He didnt mock his disability. Furthermore, he surely didnt mock his service. This is much ado abouut nothing. No, the biggest sin here is that the joke makes no sense and wasnt funny.
Just to add: There is a genre of fetish porn featuring amputees. If the joke was, “he looks like an extra in an amputee porn flick”, that would have been both funny AND mocking.
The schtick was superficial and stupid making fun of appearances of a wide variety of public figures in goofy, stupid, and crude ways … including of himself. Funny or not is a matter of taste for stupid off the wall humor, but making fun of the disability or the service it was not.
The schtick didn’t make me laugh too much but I find this feigned outrage over it to be hysterical!
Major props to both Dan Crenshaw for being willing to go on SNL tonight (about 4 minutes ago), and to Pete Davidson for apologizing and letting Crenshaw poke a little fun at him. And to both of them for jointly giving a good Veterans’ Day message.
I applaud Crenshaw for giving his eye for his country but would applaud more if he had given his life for his country, as I always encourage Republicans to give their lives for their country.
Yeah, that was pretty good.
CRENSHAW: he (Davidson) looks like if the meth on Breaking Bad was an actual person.
Also, the Ariana ringtone.
It was pretty much a crawl on the carpet apology. Meh.
Oh, come on. As if you wouldn’t wear an old-fashioned eye patch if God forbid you lost an eye. I certainly would myself. In fact, I’d probably go with the even older-fashioned Moshe Dayan-style under-the-ear patch, because why the hell not?
You’ve already lost your eye. Why not indulge in some cosplay?
I absolutely would in a heartbeat. I would love it, it would make me giggle every time I caught myself in the mirror.
And I would expect to hear jokes about it.
The only thing wrong with the Crenshaw appearance on SNL was he didn’t do even more jokes, such as the fact that Pete Davidson looks like if Rick Sanchez wasn’t smart. Or that Pete Davidson looks like albino Don King. Or that Pete Davidson looks like every cartoon character who gets electrocuted. Or that Pete Davidson looks like Wilford Brimley’s pubes. Or that Pete Davidson looks like the Molesting Wiggle. Or that Pete Davidson looks like Shaggy when he first sees the monster.
Don’t quit your day job.
If it were me, I’d go on the show, have them post a pic of Pete Davidson next to a pic of Ariana Grande and say, “Listen Pete, really no apology is necessary. We all are well aware of your decision making capabilities.”
He did sort of do that with his Ariana Grande cellphone ringtone.
Ha. I heard someone say the ringtone should have been the song ‘thank u, next’ by Ariana Grande instead.
I thought she dumped him?
Yep.
When you wear an eyepatch, people want to find out just how tough you are.
Avengers
(Scene - Helicarrier CIC)
Stark: [Covers one eye, looks around scanning the screens that line all the walls]
Stark: How does Fury even see these?
Maria Hill: He turns.
Stark: Sounds exhausting.
I have no doubt Davidson wrote all of that.
But not among Republicans, you can be sure of that.
Wow that’s pretty harsh but of course completely unremarkable on this forum. Yet make a comment about Obama’s appearance and you’ll be labeled racist and comment on a Hillary’s appearance? Oh goodness, that’d be sexist objectification and completely inappropriate.
Regarding the apology I’m not sure if jokes need to be apologized if they are a bit tasteless. Not all comedy is going to be universally appreciated.
This is a warning for being a jerk - specifically wishing harm or implying a group is deserving of harm.
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