Yesterday, I made a big stink about Opie and Anthony and their Condi-raping guest. Turns out that if you listen to the uncut version of the episode, dudes were mocking the moron who had the violent fantasies about her. So, in response to Treacher, I hereby kneel in the spring crudwash at the shoulder of the road, toss fistfuls of broken glass upon myself, rend my garments, tear my hair out, and scratch my face. Which means I pretty much look like I do after any other weekend’s stagger home from hanging with the chavos at Cielito Lindo.
My apologies, whoever you are.
UPDATE: Jim provides the context.
If I was you , I’d be a lot harder on myself .
Yeah. You mean like . . . using the subjunctive?
Nah ….. more broken glass ..
tear my hair out by the fistful
You’ve still got hair?
Show-off.
My bad . Needless to say , more broken glass .
It’s ok Dan. New week, new outrages. Soldier on.
What is it about most people that makes it so difficult to simply offer a sincere and straightforward apology?
You’re having a bad weekend when you have to apologize to some guys because you called them bigoted perverts to an international audience.
I think penance is called for. You should call Andy Sullivan and compliment him on his political sophistication and fashion sense…
Is it all right if I identify myself as Glenn Greenwald, GMG?
So be it .
Experiencing some buyer’s remorse, Dan?
Yeah, you’re right Dan. I’m really embarassed now that I jumped to conclusions about Opie and Anthony. I mean, it’s not like they were giving air time to some guy who was making jokes about raping Condoleeza Rice for kicks and ratings… they were making an honest effort to expose the idiocy of the kind of people who would do that kind of thing, standing up for truth, justice, the American way, and so forth. In fact, if they hadn’t given him that air time and made fun of him, The American Pipple would be going around thinking it was okay to joke about raping the Secretary of State. So it’s a public service they performed, and not like it was crass, beyond the pale or just plain wrong to put the guy on the air and draw it out for laughs, er, I mean, to expose the truth. They were merely exploiting the vicious joke for money, not actually agreeing with it. Big, big difference. You and I should be ashamed of ourselves for conclusion jumping like that.
Besides, it’s not like they were paying people to have sex in a Catholic Church or nothin…
No, no, no. That’s not how you do it. You identify yourself as a fan of his, who’s impressed by the fact that he’s a Constitutional scholar who wrote a bestselling book and has had his blog posts read on the Senate floor.
I think you have to post it as Greenwaldâ„¢, altho I’m not sure the US recognizes Brazilian marks and patents…
He didn’t just give his very rude opinion about Rice, but also Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, the Fort Dix Six, Roger Clemens, the Jews, the Asians, the elderly… I’m not sure why Breitbart only thought the Rice comment was worth taking out of context. You’d have to ask him.
You’re right, it’s not. Besides which, they didn’t pay anybody to have sex in a Catholic church.
I get it–he was trying to get out of jury duty. He’s prejudiced against everybody, see?
The joke about raping Condoleeza Rice was disgusting. But it was still more funny than the taxpayer-funded joke that is Waxman subpoenaing her over the “16 words”.
Well, look, if the Sturmabteilungen took up a collection and actually paid Waxman’s bills out of their own pockets, it wouldn’t be so bad now, would it?
I mean, then the notion that Waxman is Kos’ bitch would have both validity and resonance.
I mean, I wouldn’t have any objection to Condi going up before Waxman’s Moscow Show Trial then.
Right on, Jimbo. Not recently anyhow.
Wow, I’d better ease up on the sarcasm. When I’m getting too sarcastic for even the great humorist, Arthur Treacher, to pick up on it, well, then it’s clear: the terrorists have won. But now you’ve irritated me mildly. So…
Upon further review, I may have missed all the humorous implications of SecState Rape. Ferinstance, Henry Kissinger and some guys in prison (I think the left is big on *that* fantasy); Cyrus Vance and the Panamanian negotiators to whom he gave away the Panama Canal (features in conservative and military planners’ nightmares, now that the Canal is Chi-Com-owned for all intents and purposes); and Al Haig and the NY Times. Man, that’s some 2000 Year Old Man level jokery in there. How could I have missed it?
So in the end, I guess you’re right Jim. When I think about it, there’s a lot of humor to be mined from the Raping the SecState vein, and it’s kind of silly to offer criticism of that particular brand of free speech. After all, the correct response to offensive speech is… to sit there and be quiet! I’m pretty sure Campaign Finance Reform is based on this bedrock First Amendment principle. I’d thought I was just mocking them out, but now realize that my criticism, was, in fact, chilling their precious right to free speech. So I’ll be quiet about it from this point on. Bring on the jokes about raping the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Statistical Methods in the Deaprtment of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. In a time of war like this, what the nation needs is some rape humor, and who am I to deny the nation what it needs?
Seriously Jimbo, my first instinct would be to tell you to lighten the f*** up. My second instinct, the one I’m going with, is to ask, are Opie and Anthony and the guy from Sam Adams paying you to have sex in Catholic churches or something? I don’t want to screw up a good gig for you – man, that would be a good one, other than the whole eternal damnation thing – and I promise I will be quiet if that’s the case…
TW: Ball52 is just too easy, in this context.
I’d like to make it clear that I don’t really know what Opie and Anthony have or haven’t said or done on their radio show. Limiting the case to this one instance, I am apologizing sincerely for having gotten it wrong. I don’t want to become a big Yeahbutt.
Or you could mock it, like O & A did…
A perfect example of why I never listen to idiots of that ilk.
Radio is for playing music, not inane jibber-jabber by poltroons.
Not ever. They didn’t pay them anything.
As for the rest of Al’s comment, does anybody have the Cliffs Notes?
Poltroons talk? I thought they were for landing your private plane on a lake.
Sorry if that was too long for you, Jim. I knew No Child Left Behind had problems, but had no idea it was that bad. I’ll keep my comments and words much shorter, and send some money to the NEA to lobby for more money in the Reading is FUN-DaMental program.
BTW, it’s not like I want them fired or anything… they are much funnier in place making juvenile, unfunny asses of themselves. If they were funny, I could forgive… Hey, what happened to the old Treacher that didn’t get all offended real easily? Do I have Capgras Syndrome and just *think* you’ve been replaced by an alien? Could be…
Too late.
Whatever. When did you become the enforcer of right wing unanimity of opinion? Dude, Puce would kick your ass if he was still around.
What in the world are you talking about?
How about this: If I get you fired from your job for disagreeing with me or saying something I don’t like, then you can accuse me of trying to “enforce unanimity of opinion.” Don’t hold your breath, though, because that’s not my style.