I am not convinced it will make them feel anything.
This whole episode is the
Submitted by Smartypants on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 9:22am.
This whole episode is the epitome of how liberals deal with dissent and differences of opinion. These brain dead musicians could never in a million years engage Michelle Bachmann in an actual debate--she would wipe the floor with them within minutes. Their only way to strike out at Bachmann is to do something along the lines of what they did. Otherwise, they are powerless. Left wing arguments do not stand on their own and they don't hold up to scrutiny, so those holding right wing positions must be dehumanized and destroyed.
Boycott Capital One
Submitted by Zepppo on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 11:12am.
And anything else that pays Jimmy Fallon to advertise for them.
Despicable. Unprofessional. Racist.
Submitted by CoolShades on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:30pm.
Despicable. Unprofessional. Racist.
Someone in last nights Republican debate should have called out NBC, Fallen and that racist to demand an apology from all parties involved. Also, to demand an explanation how this happened on national TV. And who is going to lose their job for this despicable behavior. This is no way to treat a woman, sitting U.S. Congresswoman and U.S. Presidential candidate.
They immediately fired Imus for a lesser offense against a college basketball team, but somehow this incident doesn't merit the same attention.
We all watched the MSM attack Gov. Palin relentlessly. Who is standing up for women these days? Aren't there any Senate or House Republican men willing to stand up to these childish and partisan individuals with access to our nationwide TV airwaves?
I'm really mad about this.
NBC is scum.
Submitted by michael lofrano on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 3:58pm.
NBC is scum.
Amen.
Submitted by needle on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 11:46pm.
Apologizing for a premeditated and deliberate insult merely compounds the insult.
This is what it is. Does a lying "apology" help in anyway? I think not.
If NBC fired everybody responsible -- a la Penn State -- that would help; but it is not going to happen because for one thing the top brass of NBC is not apologetic; they are, as you put it, lying scum.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.