Wayne Besen on O'Reilly Factor (Jay Leno)
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leno is the most harmless person in the world...he was obviously joking around and didnt mean anything by it...anyone who is offended needs to chill the beans!! its absolutely ridiculous!!
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Bill Orally is a grade-A douche-bag.
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If Jay Leno said, "Look like a Jew for the camera." I would find it funny. HE'S JUST JOKING!
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@Claronium780 then that would be unfortunate. missing out on the good stuff
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oh my god we can't make fun of minorities anymore in America? that's SO terrible Bill Orally - what a douche!
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@lomeloft so what if he is?
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oreilly is a douchebag and you can clearly hear the disdane he has in his voice when introducing TWO exec director.
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@wbesen are you a queer? lol
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The point is power abuse. Making fun of people viewed to be lesser human beings because of who they are as part of a minority is not humour it is abuse. What's being called upon is maturing of a nation. A nation's humour is a yardstick of their maturity. The Netherlands uses the guideline of "A measure of a country's civility is its treatment of minorities"
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umm because of freedom of speech maybe?
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I actually think that everyone here had a legitimate point. Wayne was definately right in calling out people for finding mere same sex attraction on it's own to be something hilarious. He really nailed why we feel offended by this because people aren't even giving legitimate reasons for the ridicule. It's like saying "haha, your black" to someone: it's playground bullying. Jay's apology was really sincere and I do honestly think he made a legitimate mistake; it goes under our noses most times.
I don't agree that Christian white males are often the butt of jokes. What people laugh at them for are the idiotic things they often do. for example, they follow leaders like the late jerry Falwell and James Dobson who respectively thought Tinky Winky and Sponge Bob were gay. Pat Robertson thinks that gay pride flags will cause meteors to hit Orlando. The fundamentalists actually believe that earth is only a few thousand years old. This is funny and why we laugh. It is not at their religion.
wbesen 3 years ago 3
No one questioned his "right to free speech" just his responsibility for making a string of anti-gay jokes. Sorry, but the right to free speech cuts both ways - and we have a right to criticize poor taste.
wbesen 3 years ago