"I would like to see him apologize to young women across the country for
contributing to kind of that thread that is throughout our culture that makes it
sound like it is OK to talk about young girls in that way, where it's kind of
OK, accepted and funny to talk about statutory rape," she said. "It's not cool.
It's not funny."
Boo-yeah.
Enough with companies promoting self-esteem by purchasing their products (because only soaps and jeans can fill the void of true achievement or personality) , how about teaching girls some self-respect, part of which can be achieved through not putting up with this kind of degrading crap.
Further:
Palin said Friday that it was time for people to rise up against
Letterman's form of humour.
"No wonder young girls especially have such low self-esteem in
America when we think it's funny for a so-called comedian to get away with such
a remark as he did," she said. "I don't think that's acceptable."
I believe I said that but it's good to hear it echoed.
I believe that in our "self-esteem and entitlement" culture, we've failed to instill in children that self-esteem comes through achievement, that entitlement is the attitude of a spoiled brat and that self-respect would, in some ways, curb the kind of debasement that passes for "humour" these days. It's one thing to be introspective, to be humble and not take yourself too seriously; it's quite another to muck up yourself and others for a cheap laugh. That is what David Letterman is guilty of.
Mr. Letterman doesn't get that his being a comedian is somehow a shield for his "poor taste" is not acceptable, nor that Governor Palin's refusal to appear on his show is a mother's reaction to a sick joke. Why would anyone stand for a sexually charged joke aimed at their child and then brush it aside like it never happened? That is Mr. Letterman's way of being the aforementioned spoiled brat. Nothing he says or does touches him and he is entitled to be a jerk.
And for that stunt, he sure is a jerk.
2 comments:
She's absolutely right in pointing out that he is one of many in the media who contribute to anti-woman indecency. I remember in an interview with the former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, Larry King asked her pointed questions about her rape. Not only is he talentless but devoid of any grace and manners. He and Letterman are absolutely shameless.
Letterman is a hick who cracks jokes and, somehow, ended up with his own show. Sometimes, he accidentally exposes that side of himself despite slick production values and his decades of experience. That "live" thing will occasionally bite ya and the broadcast delay of a few, paltry seconds isn't always enough to redirect one's foot away from one's mouth.
HAROLD HECUBA
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