Child sees the severed head of his father on TV

AllForIt

Kathy Griffin is a very funny woman. That's all I've got to say on the subject.

Galwayguy35

wes wrote: »

The alt-right seem to be getting "triggered" an awful lot lately.

BTW, this doesn't compare to the crap Obama got, and Trump even invited Ted Nugent to the White house, who joked about killing Obama.

The whole thing is hypocrisy of the highest order. The most sensitive snow flakes are Donald Trump and his supporters.

You seem kinda triggered there yourself.

pilly

lawred2 wrote:

why did she lose her job exactly?

Ah come on now. I'm no fan of Trump but if that was Obama or in fact any black person she would lose more than her job.

She'd probably be locked up.

20Cent

pilly wrote: »

Ah come on now. I'm no fan of Trump but if that was Obama or in fact any black person she would lose more than her job.

She'd probably be locked up.

Ted Nugent said he wanted to put a machine gun in Obamas and Hillary Clintins mouths
Presumably to pull the trigger. He was recently photographed in the oval office with trump.

Capt'n Midnight

Barron Trump is 11.

If he was watching TV after the watershed then it's likely to be inappropriate and perhaps it's time to call social services.

How come no one is going after the news channel that decided to show the picture ?


On the subject of inappropriate TV
The typical American child will view more than 200,000 acts of violence, including more than 16,000 murders before age 18.

PressRun

If wee Barron lived in the same house as his father or indeed saw or spoke to him on a regular basis, he would know that he wasn't really beheaded on national television.

wally1990

Harry Palmr wrote: »

What the holy fvck are you on about?

Hahahha

mcmoustache

To be fair to liberals (the american kind), they rounded on her.

Son Of A Vidic

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Griffin has rightly been punished for her inappropriate actions. Although in her defence I've heard she suffers from her nerves, to put it politely.

Or to put it more bluntly, I believe she suffers from being a bit of a bollocks.

lawred2

sunny2004 wrote: »

Free speech ? guess you think thats something real ?

Try googling Brandenburg V Ohio.. as an example.

or this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatening_the_President_of_the_United_States

or this..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_against_Holocaust_denial

time to educate yourself on the matter and stop referring to free speech

Yeah. Great stuff altogether.

lawred2

wakka12 wrote: »

Yeh but some things just don't go down well with the public. Its not like it was illegal, but you don't always have to do illegal things to get fired. Whoever she worked for obviously just didnt want to be associated with the bad publicity.
Anyway I think the joke was immature and stupid and tasteless and I dont feel bad for her

A lot of jokes are immature and stupid. And comedians tend to make jokes. Even crap crass ones. Maybe jokes are passe now. We've all moved on.

anewme

20Cent wrote: »

Disgusting that the Trump family are using their child to shut down an artist.

artist???

should be done under the Trade Descriptions Act

Persephone kindness

Originally Posted by 20Cent View Post
Disgusting that the Trump family are using their child to shut down an artist.

I agree. First amendment to the constitution which he has sworn to uphold.

And let's face it TRUMP ENJOYS HIS FREE SPEECH ...

Persephone kindness

You can't say he has not courted this nor provoked it. He has. Now he is a figure of hate. It will get worse.

degsie

fake news

Persephone kindness

RobertKK wrote: »

But that is what we are told the child saw, and it did lead to both his parents coming out and condemning it.

It is click bait.

anewme

Kathy Griffin is holding a press conference this morning to outline the bullying she has received from the Trump family.

Now, she held up a severed head of Donald , they all - Donald, Melania and The unfortunately named Barron (quite rightly) went mad over it, and now she's accusing them of bullying her.

She can give it, but she can't take it.

Persephone kindness

anewme wrote: »

Kathy Griffin is holding a press conference this morning to outline the bullying she has received from the Trump family.

Now, she held up a severed head of Donald , they all - Donald, Melania and The unfortunately named Barron (quite rightly) went mad over it, and now she's accusing them of bullying her.

She can give it, but she can't take it.

True

But I would wager ...this is epic for her career. It's PR gold.

It's all kinda cheap though.

lawred2

anewme wrote: »

Kathy Griffin is holding a press conference this morning to outline the bullying she has received from the Trump family.

