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In reply to the discussion: Support Thread for Kathy Griffin [View all]MrPurple
(985 posts)We're all aware of the horrific things Ted Nugent and the right said, but rightly or wrongly, the visceral impact of holding a bloody, severed head is higher. Someone on the right with mainstream media contracts would have lost them if they'd done that with Obama's head. The difference is that Obama wouldn't have been tweeting about it to rile up/distract his base.
I think if she's smart, Kathy Griffin will go quiet for a while and fade to the background. Then four months from now, after endless Trump insanity has elapsed, Bill Maher and others will be eager to have her as a guest to comment on it and the death threats, et al that she experienced. I don't see why she can't have a comeback after a hiatus, her audience is liberal anyway.
But, I hope she gets out of the media for now, because she's a distraction that the right is fundraising off of and using to their advantage.