Comedian Tim Allen appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Kimmel and stirred up controversy by comparing Liberal Hollywood group think with '30s Germany oppression. Here comes the I'M OFFENDED parade. Liberals immediately made the leap that Allen was equating pressure to conform with, well, very brutal, murderous pressure to conform. For those of you who have forgotten...humor is exaggeration of real circumstances. As Bill Maher says, "This is PARODY...something that we in the comedy business call a JOKE." The most amazing part of this "news" is that the LGBT community didn't have a conniption fit over Allen's assertion that a Gay Pride Parade with trucks full of naked men is no place to take your 5-year-old. Isn't that micro aggressive, homophobic HATE SPEECH?
Tag: exaggeration
The Pope is dope again, the truth shall set you free
After show pony lawyer Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel began crowing that his client Kim Davis had a private audience with Pope Francis, skepticism ensued. The Southern Poverty Law Center now lists Staver's firm as a hate group. Davis is the Rowan County clerk who refuses to acknowledge the U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing for same sex marriage. Her supporters say that the media is needlessly bashing her by prolonging the story. Every day brings a new chapter. Davis told ABC News “Just knowing the pope is on track with what we’re doing and agreeing, you know, kind of validates everything.” But there was no agreement or validation. An official Vatican statement clarified that Davis was one of dozens invited by the Vatican