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"I believe in the 1st amendment and boobs" - Clay Travis declares on CNN
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Queen Vulpix
Member
Gross and sadly I'm not surprised it happened.... =/
Brooke certainly handled it far better then I would have had it been me though.
Brooke certainly handled it far better then I would have had it been me though.
To bring everyone up to speed, Clay Travis is lowest of the low hanging fruit in the sports sphere. He's Fox News in a hot take sports form. He's anti-ESPN because he believes they're a left-wing organization, he lead the march on why Kaepernick is horrible for kneeling, and just 2 months ago, he complained that Delta wouldn't allow his son on plane because he had lice
Knuckle Sandwich
Member
They want this to happen though. This going viral is giving cnn execs boners right now.
ginger ninja
Banned
A comment after my own heart.
I mean, it's a little girl, in this context, saying "why not both" to T&A.
It's a double-whammy of sexism and, well, yeah. You gotta admit, it's impressive how much it gets ruined in this sort of context.
Vermillion
Banned
Uh...
legacyzero
Banned
I saw this live, and the look of "THE FUCK?!" On everybody's faces was fucking priceless. Followed by the question of "did he just...?"
CNN and their fucking moron panelists
CNN and their fucking moron panelists
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
will someone please think of the children
cjp
Junior Member
what is wrong with you
"Uh..." what?
Say something of substance or don't bother posting at all.
I mean, you guys gotta think about these things when you're using gif responses in this kind of conversation. You don't post children going "yay boobs and butts" (implied or otherwise) and not get called out on it. At the very least, it's really careless behavior.
What's "wrong" with me is that I want people to put more thought into their responses and not just mindlessly post shit for the sake of posting shit.
Vermillion
Banned
Let me say something more substantial, then - you're the only person even close to thinking in that direction. The thread was iffy enough, but somehow you jumped a line.
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
You're right, this is Trump's fault.
Citizen Mane
Member
He's claiming on twitter that CNN already called to have him come back next week. CNN is so garbage.
Well, of course I am.
I'm likely one of the only people reading this thread thinking about how that girl is effectively being used to boost a stupid sexist conversation that will likely continue to hound her in her teenage and adult years as she grows to have the "boobs" and "ass" that the many, many guys on GAF and elsewhere are pining for. Because this thread, and most of GAF, is largely men who've never experienced this shit.
Look, the answer to this conversation is not "why not both?". The answer is to stop the fucking conversation and accept that everyone can and should have their own tastes that no one needs to question in the first place.
LOL All the laughing emojis at this one.
BlackGoku03
Member
Brooke handled it well. He knew he was going to get that type of reaction.
Never entered my mind when lurking the thread. Sounds like you're grasping... If you think that poster is a pedephile for posting that, then I think you need to step back and not try to read between the lines with everything.
Never entered my mind when lurking the thread. Sounds like you're grasping... If you think that poster is a pedephile for posting that, then I think you need to step back and not try to read between the lines with everything.
One Eyed Willy
Member
Boobs are offensive now?
Yes.
Yes.
That is exactly why people are outraged by this clip.
Because boobs are now offensive. Exactly.
BlackGoku03
Member
In the context of the subject and it being live news, yes, I'd say so. Did you watch the video and hear Brookes reason for cutting it short?
Jeff Albertson
Member
Got to admit it was pretty funny when Keith said he 'was a fan of the first amendment and I love...' I was hoping he was going to say boobs right there!
bitbydeath
Member
I don't know the context, but the boobs thing doesn't sound like a problem in isolation.
There's probably some context
I'm guessing people are upset about the first amendment part *shrug*
Not surprised. CNN gets off on setting up conflict within their segments.
I'm not saying they're a pedophile, goddamn.
I'm just saying it's careless. It's asymptomatic of the general lack of concern this society has for women when the gif gets used so carelessly in a conversation like this that is intrinsically sexist. And it ends up being skeevy when you put more than a second's thought into the implications thereof.
You guys are so eager to have your stupid boobs and butts conversation in every thread it's even remotely justified in that you can't even be bothered to come up with more appropriate (not to mention original) responses than that.
If you tell me to my face how much you love boobs when uncalled for, I'm probably going to write you off as a trash human being.
Sorry, them's the breaks.
He's probably lying but CNN lost all dignity years ago so he could be telling the truth.
bitbydeath
Member
Do people really have no sense of humour in America?
Meanwhile in Australia.
Meanwhile in Australia.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Do people really have no sense of humour in America?
Meanwhile in Australia.
Was he supposed to be humorous? Pretty sure even Adam Sandler was beyond the "lol boobs is a funny word" line.
Do people really have no sense of humour in America?
Meanwhile in Australia.
I mean it looks bad on a news organization that is trying to be professional.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
I don't know the context, but the boobs thing doesn't sound like a problem in isolation.
There's probably some context
Honestly in the grand scheme of things it isn't a big deal. It is a completely absurd situation, and his absolute sincerity is something to behold. The problem really is that hetero male sexual preference is everywhere, we don't really need it injected into conversations about this kind of subject matter (the Trump-ESPN attempt to pressure into firing). It is just indulgent and unnecessary. I don't think he intended it as an attempt to disrespect the two female reporters, but it is disrespectful and narcissistic to be such an idiot. Talking about his sexual preference offers no content to the discussion.
Do people really have no sense of humour in America?
Meanwhile in Australia.
This wasn't meant to be humorous. This wasn't freaking daytime talk, and even then that would be crass.
This man was giving an opinion that he meant to be taken seriously.
This was moment was absurd. It reminded me of Alex Jones' I'm a human rant.
Bless her soul for putting up with this shit
It's funny how much this post can apply to everyone who used this thread as an opportunity to inject their opinion on boobs vs butts as well.
Seriously, folks. Think about what you're doing there.
BlackGoku03
Member
'I wasn't making jokes about boobs. Don't include me in that.
But the gif and posts it responded to can be seen as a comedic attempt at showing how absurd it is to proclaim your love of body parts. Sure, it wasn't really that funny and can be seen as immature.
...
...Or it was just a sexist attempt to ruin a child actress' self esteem, make a pedo joke, and undermine gender equality in gifs.
I'm gonna go with the former. Because if I went with the latter, I'd have to wear a tin foil hat.
They're the same thing at this point. CNN is the First Take of news.
aronnov reborn
Banned
I like boobs too. Am I sexist?
MugiwaraCole
Member
He's been leading the charge to get Jemele Hill fired the last couple of days, too.
(Unsure how whynotboth.gif is pedophilic in this context. It's a gif reaction. Relax, guys)
(Unsure how whynotboth.gif is pedophilic in this context. It's a gif reaction. Relax, guys)
Puck Beaverton
Banned
I support single moms