First, she's a woman. Second, she's a liberal. Third, she clearly hates Donny Two Scoops.

[Stinky The Clown]

So yeah, let's excoriate Kathy Griffin. Let's fire her. Let's call her all sorts of names. Why not drag her through the streets? Get the FBI on her ass. The Secret Service, too.

Left and right are piling on. The media is united. How about a red A (activist) tattooed on her forehead?

Why am I unable to ignore all the horrible imagery - much of it metaphorical assassination - level at not only Barack Obama, but also at Michelle and the girls? Why am I unable to ignore similar imagery about Hillary Clinton?

Here's a list of those who were fired for THOSE images:








































Mother fucking hypocrites.

[bettyellen]

1. Agreed.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Damn right. n/t

[dalton99a]

3. Kick.

[Different Drummer]

4. Put her in the stocks!

[yardwork]

5. Typical.

[sarah FAILIN]

6. This is how we treat people like her.

Anyone a little too "extreme", or as I say, REAL.. gets ripped apart.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Two scoopsdouble standard.

[ploppy]

8. Agree n/t

[volstork]

9. Yep.

Don't forget trump asking for the "Second Amendment" solution for Hillary.

[Initech]

11. And all the chants we had to endure of "Lock Her Up" last year.

[calimary]

27. And Ted Nugent calling for her murder.

He not only never apologized, nor did he ever face any repercussions or career-ending consequences. Nope, he gets invited to dinner at the White House.

But there's no double standard, 'eh? A friend and I have been arguing all day about this. Tiresome. She's convinced Kathy Griffin has destroyed her career and should never work again. I told her I look forward to Griffin's comeback.

I reminded her about fucking Ted Nugent who's never had to face any consequences for his threats against Hillary or his exhortations of violence against HRC and other Dems. She insisted it's not the same thing, of course.

[Initech]

31. Its because they've got the Magic R next to their name.

If you have the Magic R, you can pretty much get away with murder and the most horrifying sex crimes known to man, and you get the added bonus of being able to blame it on the other guy!

[drmeow]

36. It's not the same thing

Ted Nugent's actions were way, way worse

[Initech]

10. Eat a steaming bag of shit, deplorables.

[Dave Starsky]

12. She did a really, really stupid thing.

Even she acknowledges that it was a bad idea and has apologized for it.

You all can circle-jerk over it as much as you want, but that's all there is to it.

[Honeycombe8]

28. +1. She crossed a line. Don't know why she did that. Got carried away, I guess.

But it's a very violent imagery, so would be abhorrent to most people, no matter who the subject.

I think comedians are used to pushing the envelope, so it's easier for them to cross a line.

Her career will survive. She'll be fine. She'll still have friends in the biz, make tons of money.

[Doug the Dem]

13. I'm not even a Fan of KG

But this manufactured outrage is both disgusting and pathetic!

[smirkymonkey]

20. I completely agree.

This has gotten completely out of control. I am not a big fan either, but she is being very unfairly dealt with.

[George II]

14. Where was the irate right wing when Ted Nugent suggested Obama and Clinton should be shot?

[Big_K]

19. I came here to say the same thing...

Nugent also said at one time the Obama's should be hung.

That being said, Kathy Griffin was stupid, because she gives the RepubliKKKans ammunition for the "Well, What about..." pseudo-defence.

[George II]

21. Yes, it was a stupid thing to do, but at least she's not a politician or elected official.

[IronLionZion]

38. Did you tell Nugent's employer to fire him?

several of us on the left were outraged and some emailed the secret service and FBI about that incident

[Amimnoch]

41. How about just a few days ago when a Republican governor

stated that he wished he could shoot a journalist while at a shooting range?

We don't even need to go back that far.

[kimbutgar]

15. It was a distraction to get us off the chump Russian meddling and the European visit disaster

They adminstration was practically begging the media to give them a one day break.

Another distraction to divide us.

[Laffy Kat]

16. This.

Such a double standard. Pisses me off.

[spanone]

17. K&R...

[mountain grammy]

18. Completely agree

Motherfucking hypocrites!

[democrank]

22. First thing I thought of when I saw Griffin's antics was

the beheading of American journalist, Steven Sotloff. It sickened me. Griffin deserves the negative reactions she's getting and diverting attention to what other people have done doesn't change that.

[mythology]

23. There were people fired for comments about the Obamas

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/15/michelle-obama-ape-in-heels-facebook-post-causes-outrage/

The mayor of the town of Clay resigned and the director of a local government-funded agency was also removed from her job following the racist comment.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/police-officer-fired-over-facebook-post-saying-michelle-obama-is-fluent-in-ghetto/

A police officer in Alabama was terminated on Wednesday over memes he shared to his Facebook page that were determined to be racist.

http://thegrio.com/2016/07/27/loan-officer-gets-fired-for-racist-tweet-about-michelle-obama/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/doctor-michelle-obama-monkey-face_us_584069a7e4b017f37fe35241

A Colorado doctor has been ordered to stop seeing patients and is being fired from her medical school teaching job after calling first lady Michelle Obama “monkey face” on Facebook and defending herself as “still not racist.”

