'Kramer' apologizes, hires crisis expert

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"Clearly he needs some race sensibility training, and some psychiatric help. His anger is volatile and dangerous to himself and others," Jackson said. "I hope he gets the help he needs. But the culture that's producing this kind of animosity toward blacks must be addressed. ... We're increasingly facing cultural isolation in Hollywood, in the movies and in TV."

Jackson added, "We have to evaluate the use of the n-word and categorize it as hate speech, no matter who uses it."

Funny how Jesse don't practice what he preaches. I wonder if he apologized and empathized with Richards for disrespecting his (Richards') people?

Jesse Jackson's 'Hymietown' Remark – 1984

Rev. Jesse Jackson referred to Jews as "Hymies" and to New York City as "Hymietown" in January 1984 during a conversation with a black Washington Post reporter, Milton Coleman. Jackson had assumed the references would not be printed because of his racial bond with Coleman, but several weeks later Coleman permitted the slurs to be included far down in an article by another Post reporter on Jackson's rocky relations with American Jews.

A storm of protest erupted, and Jackson at first denied the remarks, then accused Jews of conspiring to defeat him. The Nation of Islam's radical leader Louis Farrakhan, an aggressive anti-Semite and old Jackson ally, made a difficult situation worse by threatening Coleman in a radio broadcast and issuing a public warning to Jews, made in Jackson's presence: "If you harm this brother [Jackson], it will be the last one you harm."

Finally, Jackson doused the fires in late February with an emotional speech admitting guilt and seeking atonement before national Jewish leaders in a Manchester, New Hampshire synagogue. Yet Jackson refused to denounce Farrakhan, and lingering, deeply rooted suspicions have led to an enduring split between Jackson and many Jews. The frenzy also heightened tensions between Jackson and the mostly white establishment press.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/polit...nzy/jackson.htm

Unfuckingbelievable! Amnesia at its finest hour.

Jessie Jackson, Now theres a racist !

Yes...Jesse has a lot of baggage that has been conveniently lost in transit throughout the years. Here is one of many of his classics:

Many of these Whites were too young to read when the November 21, 1969, issue of Life magazine carried a lengthy article about the Reverend Jackson, who was then preaching every Saturday morning to a Black television audience and to a live audience of 4,000 Blacks -- in Chicago. Life reported :

... Sometimes he preaches on the legacy of slavery, and one senses that as he stands up there, his eyes ablaze, arms flailing, neck veins rigid, he is feeling every lash of every old whip. During these sermons Jackson sweats profusely, the only visible symptom of sickle-cell trait, a chronic blood disease that saps his stamina but which he ignores in the drama of the moment. Jackson talks about himself at these meetings. Once he told of his days as a waiter at the Jack Tar Hotel in his home town of Greenville, S.C. Just before leaving the kitchen he would spit into the food of white patrons he hated and then smilingly serve it to them. He did this, he said, "because it gave me psychological gratification." It was something everybody in the audience understood.

http://www.natvan.com/national-vanguard/099/names.html

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Now lets have a look at this from a different angle, say this fella called names to white people would this have made international news, NO it would not of done,

Totally agree. These men where yelling comments at Lewis, Lewis got pissed and made comments back. Now it's turned 'racial.' What about the comments they were throwing at Michaels?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Now lets have a look at this from a different angle, say this fella called names to white people would this have made international news, NO it would not of done,

Totally agree. These men where yelling comments at Lewis, Lewis got pissed and made comments back. Now it's turned 'racial.' What about the comments they were throwing at Michaels?

It was Richards, btw. I'm sure that's what he thought when he hurled the insults back, but does that give him an excuse since he has the entire audience's attention and they paid to come see him? I think it certainly lessons the severity of what he said, but he still crossed the line. He blew his cool and I'm sure those guys deliberately tried to get under his skin but had he been a more experienced stand up comedian he would have been able to have come up with some more creative insults that didn't refer to the heckler's ethnicity.

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but does that give him an excuse since he has the entire audience's attention and they paid to come see him?

see??? I dont get this part here... who'd actually pay good money to see someone who sucks this badly? I never watched Seinfeld the show because it was bad IMO... not funny at all. none of them were... the ONLY person still doing stuff is the girl.. got a new show that seems to be doing good so I hear... the chubby guy was doin commercials... kramer guy gettin sued for loud mouth itis... and seinfeld pleading with letterman to let friends talk so it doesnt tank the sales of the shows DvDs...

[Mags 112]

but does that give him an excuse since he has the entire audience's attention and they paid to come see him?

see??? I dont get this part here... who'd actually pay good money to see someone who sucks this badly? I never watched Seinfeld the show because it was bad IMO... not funny at all. none of them were... the ONLY person still doing stuff is the girl.. got a new show that seems to be doing good so I hear... the chubby guy was doin commercials... kramer guy gettin sued for loud mouth itis... and seinfeld pleading with letterman to let friends talk so it doesnt tank the sales of the shows DvDs...

Moral of this tale? Don't pay to go and see Michael Richards live. He sucks.

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but does that give him an excuse since he has the entire audience's attention and they paid to come see him?

see??? I dont get this part here... who'd actually pay good money to see someone who sucks this badly? I never watched Seinfeld the show because it was bad IMO... not funny at all. none of them were... the ONLY person still doing stuff is the girl.. got a new show that seems to be doing good so I hear... the chubby guy was doin commercials... kramer guy gettin sued for loud mouth itis... and seinfeld pleading with letterman to let friends talk so it doesnt tank the sales of the shows DvDs...

Have you ever watched Curb Your Enthusiasm? Larry David - the co-creator of the Seinfeld show is brilliant, IMO. I guess it just depends on your style of humor.

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Larry David IS very talented. I personally didn't find Seinfeld that funny, could never get into it. But I think that is a British thing, it never really took off over here. The only reason Michael Richards was classed as "funny" in Seinfeld was because of the writing...

I'm not a fan...can you tell?

Edited November 25, 2006 by mags

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Wasn't Michael Richards on "Second City TV" ??

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I've not seen that series...but here's the link from IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075578/fullcredits

I can't see his name on there.

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I've not seen that series...but here's the link from IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075578/fullcredits

I can't see his name on there.

Now I remember it was a show called "Fridays" aired next to Second City or SCTV by then (1980)