2006-11-25 00:14:33 · 12 answers · asked by Angela 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
Yes. An angry outburst is calling someone an MF, an A**hole. He purposefully used a racial epithet and recalled a method of lynching. He would not have done/said either if the hecklers had been caucasian. He did this and then tried to excuse it by saying he was angry, this was more than anger.
2006-11-25 02:33:47 · answer #1 · answered by searious 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Dan, I know what you are saying, but damn, did he have to go racist in the first place? I could see if the hecklers shouted racist remarks at him first, then it would of been a free for all. One of the things that piss me off is that some white people I've known always resorted to the n-bomb when they got into a heated debate with me. We could be arguing the pros and cons of the war in Iraq and somehow if they couldn't come up with a decent reply, they'd drop the n-bomb. That's a major issue for blacks. I've seen comedians of all races get heckled before and never once have I seen any of them reply with racists remarks. George Carlin is one in particular who could have gone the race route many of times, but instead he took it like a pro and called the morons exactly what they were, morons. My anger at Richards is based solely on this: When it came to the big test that all comedians have to face he chose to cave-in. About the only funny thing in his reply was "with a fork in your ***." Given the context, even that was lame. It also hurts because I was a fan of this man, I thought he was cool and intelligent to some degree. I guess I just expected more from him. Quite frankly, Mel Gibson is a much greater disappointment for me at the current moment.
2016-03-29 08:24:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wanted to get past the media hype and see it for myself, so I did some research and found it online and watched it. It was definitely a rant. Racist? Possibly. He was definitely pissed off that his act was being interrupted and he wanted to hurt these guys, piss them off, and shut them up. He knew the "n-word" would do that. Does that make him really a racist? I don't know, and you'll get all sorts of polarized opinions on that.
What I didn't get to see, and probably what we never will get to see, is just what the hecklers were doing that pissed him off so much. That I would have liked to have seen also. What I saw was what someone captured on their camera phone, and the interruption that started the whole conflict was not on the video clip, just Richards' rant. Not saying Richards was justified, I just wish that what the other guys had done hadn't been censored.
2006-11-25 00:26:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. It was a psychotically angry outburst. He was clearly struck inarticulate, and was just raving, repeating the same word over and over. He kept saying the n word, but if it had been women in the audience disrupting, he would have used the c word. Ya know? It was just an angry nasty acid rant. Living in our culture, he has of course heard the word. But I don't think he ever uses it outside this context.
2006-11-25 00:18:04 · answer #4 · answered by martino 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
no. how is it any diffrent from what other comedians do? i was watching a chris rock stand up yesterday and cut it off half way thru because i was getting offended at the way he was descibing white people. it is no diffrent. so he said it directly at them big freakin' deal. i wonder how many times those ladies have used the same words when talking about other people? people always think it is funny when they do it, but when the shoe is on the other foot they get mad. get over it. it was not racial he was just pissed an i am sure we all have done something or said something when we were pissed that we regreat. i still love kramer. anyone who disagrees with me can bite me.
2006-11-25 00:25:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
of course, it wasn't just the fact that he used the n word, it was context in which he used it. he referenced a horrible tragedy that an entire culture suffered. now if he would've used a stereotype, he could've possibly gotten away with that: blacks are lazy, hispanics have alot of kids, jamaicans have 5 jobs, whites steal and connive their way to the top, etc. but he talked about something that changed people's lives forever. there's a major difference.
2006-11-25 00:51:09 · answer #6 · answered by cutesensiblechic 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Would we even be having this discussion if he were black and the hecklers were white?
Nuff said!
2006-11-25 01:18:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No.
But if it was... WHO CARES. I didn't see anyone cry over what the black guy called Richards. "White *** cracker!"
2006-11-25 00:22:04 · answer #8 · answered by johnnybutt12 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
offended ones are looking at collecting $$$$$.
2006-11-25 00:23:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If it is, than nearly everyone is racist.
2006-11-25 00:22:25 · answer #10 · answered by brmwk 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