dear wanda sykes: go fuck yourself

[rone]

brendan_nyhan accurately sums up my feelings regarding Wanda Sykes's repulsive humor.

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

There is much more value in taking the high road, which is one very big thing i saw in Obama's presidential campaign; compared to previous presidential campaigns, it was overwhelmingly positive. We're at a time when more and more Americans are repudiating the abhorrent and hateful tenor of "entertainers" like Coulter and Limbaugh. The last thing we need is "tit for tat", especially because dogmatic right-wingers won't ever learn a lesson from an attack like this; they'll just crow about it and grow like the boil on the face of society they are.

If she wanted to say that on her dime, whatever, but this was at the WHCA dinner. Who the hell invited her, anyway? She's a terrible comedian. Bring back Colbert.

[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

She's a terrible comedian. Bring back Colbert.

This is much more the issue for me. I wasn't offended (cf. facebook), but jesus she's terminally unfunny.

[tskirvin.livejournal.com]

My problem with Coulter and Limbaugh is that they aren't *trying* to be funny; they're actually there to be hateful, and to spread it. I'm much more down with dark humor that clearly intends to be funny, even if it crosses the line.

Colbert is, of course, better in every way.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I doubt very much that Coulter and Limbaugh think that they're hateful. They more likely think that their 'dark humor' is exposing the foibles of 'liberals' and is funny by dint of its offensive nature.

[tskirvin.livejournal.com]

Based on what I've seen, read, and otherwise observed, those two do in fact believe in what they said, and while they may not believe all of their hyperbole, at heart, they really do mean it. There is not a sense of "this is my persona"; this is how they are.

Sykes is looking to offend. Limbaugh is looking to incite.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty accurate distinction.