Grow a pair ?
Apr 27, 2023 10:36:45 #
Wyantry
Loc: SW Colorado
Grow a pair!
“Real Time host Bill Maher unveiled a new “award show” during his closing monologue Friday evening, saying it’ll be better than the Oscars and Emmys because it’s dedicated to people brave enough to stand up against the cancel culture.”
The “Awards”:
1.) The first award went to ”Cornell University and its president Martha Pollack for rejecting students’ demand for trigger warnings for “traumatic” content in classes.
“She didn’t cave in or hire a new dean of sensitivity, she just said, ‘No. College is for introducing you to new ideas — not for kissing your ass and making you feel wonderful and always right,'”
2.). The second award went to Trader Joe’s, ”which stood behind its ethnically themed product names like “Trader José’s,” and “Arabian Joe’s” after a petition in 2020 called for their removal for being “racist.”
The grocery store chain at the time issued a statement saying, “We disagree that any of these labels are racist and we do not make decisions based on petitions.”
3.). Ted Sarandos of Netflix received the third award ”for his handling of staffers who objected to Dave Chappelle’s comedy special, telling them at the time if they don’t support the content then ”Netflix may not be the best place for you.”
4.) The final award went to actor Ben Stiller, ”who defended his 2008 comedy film Tropic Thunder, saying he makes “no apologies” and is “proud” of his work and everyone involved.”
”And the lesson is if you stand up to the mob for just a day or two, their shallow, impatient, immature smartphone-driven gerbil minds will forget about it and go on to the next nothing-burger, and you, you still will have your cojones,” Maher concluded.”
[ https://nypost.com/2023/04/22/bill-maher-gives-cojones-awards-to-cancel-culture-objectors/ ]
“Real Time host Bill Maher unveiled a new “award show” during his closing monologue Friday evening, saying it’ll be better than the Oscars and Emmys because it’s dedicated to people brave enough to stand up against the cancel culture.”
The “Awards”:
1.) The first award went to ”Cornell University and its president Martha Pollack for rejecting students’ demand for trigger warnings for “traumatic” content in classes.
“She didn’t cave in or hire a new dean of sensitivity, she just said, ‘No. College is for introducing you to new ideas — not for kissing your ass and making you feel wonderful and always right,'”
2.). The second award went to Trader Joe’s, ”which stood behind its ethnically themed product names like “Trader José’s,” and “Arabian Joe’s” after a petition in 2020 called for their removal for being “racist.”
The grocery store chain at the time issued a statement saying, “We disagree that any of these labels are racist and we do not make decisions based on petitions.”
3.). Ted Sarandos of Netflix received the third award ”for his handling of staffers who objected to Dave Chappelle’s comedy special, telling them at the time if they don’t support the content then ”Netflix may not be the best place for you.”
4.) The final award went to actor Ben Stiller, ”who defended his 2008 comedy film Tropic Thunder, saying he makes “no apologies” and is “proud” of his work and everyone involved.”
”And the lesson is if you stand up to the mob for just a day or two, their shallow, impatient, immature smartphone-driven gerbil minds will forget about it and go on to the next nothing-burger, and you, you still will have your cojones,” Maher concluded.”
[ https://nypost.com/2023/04/22/bill-maher-gives-cojones-awards-to-cancel-culture-objectors/ ]
Apr 28, 2023 12:40:21 #
Wyantry wrote:
Grow a pair! br br i “ u Real Time /u host Bill... (show quote)
For once I agree with Maher.
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