The Kathy Griffin Debacle

I think we’re all at this point aware of the mess resulting from Kathy Griffin’s ill-thought-out joke involving holding a faux severed head of Donald Trump. I think all of us on both sides can agree that the joke was very distasteful and that she was right to apologize for it. CNN was also well within their rights to remove her from some of their programming. But, I have also seen a great number of people attempting to justify it by bringing up the atrocious things said and done in the name of free speech about President Obama, the effigies, the fake lynchings, etc. And yes, the far right has behaved in exactly the same manner as Griffin behaved, but that does NOT give us the excuse to behave in the same manner as they. Remember Michelle Obama’s quote: “When they go low, we go high.” Follow that. Call them out on their hypocrisy when it arises, but also remember to control yourself, and be willing to call out those on OUR side when they misbehave. Because, in the end,



If we don't police ourselves, who will?



It’s a short post, I’ll admit.


Until next time friends.