Lazlo Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 You're all wrong. The word "nigger" is derived from Niger or Nigeria, the area of Africa from which many slaves were purchased during the 1700s and 1800s. It was then adopted to mean ignorant because white slave owners considered the blacks to be ignorant of North American ways. Which, for all intense purposes they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 40 years ago eh? The Black Panther movement was spawned exactly 40 years ago. Mike Richards would have been the one lynched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 You're all wrong. The word "nigger" is derived from Niger or Nigeria, the area of Africa from which many slaves were purchased during the 1700s and 1800s. It was then adopted to mean ignorant because white slave owners considered the blacks to be ignorant of North American ways. Which, for all intense purposes they were. Wikipedia disagrees with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 i just saw him apologize on CNN. he didn't look emotional or anything, pretty blank. (ie. he didn't look upset). but i am sure he must be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faoy Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Maybe they were acting like niggers.whether they'd be black or white or yellow or plaid, I don't think that matters anymore.You've got to be kidding me. That's fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 What's fucked is people, unless they pay attention to other people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimafleck: the living legend. Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 that had to have been the most awkward moment in tv history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faoy Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 What's fucked is people, unless they pay attention to other people.I'm not sure I know what you mean? I agree in a general sense but I'm not sure how it relates. I can come up with my own assumption but I'm wondering what you're thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Sorry; how had you inferred? For my part, that was an oblique, I'm-falling-asleep and in-a-bad-mood and pissed-off-at-people-who-lack-empathy sort of comment. Is there an empathy gene that some people are just missing? I know I get caught up in myself often enough, but what is it about some people that they can let themselves get routinely oblivious to other people's experiences?That's still a bit abstract, given the topic at hand, of course.I'll have to pull up youtube when I get a minute to find that clip from last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Seinfeld on Letterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 So what saint do you pray to to prevent you from saying stupid things to a hostile audience?I don't think I've come out any real zingers either on stage or in the classroom; then again, maybe I've just blotted them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenenbaum Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 sell your stocks in Kramerica; his career has gone kaput! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 His appearance on Letterman last night was awkwardly riveting. However, I don't think it was necessary. He just seemed scared.His comedy club freak-out was so over-the-top I can't imagine people felt it was genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Full video clip: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 sell your stocks in Kramerica; his career has gone kaput!yeah, I think he's done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. J Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 His comedy club freak-out was so over-the-top I can't imagine people felt it was genuine.I dunno. Didn't Michael Richards think it was? Seemed to me that's what scares him.Letterman gave him the perfect opening to portray it as part of the act (albeit gone out of control & over the line), but he didn't take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I agree - he did look scared of himself. Of course, he is an actor by trade, but when the audience keep laughing at the stunned look on his face, as if he was in character as Kramer (or maybe it was just nervous laughter), there was what seemed like real frustration coming out. His saying he needed some time for real introspection I thought was the healthiest thing (for everybody) he came out with.Then again, who's to say what's real in this whacky postmodern world. For all we know, the thing could have been staged, and he could be pulling a (very strange, mind you) Borat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveler Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Hang him upside down and stick a fork up his ass to see if he's done! We are all responsible for our reactions. Don't blame it on Borat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Oh, no, I wouldn't want to blame anything on Borat; I was just thinking of him pulling a Borat stunt and fucking it all up.But true, we all have responsibility for the things we say and do; he seems to have been quick off the mark to take that on. I just don't have the interest or energy to follow any of that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogieknight Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 How to handle a heckler.....Bill Hicks style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 How to handle a heckler.....Bill Hicks style Thanks SOOOO... much for posting that! Fuckin' hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Freebird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. J Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 How to handle a heckler.....Bill Hicks style Thanks SOOOO... much for posting that! Fuckin' hilarious!I don't find it any funnier than Kramer's rant, but maybe that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 How to handle a heckler.....Bill Hicks style Thanks SOOOO... much for posting that! Fuckin' hilarious!classic! Bill Hicks was a genius.thanks for that - I'll save the rest of the clips there for when I get home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. J Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Bill Hicks was a genius.No question, but his inability to deal effectively with a heckler is still no different than Michael Richards'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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