When will Micheal Richards stop apologizing?

rebornFixer

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There are rapists and murderers that never have to atone or apologize for thier deeds, but Micheal Richards is still going strong. What are we at, now? Six public apologies? Seven?
The cynics say he's doing it to salvage his career, and that is probably correct to some extent. But should what he did even be a career-ending move? The whole thing was an idiotic lapse in judgment, and he SHOULD have apologized. But the whole thing hasn't blown over yet, and I am wondering why. This whole scenario raises some tough questions. What if Richards had used a racial slur that denotes Hispanics? Or Asians? Or what if his tirade had been directed at homosexuals? Its a bit of a crude question, but what is so special about racism directed towards black people? Its like its somehow a worse form of racism or prejudice in the U.S. Everyone can more or less freely admit that they loathe illegal immigrants (most of whom are Hispanic), but dare say the so-called N-word, and its instant crucifiction. WTF?!!! Homosexuals are the target of what people call a "safe" form of prejudice ... And where is the Jesse Jackson for gays? How disempowered are black people, really? I mean, obviously there are still a great many people living in abject poverty, subjected to racism. But I dare say that racism against non-black minorities seems to fly more often. I think we need to play catch up.

Vedderlution_Baby

reborncareerist wrote:

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There are rapists and murderers that never have to atone or apologize for thier deeds, but Micheal Richards is still going strong. What are we at, now? Six public apologies? Seven?
The cynics say he's doing it to salvage his career, and that is probably correct to some extent. But should what he did even be a career-ending move? The whole thing was an idiotic lapse in judgment, and he SHOULD have apologized. But the whole thing hasn't blown over yet, and I am wondering why. This whole scenario raises some tough questions. What if Richards had used a racial slur that denotes Hispanics? Or Asians? Or what if his tirade had been directed at homosexuals? Its a bit of a crude question, but what is so special about racism directed towards black people? Its like its somehow a worse form of racism or prejudice in the U.S. Everyone can more or less freely admit that they loathe illegal immigrants (most of whom are Hispanic), but dare say the so-called N-word, and its instant crucifiction. WTF?!!! Homosexuals are the target of what people call a "safe" form of prejudice ... And where is the Jesse Jackson for gays? How disempowered are black people, really? I mean, obviously there are still a great many people living in abject poverty, subjected to racism. But I dare say that racism against non-black minorities seems to fly more often. I think we need to play catch up.

I, for one, am against all racism. I listened to his first apology. Don't give enough of a rat's ass about him to listen to anymore. I will continue to watch reruns of Seinfeld whenever I happen to be flipping through channels and see that it's on, but other than that I will not be watching anything that has Richards in it. I did the same thing for Gibson.

Skitch Patterson

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

I, for one, am against all racism. I listened to his first apology. Don't give enough of a rat's ass about him to listen to anymore. I will continue to watch reruns of Seinfeld whenever I happen to be flipping through channels and see that it's on, but other than that I will not be watching anything that has Richards in it. I did the same thing for Gibson.

Thats ridiculous. Im giving up anything with Micheal Richards in it, unless its seinfeld?

Hey look, the toothless woman is giving up steak!

Vedderlution_Baby

Skitch Patterson wrote:

Thats ridiculous. Im giving up anything with Micheal Richards in it, unless its seinfeld?

Hey look, the toothless woman is giving up steak!

Is watching reruns of Seinfeld going to be putting money in his pocket? I thought no, but if it is, fuck it. I'll stop watching that too.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

i had a problem when he was apologizing with jesse jackson.....

cuz i couldnt figure out who was the bigger racist between the two....

rebornFixer

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

i had a problem when he was apologizing with jesse jackson.....

cuz i couldnt figure out who was the bigger racist between the two....

Kinda what I was thinking ...
This has left the realm of human decency and has now become another political grandstand.

Cosmo

These 'Racism! Racism!' things always spin out of control. Yeah, the guy's a dick... (I know a gal who used to waitress at a place near the studios and she told me a long time ago that Kramer and George were assholes... Jerry and Elaine were nice and Jerry was a great tipper)... he let his true colors fly... just like Mel did... and got busted.
Say you're sorry and mean it.
Continually sucking on Blackzilla only makes you a cock-sucker... just apologise for your actions... mean it... and accept what people give you.

moeaholic

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

I will continue to watch reruns of Seinfeld whenever I happen to be flipping through channels and see that it's on, but other than that I will not be watching anything that has Richards in it.

