On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 9:53 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 9:40 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 6:34 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Please - That was Michelle Obama, Hillary just quoted her once in a while. >>> >>> Jimmy Kimmel is a TV comic. He is not a politician, he is not part of a >>> news (or news-like) program. He can roll around in the mud as much as he >>> wants. >>> >> >> He can roll around as much as he wants... anyone can. What he can’t do is >> claim the high ground later on when people, for instance, make jokes about >> his family. >> >> It is fun to crack wise. It is fun to hurl zingers. It feels good to get >> lots of likes and shares on social media. As you say, as a comic, Kimmel >> should be savoring this moment. But as a moral man, he should know that >> what he did wasn’t helpful; it added to the divisiveness; and it was the >> lowest of possible roads. I expect such behavior from Hannity; I am >> dismayed to see it from Kimmel. >> > > I take strong exception to this. Kimmel and his family have been under > personal attack by right wing trolls since he spoke up about the health > care proposal last year. The idea that he earns these attacks by responding > to Hannity is morally repugnant. > > I don't know why Hannity provoked Kimmel. Maybe it was an attempt to gain > ratings, maybe some other reason. But as the Parkland students showed, when > attacked on the air or on social media, retweet it and respond, don't just > hope that no one will notice the attack if you just walk away. >
Just as there is a distinction between the host of a comedy show and the host of what is ostensibly a news program, there is a distinction between shooting victims and Jimmy Kimmel. And when Kimmel was targeted by the right when he included his child as part of the argument on health care, he responded intelligently. He wasn’t deliberately poking the bear with a stick at that time, he was offering a smart and funny reply. But you cannot say the same thing in this instance. He was poking the bear... repeatedly... and he was giddy by the response. And that behavior is not constructive, nor is it to be rewarded or praised. As I said, maybe it was funny, but Kimmel is capable of being funny in other ways. The jokes cost him the high ground. And maybe that doesn’t matter now, but it will matter the next time he wants to call out somebody else for a series of cheap shots. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
