You aren't clever. You aren't finding absurdity in something. You're laughing at an asshole using his privilege to make a woman uncomfortable. You need to grow the fuck up.
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"I believe in the 1st amendment and boobs" - Clay Travis declares on CNN
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LOL sorry boo I don't give a crap if you are Republican or whatever you wanna label yourself. I find it sad that a woman in that situation is funny to you. Kinda like in college where some idiot shouts out penis for no reason and you find it funny even though in that setting it undermines the professor and people who are trying to learn hence grow the fuck up. You wanna stick your head up whoever's ass is not of my concern boo cos clearly you have a hard on for painting yourself as a victim when your points are challenged
But he just said he believes in the First Amendment? How does that work then?
Congrats?
Trigonometrize.
Member
Being open about sexuality doesn't seem to have much to do with shitting up a live TV broadcast.
So it is the same as The Sopranos, Dateline, The Wire, Sportscenter, South Park, Sunday morning religious shows. NFL games, Game of Thrones, Rick and Morty, CSI whatever..
And that is just the first ten things that came to my mind.
American TV where ignorant people equate Jerry Springer to The Wire.
Dangansona
Member
Yes imagine that but also just like shouting penis it's not funny.
What college did you go to where this was a thing?
There are arguments to be had, and people who invent arguments that are complete bull shit.
You imagine a universe that does not exist, or at best over the course of a 1000 situations, maybe it happens once.
Your higher concept of reality is bull shit.
You do a diservice to actual problems by creating situations in order to divide.??
Whoa. Yes sir!
What privilege? White male? Dude said he liked boobs. Jesus, maybe you need to grow up and understand some people don't have class in this world and like to speak their mind. It wasn't exactly an insult, and it was common "dudebro" chatter. If that hurts you that bad then you have little experience on this planet.
LowlySmokeGuy
Banned
He's not going to get fired for saying he believes in boobs. What he did was pretty dumb and he made an ass out of himself, but it's not really something to get fired over.
FiveSix4Three
Member
Will do.
From this day forth I pledge to you that I shall be of pure thought and not be swayed by the temptations of absurd humor. This I swear to you...
Get over yourself.
If this happened on BBC news, Radio or TV, they would be chastised and cut away from. If this happened on Channel 4 news, the host would be baffled and move away from it to a different guest. If this happened on ITV, the host would be confused and move on. If this happened on Channel 5 news, nobody would ever know.
"Time and place" comes to mind
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
The fact anyone can be actually offended by something this silly is remarkable.
Turbo Killer
Member
Pretty much, they revel in this shit because of ratings.
Yep. The guy is a tool and CNN definitely knows what they're getting. It's still an idiotic thing to say in any context except maybe a stand up comedy routine.
Im not offended , im male though , but come on. That was just dumb and pointless and is sexist he said it with a female there
lmao, so true.
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
Maybe it'd be sexist if he said he liked her tits.
Saying you like all tits isn't sexist. Especially when it's obviously being done in such a silly, ridiculous way.
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
I dont know anything about him other than he said this and apparently runs some sort of betting tips website. Hes probably going to make money off it so he seems pretty smart to me.
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
Well hes costing himself money so hes an idiot.
I dont really give a shit what these people do. Why on earth I would be offended by something one person says is beyond me. These daily outrage hunts are really pretty silly.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
I got a good laugh out of the video. The fake outrage was great. You know CNN can't wait to get him booked again.
Reminds me of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB3qQMbz80Q
The blond woman short circuiting is priceless.
Reminds me of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB3qQMbz80Q
The blond woman short circuiting is priceless.
Turbo Killer
Member
He's a fucking racist that's getting too much attention. I mean if you are still a fan of him after everything that's he's done then no amount of outing him will convince you to hate him. I mean there is a topic on this board every time he says something racist, why?
This is the sort of mentality that gave us Trump as president.
I don't want Trump as president, but isn't the fact of him being president hilarious?
it's not
Exactly.
This base need to find entertainment in EVERYTHING is why we have a fucking clown in the White House now.
When did people lose the ability to discern, "ok, in a lighthearted social situation that would have been a funny thing to say (maybe). But in a news segment on a serious subject in response to a serious question regarding the future of an actual person's career... No, it's not funny. It's borderline sexist and dumb-as-shit"?
It's so fucking middle school. The idea that inserting the word "boob" into any context is automatically funny just takes me back to middle school, and the little shits laughing in the back because they just realized that 'farthings' has the word 'fart' in it.
Turbo Killer
Member
Give me a fucking break, trump is president because this fucking country is still full of angry racist assholes and not because of the lulz.