Now, she held up a severed head of Donald , they all - Donald, Melania and The unfortunately named Barron (quite rightly) went mad over it, and now she's accusing them of bullying her.

She can give it, but she can't take it.

Aren't they a precious lot...

biko

Kathy is the redhead. Donald has a red hat on.



It's amazing how many people, all of them celebrities, had no problems whatsoever with Trump while he was just a billionaire buying them dinners and cocktails and inviting them to his parties. But now since he's won an election all of a sudden he's Satan incarnate
- Derrick Wilburn.

wonderfullife

RobertKK wrote: »

But that is what we are told the child saw, and it did lead to both his parents coming out and condemning it.

The idea that you believe 11-year-old Barron Trump was sitting in his faux-Gold-Tower watching CNN or MSNBC and recoiled in shock at a news report is laughable.

If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you.

By the way, if you think Kathy Griffin's "art" was in poor taste, I'm sure you're outraged by his mothers idea of "art"...

Persephone kindness

biko wrote: »

Kathy is the redhead. Donald has a red hat on.



It's amazing how many people, all of them celebrities, had no problems whatsoever with Trump while he was just a billionaire buying them dinners and cocktails and inviting them to his parties. But now since he's won an election all of a sudden he's Satan incarnate
- Derrick Wilburn.

Pretty much.

Persephone kindness

In fairness though I would never have known his political views until he ran. I would have assumed him a Dem. Just shows how informed i was !

Persephone kindness

Ok that melania pic is creepy.

lawred2

wonderfullife wrote: »

is that the son?

Persephone kindness

lawred2 wrote: »

is that the son?

I don't know but please someone say no.

wonderfullife

Persephone kindness wrote: »

In fairness though I would never have known his political views until he ran. I would have assumed him a Dem. Just shows how informed i was !

Trump is a Dem.

He rented out the GOP to run for Office as a publicity stunt. Now he won and he's stuck with it. Hence the putting on weight and looking miserable. He'll resign as soon as he gets the tax cuts and the Presidential Pardon.

Persephone kindness wrote: »

Ok that melania pic is creepy.

It's a weird concept for a photo to put it mildly.

anewme

the publicity shot of Kathy Griffin announcing the press conference looks absolutely nothing like the woman holding up the severed head. It's like a different person.

She must have a few of them aul severed heads, which she swops for photos.

wonderfullife

lawred2 wrote: »

is that the son?

yes he's 11 now picture taken when he was 10.

Hande hoche!

Bit disrespectful for families that have suffered from the likes of ISIS etc. decapitating their loved ones. Still imagine she got the coverage she wanted, although probably didn't imagine loosing her Xmas show.

lawred2

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Bit disrespectful for families that have suffered from the likes of ISIS etc. decapitating their loved ones. Still imagine she got the coverage she wanted, although probably didn't imagine loosing her Xmas show.

that's a stretch

razorblunt

Alls I knows is, I hope Sean Bean's kids never watch his movies.

Hande hoche!

lawred2 wrote: »

that's a stretch

Not an unpopular opinion. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/31/opinions/kathy-griffin-immoral-photo-cupp-opinion/index.html

razorblunt wrote: »

Alls I knows is, I hope Sean Bean's kids never watch his movies.

Silent Hill was pretty bad.

kunst nugget

lawred2 wrote: »

that's a stretch

The Isis beheadings were the first thing that came to mind for me when seeing the image.

razorblunt

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Not an unpopular opinion. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/31/opinions/kathy-griffin-immoral-photo-cupp-opinion/index.html



Silent Hill was pretty bad.

He made it through that one!

lawred2

kunst nugget wrote: »

The Isis beheadings were the first thing that came to mind for me when seeing the image.

Does the same happen to you when you watch something like GOT? Are you sitting there thinking of those who lost loved ones to ISIS?

kunst nugget

lawred2 wrote: »

Does the same happen to you when you watch something like GOT? Are you sitting there thinking of those who lost loved ones to ISIS?

