watched this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y1AP5D8HjQ (Pryor on Carson circa 1979)

chock full of stuff you can't say on tv anymore

but very funny (to me) nonetheless

the chinese stuttering part?
carson saying: "this is a question I save for when Black people come on"

i post it because we have a contingent of "comedians can say whatever they want" folks, and a similarly large contingent of "free speech, yeah - and we are free to publicly DESTROY /OWN /EVICERATE/ add-whatever-other-unecessarily-hyperbolic-word-here you"

it would be awesome if this were new (say, chappelle and bill mahr or somesuch doing it last night) to watch people think-piece themselves into a lather

Been slowly watching through the original star trek, and I about died when Bones slapped the fuck out of a pregnant woman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fjJ3ujVF58

I think for the period in time these moments are to be expected, but I'm glad we've forced people to be more mindful of their language.

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I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ4YRjDxnR4


that shit would neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever happen not even now, shit, this was probably verboten in the 90s

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sick.sad.world

Like I said, I am glad we have to be more mindful of what we say/do.

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I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

It can fly today if it's the right person. No, I do not agree with or condone it but the right person can pull it off and receive public support.

think of what Clinton got away with
compare that to what Trump is getting away with

quiet as is kept, if you have enough people willing to give you a pass - and those people have enough collective power

you can get away with anything (and maybe even celebrated for the thing)

VERY good point