Normally I don't pay attention to Hollywood trash, but, because I write a column, have decided to call out a couple celebrities who've made a name for themselves by, "telling it like it is."
Kathy Griffin and Chelsea Handler are famous for their ability to say what everyone else won't. These two "women" do this because they weren't properly raised.
Children can now legitimately respond to, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," with "Okay, but I'll never make millions of dollars in the entertainment industry."
Calling Sarah Palin's children degrading names normally reserved for grown streetwalkers is somehow considered talent in 2011.
I've actually heard seemingly reasonable people say, "That Chelsea Handler has no inhibitions, a quality I greatly admire."
Such a statement begs the question, "What happened to the days in which people with an uncanny ability to generate laughter based on wit and originality were popular figures, while people who regularly spewed jaw-dropping vulgarity were shunned by decent Americans?"
I miss those days; not because I'm a traditional man, but because I enjoy turning on the television and laughing at clever material.
Perhaps I, as a conservative, am too critical of filth. Perhaps, if people like me shrug our shoulders when vulgarity is uttered then those impossible to offend will realize their "ooooooooo's," "ahhhhhhhh's" and uncomfortable laughs aren't reactions to talented performers working their magic, rather reactions to dime-a-dozen hacks uttering words common decency prevents others from letting flow from their lips.
It's similar to a girl bringing home a complete jerk to meet mommy and daddy. As long as the authority figures have a huge problem with the bad-boy beau, the girl finds the relationship exhilarating and wild, but, once the parents apathetically say, "Do what you want," the daughter realizes her romantic interest lacks even a single worthy quality.
Therefore, on behalf of all traditional Americans, I say to those who equate uninhibited vulgarity with brilliant showmanship: "Do what you want."
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