I barely know who he is (I did try to watch Top Gear for a few episodes several years ago and could not get what all the fuss was about.
But not sure I buy the Rickles analogy. It’s one thing to make watermelon jokes about Sammy Davis Jr; but I don’t recall Don ever going on a rant about, say, how much he hated Diahann Carroll when she was the first Black woman to Star in her own sitcom, and talk about how much he would like to see her get raped repeatedly like so many racists threatened to actually do to her in the hate mail she received. On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 at 3:32 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Not going to defend Clarkson, but his entire career is built upon > antagonistic hyperbole. That’s his gimmick… to be bombastic and rude. It’s > the Don Rickles concept expanded to include op-eds and motor-sports. He > says things deliberately to get a reaction, then gladly smiles and issues > empty apologies. He’s done this for decades. People keep giving him forums > to do it. And people keep reacting shocked when he does it, as if they were > expecting him to not do what he’s done for decades. > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 2:57 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wow. As is often the case, the half-assed apology is nearly as bad as the >> original comment (only nearly because, Holy Cow the original comment was so >> bad. Even in the context of the show, and how horrible a character she was, >> that scene still felt difficult to watch). >> >> I don’t care that much about any branch of the British Royal Family, but >> to have and express this much focused and intense violent, sadistic hatred >> for someone who at worst is a B cable television actress literally has no >> other possible explanation than that the speaker is a monstrous >> misogynistic racist. An apology that basically takes the form of “I’m sorry >> I used Game of Thrones to express my racist misogyny” does more to confirm >> than excuse the character of the man who uttered it. >> >> Plus, I really like Nicola Sturgeon… >> >> On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 at 2:01 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> In a Friday column in Britain's *Sun* paper, he suggested that Prince >>> Harry's "control" has been lost thanks to his spouse... the kicker was a >>> stinky *Game of Thrones* reference... even his daughter distanced >>> herself from the commentary... no comment from his TV employer Amazon... >>> >>> https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jeremy-clarkson-meghan-markle-statement-1235465037/ >>> (link) >>> >>> B >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b535f5b-f478-47a8-9ad2-4a73b567f0cen%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b535f5b-f478-47a8-9ad2-4a73b567f0cen%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKd%3DwrDhCmnF0-hY2VfRaP-5mpsDOFDrrN0Px9yF9WVgg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKd%3DwrDhCmnF0-hY2VfRaP-5mpsDOFDrrN0Px9yF9WVgg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DDzoxUmr%3Dpv%2B%2BdMyBXNN6Ped%2BdyCX8m5-gev4ADhNv4g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DDzoxUmr%3Dpv%2B%2BdMyBXNN6Ped%2BdyCX8m5-gev4ADhNv4g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BnHKc3hXgW3JCDDz6BJJux_q7Lg5QiHHQgk9%2BX14BHSA%40mail.gmail.com.
