On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Kevin M.<[email protected]> wrote: > You know why I'm not OK with Dave yet? Because he had a chance to > speak up, not to be political, but to emphatically state that he would > not allow anyone from any social group to bully him. Sure, now that > Palin is less in favor and more people are mocking her stupidity, he's > back making jokes about her. The time to stand up was earlier, when
There is a good argument to make that Dave should not have made the second apology - you have made it well in the past. Dave has also made a good argument for why the second apology was in order. But you are wrong if you mean by the above that Dave has only recently started making jokes about Palin again. He has consistently made the same kinds of jokes about Palin, before and after "The Incident". His apology had nothing to do with "standing up" or "backing down" from Palin - he did not, for example, apologize for the slutty stewardess (or whatever it was) joke. He simply came to the conclusion that if most of the mainstream national community was under the impression taht he had told a sex joke about a minor (I think he used Mark Shields on NewsHour as his example) then he must have told a joke that was too close to the line for his comfort zone as a broadcaster. If it were me I would not have made the second apology, but then I am not a master broadcaster like Dave. I know you read this as Dave caving in to the bullying of Palin and ultra-conservatives, but on that you are just wrong. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