There are statistics that show that "will it piss off liberals?" is a factor in which policies and actions conservatives support. Basically, trolling.
So yeah, the lulz has a little bit to do with it.
Show me these stats
Not stats, I'm not at home at the moment, but read:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/...mp-must-be-doing-something-right.html?mcubz=3
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
It was funny because it wasnt the right place
If he just said it on his Twitter it wouldnt even register a chuckle.
If he just said it on his Twitter it wouldnt even register a chuckle.
FiveSix4Three
Member
Lol at people thinking others finding humor in something being the reason we have a president about as useful as a bag full of assholes.
I dislike Trump as much as the next sane person, but damn, everything doesn't have to relate back to him.
It's like the perpetual Kevin Bacon game on here.
I dislike Trump as much as the next sane person, but damn, everything doesn't have to relate back to him.
It's like the perpetual Kevin Bacon game on here.
Nobody is arguing that this is THE reason. But I think it's tough to argue that the constant drive for entertainment value hasn't watered down serious discussion in this country.
I mean, it's hard to imagine that CNN, with the reputation it once held, would even invite this man on. But not only did they invite him on, they're inviting him back.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
True, and it is on CNN for putting him on. He is a troll for a living, so why in the hell would CNN invite him to have a serious conversation? It makes no sense. But they are getting people talking about CNN, so I am sure they are fine with it. Clay is getting press, CNN is getting press, everybody wins, I guess. Given Clay's history, anyone at CNN being shocked and appalled didn't do their homework or is being disingenuous.
CNN used to be the standard, now Teen Vogue has more journalistic integrity.
I'm starting to wonder if this is still true.
MSNBC has pulled ahead of CNN in ratings for the last few months. CNN dominated MSNBC for most of 2016. https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv...e-in-1Q17-Shattering-Ratings-Records-20170327
It could be just a blip, but my hope is people are finally getting tired of CNN's loud-ass panels and WWE-like take on the news.
The guy was brought on to make waves, absolutely. I'm positive that a producer at the very least gave him the green light to push the boundaries. It wouldn't be the least bit surprising if they workshoped the line verbatim. Segments like that are entertainment, not journalism. To have a serious discussion about it is farcical.
Before I respond, I think it was a dumb comment,
but I just think the reactions I've seen are over the top...
His boob comment was absolutely him trolling and having fun, but I don't see how it's inherently sexist. The other guest called the comment sexist, and referred to the ESPN anchors history of dealing with sexism.
It was just a comment mentioning boobs though, it wasn't an attack on any particular person. I feel like if it was a female who said "I only believe in the first amendment and dick", the reaction would not have been as dramatic.
Just like how girls on the talk got away with joking about a man being mutilated: https://youtu.be/qnXCPcq_RTY
That would not have flown if it was reversed.
Also, reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/KfhMDt92F8Q
but I just think the reactions I've seen are over the top...
You're wrong on one point. Ive only ever seen this fox guy in this clip, but he never said she should be fired for racist comments alone. His point was that ESPN fired someone for making a conservative comment regarding the transgender washroom issue, so they should double down on their stance that ESPN should not be political, and fire both him and her. He said neither should have been fired in the first place which I agree with, but once you set a precedent, you should stick with that.
His boob comment was absolutely him trolling and having fun, but I don't see how it's inherently sexist. The other guest called the comment sexist, and referred to the ESPN anchors history of dealing with sexism.
It was just a comment mentioning boobs though, it wasn't an attack on any particular person. I feel like if it was a female who said "I only believe in the first amendment and dick", the reaction would not have been as dramatic.
Just like how girls on the talk got away with joking about a man being mutilated: https://youtu.be/qnXCPcq_RTY
That would not have flown if it was reversed.
I dont think I agree with anything, other than it was a bad/stupid joke. He was being edgy, obviously thought he was hilarious based off that smirk after he said it. I just don't see how it's super offensive or sexist.
Also, reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/KfhMDt92F8Q
FunkyDealer
Banned
That's what I read as well, and I didn't remember who Clay was, other than a black man. So I was like, "I know I recognise the name, Clay Davis, but I don't recognise any of these people..."
Took me a while to work it out.
I didn't even think it was funny. It was only somewhat assuming because of Brooke Baldwin's reaction which was basically "What the fuck did you just say?" and then basically telling him to fuck off and ending the segment. So to me, the funny part was seeing this guy get his teeth kicked in by this anchor. He's probably said shit similar to this so many times, that he thought nothing of saying it here because no one ever called him out on it and I think most anchors (including female anchors) would have let it go but she didn't and I have to give her props for that.