i'd never watch anything else he was in only because everything else sucked cock. let's list the movies he's been in:

transylvania 6-5000 (yawn)
UHF (yawn)
problem child (yawn)
coneheads (honestly, i don't remember him in this, but he was according to imdb)
so i married an axe murderer (ugh)
airheads (wow, i found a movie he's in that i'd actually watch again)
trial and error (good god, someone shoot me)

there were a few other movies listed, but nothing i recognized. not really a stellar list he has going, and he only had a leading role in one of those movies...trial and error, which was fucking horrible.

i dig seinfeld and i'll keep watching it and laughing at it. i'll even *gasp!* buy the seasons on dvd. i won't bother with seeing him do stand-up, though. i've listened to some of his stand-up before this whole thing happened, and it wasn't really that funny.

bigmuzz

oh my god, get over it already.........

so what, he called a couple of people 'nigger'? does that really matter as much as it has been blown so far out of proportion....he apologized, move on

looking at this from a foreign perspective, im sorry to say but once again, it seems like this kinda thing could only happen in america.....the PC capital of the world

kenny olav

Seinfeld was overrated anyway.

Abuskedti

reborncareerist wrote:

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There are rapists and murderers that never have to atone or apologize for thier deeds, but Micheal Richards is still going strong. What are we at, now? Six public apologies? Seven?
The cynics say he's doing it to salvage his career, and that is probably correct to some extent. But should what he did even be a career-ending move? The whole thing was an idiotic lapse in judgment, and he SHOULD have apologized. But the whole thing hasn't blown over yet, and I am wondering why. This whole scenario raises some tough questions. What if Richards had used a racial slur that denotes Hispanics? Or Asians? Or what if his tirade had been directed at homosexuals? Its a bit of a crude question, but what is so special about racism directed towards black people? Its like its somehow a worse form of racism or prejudice in the U.S. Everyone can more or less freely admit that they loathe illegal immigrants (most of whom are Hispanic), but dare say the so-called N-word, and its instant crucifiction. WTF?!!! Homosexuals are the target of what people call a "safe" form of prejudice ... And where is the Jesse Jackson for gays? How disempowered are black people, really? I mean, obviously there are still a great many people living in abject poverty, subjected to racism. But I dare say that racism against non-black minorities seems to fly more often. I think we need to play catch up.

Perhaps he and others believe quite differently than you. Perhaps there is supressed racism throughout the world that has a profound effect and dangerous effect. Perhaps Mr Richards suprized himself - and is in the process of learning something about himself - and maybe wants not to just push it aside and suppress it. Maybe his reconciliation is in the sharing of his uncovering of thoughts he has hidden from himself.

Abuskedti

Kenny Olav wrote:

Seinfeld was overrated anyway.

Now thats just crazy..

Jerry, this is Frank Costanza, Mr Steinbrenner is here, George is dead, call me back

rebornFixer

Abuskedti wrote:

Perhaps he and others believe quite differently than you. Perhaps there is supressed racism throughout the world that has a profound effect and dangerous effect. Perhaps Mr Richards suprized himself - and is in the process of learning something about himself - and maybe wants not to just push it aside and suppress it. Maybe his reconciliation is in the sharing of his uncovering of thoughts he has hidden from himself.

Perhaps you're right about his motives ... But you didn't really address my points. And no one said anything about suppressing anything. I said an apology was necessary. I think its gone a bit beyond apologizing at this point, though.

Skitch Patterson

moeaholic wrote:

i dig seinfeld and i'll keep watching it and laughing at it. i'll even *gasp!* buy the seasons on dvd. i won't bother with seeing him do stand-up, though. i've listened to some of his stand-up before this whole thing happened, and it wasn't really that funny.

Thats kinda my point. Anyone who says they'll still watch seinfeld, but nothing else isnt making any sort of altruistic point. Its just the rest of his shit has sucked.

brainofPJ

he's just saying what most people are thinking

miller8966

i actually picked up a season of Seinfeld on dvd this weekend

3inputchick

I bet you he was the happiest man alive when the NYPD shot that black guy over the weekend! Took the attention right off of him!

The Waiting Trophy Man

reborncareerist wrote:

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What if Richards had used a racial slur that denotes Hispanics? Or Asians? Or what if his tirade had been directed at homosexuals?

actually, i was thinking what if his rage was directed at jews?? i wonder if jerry seinfeld would have let him appear on david letterman with him to apologize??

jlew24asu

miller8966 wrote:

i actually picked up a season of Seinfeld on dvd this weekend

season 7. I just got mine. hilarious stuff

Leatherman®

My question is why does this get tons of press, but a well-known x-NFL star and current broadcaster says similar racist remarks and goes virtually unnoticed.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2677581

Abuskedti

Leatherman® wrote:

My question is why does this get tons of press, but a well-known x-NFL star and current broadcaster says similar racist remarks and goes virtually unnoticed.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2677581

That statement was not similar in my opinion