This article really, really, pissed me off. I fumed, I cursed, I stamped my feet (okay, not really), but I couldn’t come up with the words to voice my distaste. So, I e-mailed it to Brad, who is much better at expressing his opinion on this kind of thing than I am. Therefore, I provide you with his (R-rated) response.
“Wow, Scarborough (or whatever the fuck his name is) closes his rant with the very reason why Glover could and should say whatever the fuck he wants. And wow, he convinced a corporation to change their ad campaign–what a fucking hero! On a side note, not only is Danny Glover outspoken about these issues (which as you know are not really very controversial if your head lives outside of your ass), but I’m pretty sure he stars in a lot of independent films that deal with the ideas that he’s outspoken about, like the films of Charles Burnett. I can’t figure out these conservative, middle American fuckwads. There’s so much hate, so much stop-the-evil-liberal bullshit. Shouldn’t their energy go elsewhere? I guess conservatives feel that the establishment is correct, and so these cats are defending their interests and beliefs, and that’s where their energy is directed. I just want to smack him upside the head with a phat history lesson.”