Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Should Lisa Lampenelli be censured?

She is an "insult comic" in the tradition of Don Rickles. She is the most foul mouthed, fattest, crankiest, bigot, female comic in the public eye. She cannot be censured. But I can't understand how she is gaining fame and fortune because all the misguided people choose to go to her shows in droves and subject themselves to the same old racist jokes and minority stereotypes. I can't understand why people pay her to be insulted. Some traditions should die. Don't we get enough of that in our own lives? Insult comics like Don Rickles came from a generation where it was okay to be a bigot. I thought we've come a long way from there. But this time around, it's all the minority groups that are championing her racist beliefs and humor. She is like a yeast infection. You keep scratching it, but she won't go away!

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