tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post7375884573493697001..comments2024-03-17T12:02:12.410-04:00Comments on Love That Max : The disability-bashing comedian who won't back downEllen Seidmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-39983795906740142232016-06-02T20:05:23.537-04:002016-06-02T20:05:23.537-04:00Exactly. This is a comedian who has gone on record...Exactly. This is a comedian who has gone on record saying that he won't use the n-word—because he knows it's wrong—but he has no problem degrading an entire population of people. Oh, and if you think his punctuation is bad, you should see the punctuation/grammar/spelling of some of his fans in the comments on his Facebook page!Ellen Seidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-72600724943921738232016-06-02T20:03:42.174-04:002016-06-02T20:03:42.174-04:00Whether or not he still does this segment is irrel...Whether or not he still does this segment is irrelevant to the present situation (although definitely a great thing if he truly has stoppped doing it). This segment is in a Showtime special that is available On Demand, and Owen stands by it and sees nothing wrong with it. Plus Showtime has refused to cut it. Ellen Seidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-17068313416395966222016-06-02T19:59:45.806-04:002016-06-02T19:59:45.806-04:00Truth. Truth. Ellen Seidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-37526645569839891772016-06-02T15:41:45.401-04:002016-06-02T15:41:45.401-04:00And yet he's so bright that he's obviously...And yet he's so bright that he's obviously incapable of using apostrophes when typing contractions (e.g. "dont").<br /><br />I can't believe more attention has not been paid to this issue. If it were another offended group like the LGBT community, we'd never hear the end of it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003208593138510794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-41277671081417618782016-06-02T12:15:42.056-04:002016-06-02T12:15:42.056-04:00I never heard of this guy until today, but he stat...I never heard of this guy until today, but he states on his twitter page that he hasn't used that part of his routine in over two years. Anyone know if that's accurate, or if he's still using the word "retard" in his other routines? I'm just wondering if we're yelling at someone for doing something that he no longer does...<br /><br />Link here - <br />https://twitter.com/garyowencomedy/status/725788240821673984Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-37762609116130243642016-06-02T10:34:20.759-04:002016-06-02T10:34:20.759-04:00I'm concerned that sharing the spiteful hate s...I'm concerned that sharing the spiteful hate speech of Gary Owens plays into his hideous hands by furthering the reach of these nauseating clips. I refuse to watch them and will certainly not share them.yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01932790041596365419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-63142167522001254112016-06-02T09:54:22.508-04:002016-06-02T09:54:22.508-04:00Any "comedian" who cannot make a funny j...Any "comedian" who cannot make a funny joke without hurting other people is not funny. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-30751931093322765402016-06-01T21:20:20.892-04:002016-06-01T21:20:20.892-04:00And write to the comedy venues, zb?
GO is doing t...And write to the comedy venues, zb?<br /><br />GO is doing this until December - it's a full year of comedy and work for him.<br /><br />So we would have our notes a few months ahead.<br /><br />And bills to put on the seats of the people watching. Or to slip in the programme. People do notice sheets like this. I asked, for instance, "who is the new concert master?"<br /><br />Good that you focused on the controllables.Adelaide Duponthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490123934889071074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-75506963351644948382016-06-01T21:16:37.174-04:002016-06-01T21:16:37.174-04:00"I'm going to talk about you at my show&q..."I'm going to talk about you at my show".<br /><br />Okay, GO, if that's the way it's going to be, it's one minute less than you would normally spend talking about yourself and your comedic view. [Did you break your windscreen wipers the last 6 weeks? Did they get attacked with avian excretment?]*<br /><br />* and yes, windshield/windscreen wipers is a particularly derogatory term as shown on the Ouch! [British Broadcasting Corporation] website. It applies at least equally to the comedy buses which take people to Gary Owen shows. I did use it as a metaphor for perspective.<br /><br />Because we have usually had many more years of being talked about in that way and talked smack about than you have had hot dinners.<br /><br />ZB: you of course are right. "Sins of the fathers" would stretch into the beginning of humanity. The humanity which GO seems to manifestly lack or pay lip service to, particularly as and when it disagrees with him.<br /><br />And maternal solidarity for the win!<br /><br />The five minute segment letter was fantastic. It would probably have fewer "You"s if I were writing it. [especially to start the sentence - a barrage of "Youyouyouses" tends to create a feeling of being attacked/persecuted].<br /><br />Speaking of being prosecuted:<br /><br /><i>Yet as Attorney Laurence H. Tribe recently noted in his powerful Huffington Post piece, "This is not a matter of 'political correctness....' When words and images become the bullets that rip through the psychic and emotional flesh of the most vulnerable and often helpless among us, it is time for people of principle to stand up and say: 'Enough!'"</i><br /><br />I don't see the "standing on principle" either, Ellen.<br /><br />"Here's one for ya: Did you hear the one about the comedian who made people with disability the butt of his jokes? No? That's because people realized his act was just plain sad. "<br /><br />And they told other people this so they felt sad and the sadness was not plain. Then it covered the earth.Adelaide Duponthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490123934889071074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-69280259335821919862016-06-01T17:50:46.990-04:002016-06-01T17:50:46.990-04:00When I said that about someone (it might have been...When I said that about someone (it might have been one of our former presidents,), my mom told me not to blame his mom. And think she was right. <br /><br />This guy is awful and we have to 1) tell everyone not to watch him and 2) not watch showtime. The second might be easier for me than others, but I will resist finding anything worth watching. zbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205346985598789513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-39182647012175964652016-06-01T09:21:14.930-04:002016-06-01T09:21:14.930-04:00"He's an idiot. Comes from upbringing. Hi..."He's an idiot. Comes from upbringing. His parents are probably idiots, too." - Sam Baines (from "Back to the Future circa 1985). I couldn't of said it better myself... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04111350281918492504noreply@blogger.com