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2016/10/05/teachers-aide-called-michelle-obama-poor-gorilla-fired-texas-womanspost-goes-viral

Dean-Burren, a doctoral candidate at the University of Houston, called out the woman on Facebook: "Is that who you want teaching your kids?" Her post went viral, and this week, it got the Georgia woman fired.

None of these people posted a severed head picture. They were fired. Please actually bother to do some research before you make declarative statements that are easily confirmed to be inaccurate.

[Stinky The Clown]

26. The nothingness of those obscurities prove my point

I hope you didn't break too much of a sweat doing all that research.

[IronLionZion]

37. Fox News fired ED Hill for "terrorist fist jab"

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/13/television.barackobama

and they fired Jessica Herzberg for "baby mama"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/24/fox-news-fires-producer-w_n_128934.html

No bloody severed heads

[IronLionZion]

40. Firing punishes normal people more than wealthy celebrities

teachers and police officers will have a harder time finding new jobs and paying bills in between.

Media personalities work in a gig economy and can just as easily get new gigs with outlets that empathize with their political views.

[liberalmuse]

24. Still a fan.

It was a stupid miscalculation in extremely bad taste which she's paying for, but I'm already over it. I'm not over Trump's racist "birther" shit which he'll never apologize for and which caused so much more damage, so suck it up you orange, shit-stirstick. I'm not over the GOP's decades-ongoing war against muslims, people of color, gays, women, immigrants, the disabled and poor. That's what we need to focus on. I'm not over racists. They can go straight to hell.

[hay rick]

25. Kathy Griffin switched from comedy to patriotism.

No wonder the media is howling.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

30. Kathy Griffin is a comedian who always goes for

the jugular. She has no hesitation in calling out the rich and the famous, and while a decapitated Donny might be a bit over the top for her, it's not that much over the top.

Someone on my FB page, someone who is herself very progressive/liberal said that Griffin needs to take a sabbatical from performing. Nope, I posted back. What Griffin did was completely in keeping with her persona.

Even suggesting that she take a sabbatical comes dangerously close to censorship.

[gratuitous]

32. It's like Trump is Mohammed

And the Republicans are the most reactionary Muslims you can imagine.

[SHRED]

33. Considering what they have done to Hillary and Barack...

...FAUX outrage is easy to detect.

[Generic Other]

34. Nasty women scare them

We should all be that kind of woman.

[6000eliot]

35. Fucking stupid people as usual.

Once you elect the pussy-grabber, you can no longer claim to be offended by ANYTHING. There is no such thing as bad taste anymore.

[kairos12]

39. Donny 2 Scoops. That's perfect. Thanks.

[NurseJackie]

42. I love her and I applaud her!

[burnbaby]

45. what do you applaud her for? nt

[NurseJackie]

46. what do you think? nt

[burnbaby]

47. that's what I thought nt

[NurseJackie]

48. I figured you did nt

[burnbaby]

49. LOL, nice to be on the same page nt

[NurseJackie]

50. LOL, I know! nt

[LanternWaste]

43. It seems that juvenalian satire as a mechanism for comedy

It seems that juvenalian satire (which, by its very definition is what she engaged in) as a mechanism for comedy, is completely lost on the shallow minded and the self-righteous.

[Blue_true]

44. What she did was stupid. She could have chosen more effective ways to rip that Jackass.

All she did was give the right a deflection talking point. We ARE NOT LIKE THEM, we believe in facts, truth and real values. History has shown that what we believe in ultimately prevails.

[Loki Liesmith]

51. Fourth she was stupid

She's no use to us when she shoots herself in the foot.

And beyond her use to us I just could not give two damns about her.

[TNLib]

52. I didn't like it plus I'm not sure what she was going for

It was creepy and weird. But she apologized so I think everyone needs to move on.

[lpbk2713]

53. I'll never forget what OxyRush said about Chelsea.

And she was just a kid.

The hell with these assholes. We owe them nothing.

[mehrrh]

54. Nugent

Ted Nugent was outrageous, racist and inciting violence -- but he was invited to the Inauguration.
Media matters has a list of the worst:

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2014/02/21/here-are-13-other-repugnant-comments-ted-nugent/198174

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

55. Kick

[-Steph-]

56. I didn't like it when it was Obama's effigy being hung by a noose, and I feel pretty much the same

about what Kathy Griffin did. She apologized and I'm glad that she did. The last thing I would ever want to be like, are those that condoned or even praised what was done to Obama's effigy. Two wrongs don't make a right, in my opinion.