Not Smart
ByLastnight on HBO Demand I was watching a comedy benefit called “Comic Relief” that would help Hurrican Katrina survivors. From what they were saying it seemed as if it was taped a couple weeks ago.
Anyways, they had the usual suspects such as Rosie O’Donell and Bill Maher, etc. bashing Republicans. At one point O’Donell looks into the cameras flips the bird as if to say “F*ck Republicans”. My first thought was how many people watching that must be thinking “Ok, F*ck Republicans? Well F*ck my donation!”.
Now I have no clue how much they raised but to me it just doesn’t seem like such a smart strategy when you’re a charity and you’re bashing such a large group of people. I know the only reason people think Odonell is funny anymore is because she bashes the GOP and Bill Maher seems to only have a career because of that but couldn’t they have picked a different lineup? If they wanted racy, on the edge comedy, there is an abundance of comis out there that could be just as funny, and not single out one group of people. If their goal was to bash Republicans they could have easily had someone like Jay Leno who to me is always telling political jokes but he gives to both sides. He also doesn’t villify an entire group of people and will just go after the politician themselves.
Obviously, they have their choice to bash whoever they want, but to me it just doesn’t seem smart to take out a whole group of people.
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2 Comments
December 5th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
This is a touchy issue. I tend to think you need to look past that stuff for the greater good.
This issue reasonates with a lot of public policy (Assisting poor children through their parents, regardless of the moral composition of the person).
Sometimes egos (Not saying you’re necessarily incorrect in this case) need to be put aside for the overall good.
December 5th, 2006 at 8:11 pm
Maybe I should have been more thorough.
I think if someone would be offended at what they were saying and still wanted to give to Hurricane Katrina survivors would look at it as they will just give their money to another charity. So with that being said, I think that applies that you shouldn’t bash such a large group.