Are you thinking I'm upset by the image or something? I'm not wringing my hands for the families of Isis victims over it. I'm just telling you that it reminded me of the Isis beheading videos when I saw it and it seems other people thought the same thing. It seemed a real dumb move on the part of Kathy Griffin and her team to use the image given the current climate in the US.

lawred2

kunst nugget wrote: »

Are you thinking I'm upset by the image or something? I'm not wringing my hands for the families of Isis victims over it. I'm just telling you that it reminded me of the Isis beheading videos when I saw it and it seems other people thought the same thing. It seemed a real dumb move on the part of Kathy Griffin and her team to use the image given the current climate in the US.

Best all hunker down then and play nice for fear of falling foul and losing your job..

An environment where people are succumbing to those who want to suppress freedom of expression is hardly healthy.

kunst nugget

lawred2 wrote: »

Best all hunker down then and play nice for fear of falling foul and losing your job..

An environment where people are succumbing to those who want to suppress freedom of expression is hardly healthy.

I'm not sure where the suppression of freedom of expression is coming into this unless she was arrested for taking part in the image and I didn't hear about it.

She had the freedom to express herself through the image. People on both sides of the spectrum had the freedom to express their distaste at the image and the company employing her had the freedom to jettison her when they felt the adverse publicity wasn't worth it. If she really wants total freedom of expression, working for a news corporation isn't going to be the place for her.

biko

Kathy now is real sorry*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq65ZbXGJqE

*about losing work because of the outrage of employers at her stunt.

pilly

lawred2 wrote: »

Best all hunker down then and play nice for fear of falling foul and losing your job..

An environment where people are succumbing to those who want to suppress freedom of expression is hardly healthy.

I hate the way this "freedom of expression" term is thrown around to allow for any kind of behaviour.

As I've stated above, would it have been the same reaction if it was Obamas head? I don't fcuking think so.

I can't stand Trump but I don't get where the haters think it's okay to do or say whatever they feel like when it comes to him.

biko

The Violent Left has a long tradition of aggression and actual physical violence.
In Europe as well as America.

Look at movements like antifa supported in secrecy or openly by many leftists and celebs.

wonderfullife

biko wrote: »

The Violent Left has a long tradition of aggression and actual physical violence.
In Europe as well as America.

Look at movements like antifa supported in secrecy or openly by many leftists and celebs.

Is this a troll post?

Let me guess, George Soros pays the protestors and "antifa".

Do you like delusional reality?

ebbsy

AllForIt wrote: »

Kathy Griffin is a very funny woman. That's all I've got to say on the subject.

She is as funny as a punch in the goolies just before sex.

kunst nugget

biko wrote: »

The Violent Left has a long tradition of aggression and actual physical violence.
In Europe as well as America.

Look at movements like antifa supported in secrecy or openly by many leftists and celebs.

Because there isn't and never has been a Violent Right?

Hande hoche!

kunst nugget wrote: »

Because there isn't and never has been a Violent Right?

It's the violent moderates you have to be careful about.

lawred2

pilly wrote: »

I hate the way this "freedom of expression" term is thrown around to allow for any kind of behaviour.

As I've stated above, would it have been the same reaction if it was Obamas head? I don't fcuking think so.

I can't stand Trump but I don't get where the haters think it's okay to do or say whatever they feel like when it comes to him.

You hate it do you. Grand.

Comedians doing things in poor taste is just so new isn't it!? We're obviously all still in an adjusting phase.

kunst nugget

Hande hoche! wrote: »

It's the violent moderates you have to be careful about.

Those violent Centrists are the worst. Supporting, through brute force, a balance of a degree of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy; while opposing political changes which would result in a significant shift of society either strongly to the left or the right! I say a street fight between Centre-Leftists and a Centre-Right gang last night. It was carnage. Their slightly differing social and economic policies took on a bloody hue then.

Hande hoche!

kunst nugget wrote: »

Those violent Centrists are the worst. Supporting, through brute force, a balance of a degree of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy; while opposing political changes which would result in a significant shift of society either strongly to the left or the right! I say a street fight between Centre-Leftists and a Centre-Right gang last night. It was carnage. Their slightly differing social and economic policies took on a bloody hue then.

That's a better term, will be using that in future. Starting to associate moderates with the head choppers in Syria.

kunst nugget

Hande hoche! wrote: »

That's a better term, will be using that in future. Starting to associate moderates with the head choppers in Syria.

I'm going to call the scourge Vio-Cents.