Comments on: Follow Up on Glenn Beck, Ganges, Cipro, etc. http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/12/17/follow_up_on_gl/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Harbeer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/12/17/follow_up_on_gl/comment-page-1/#comment-266920 Harbeer Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:33:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6051#comment-266920 <blockquote>dems made such comments--biden/711, clinton/gandhi-gas station, obama/d-punjab--and sepia mutiny covered it. <blockquote>Aside from the (D) Punjab one, none of those was especially racist or disrespectful to anyone with a sense of humor. </blockquote></blockquote> <p>Won't somebody PLEASE think of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo">humorless</a>?</p> dems made such comments–biden/711, clinton/gandhi-gas station, obama/d-punjab–and sepia mutiny covered it.
Aside from the (D) Punjab one, none of those was especially racist or disrespectful to anyone with a sense of humor.

Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the humorless?

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By: pasha http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/12/17/follow_up_on_gl/comment-page-1/#comment-266009 pasha Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:23:54 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6051#comment-266009 <blockquote>Olbermann is a misogynist par excellence</blockquote> <p>he learnt <a href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3407">from</a><a href="http://volcanicensemble.blogspot.com/2009/10/rush-limbaugh-is-giant-misogynist.html"> the</a> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004041541_hillaryslurs29.html">best</a>.</p> <p>contempt of malkin and palin is a feeling sane human beings have. and it's nothing to do with their being women.</p> Olbermann is a misogynist par excellence

he learnt from the best.

contempt of malkin and palin is a feeling sane human beings have. and it’s nothing to do with their being women.

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By: nasha http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/12/17/follow_up_on_gl/comment-page-1/#comment-265996 nasha Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:42:36 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6051#comment-265996 <blockquote>Olbermann is not nearly in the same league as Beck... no way in hell! Olbermann is over the top and sensationalistic, but Glenn Beck is an entirely new phenomenon. He's to network news what Palin is to presidential politics.</blockquote> <p>You are clearly not a woman. Olbermann is a misogynist par excellence, especially if you are working for the other side (as his numerable attacks on Malkin and Palin demonstrate). Palin is a star. She may not be ready for the Presidency in 2012 but she is a charismatic politician, just like Obama was in 2006.</p> Olbermann is not nearly in the same league as Beck… no way in hell! Olbermann is over the top and sensationalistic, but Glenn Beck is an entirely new phenomenon. He’s to network news what Palin is to presidential politics.

You are clearly not a woman. Olbermann is a misogynist par excellence, especially if you are working for the other side (as his numerable attacks on Malkin and Palin demonstrate). Palin is a star. She may not be ready for the Presidency in 2012 but she is a charismatic politician, just like Obama was in 2006.

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By: nasha http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/12/17/follow_up_on_gl/comment-page-1/#comment-265995 nasha Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:35:03 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6051#comment-265995 <p>I am afraid the site has become an open sewer for anti-GOP comments. Lets tone it down a little bit.</p> I am afraid the site has become an open sewer for anti-GOP comments. Lets tone it down a little bit.

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By: fish oil http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/12/17/follow_up_on_gl/comment-page-1/#comment-265938 fish oil Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:32:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6051#comment-265938 <blockquote> 43 · what hindu "awakening"? on December 19, 2009 11:59 PM · Direct link A group called the Forum For Hindu Awakening, has also apparently filed a complaint against Beck This is so pathetic, complaining against Beck for telling the truth about India! Where are the hindu groups complaining that their holy rivers have been turned into disease-producing open drains????????</blockquote> <p>Am I reading the same article as you are? He wasn't commenting on the condition of the river, he was mocking its name. Please note I am not Hindu, the river is not holy to me, but I don't think it's okay to mock it's name due to its religious significance. It would be <i>similar</i> to saying that Jerusalem (sounds kinda like "slum" no?) sounds like a thickly populated and polluted part town (Correct me if anyone disagrees (it's late at night)).</p> <p>Please refer to comment #3. :)</p> 43 · what hindu “awakening”? on December 19, 2009 11:59 PM · Direct link A group called the Forum For Hindu Awakening, has also apparently filed a complaint against Beck This is so pathetic, complaining against Beck for telling the truth about India! Where are the hindu groups complaining that their holy rivers have been turned into disease-producing open drains????????

Am I reading the same article as you are? He wasn’t commenting on the condition of the river, he was mocking its name. Please note I am not Hindu, the river is not holy to me, but I don’t think it’s okay to mock it’s name due to its religious significance. It would be similar to saying that Jerusalem (sounds kinda like “slum” no?) sounds like a thickly populated and polluted part town (Correct me if anyone disagrees (it’s late at night)).

Please refer to comment #3. :)

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By: what hindu "awakening"? http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/12/17/follow_up_on_gl/comment-page-1/#comment-265915 what hindu "awakening"? Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:59:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6051#comment-265915 <blockquote>A group called the Forum For Hindu Awakening, has also apparently filed a complaint against Beck</blockquote> <p>This is so pathetic, complaining against Beck for telling the truth about India!</p> <p>Where are the hindu groups complaining that their holy rivers have been turned into disease-producing open drains????????</p> A group called the Forum For Hindu Awakening, has also apparently filed a complaint against Beck

This is so pathetic, complaining against Beck for telling the truth about India!

Where are the hindu groups complaining that their holy rivers have been turned into disease-producing open drains????????

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By: N Pillay http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/12/17/follow_up_on_gl/comment-page-1/#comment-265911 N Pillay Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:38:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6051#comment-265911 <blockquote>Zed is a cheerless man who would have us live the same boring life all the time. Let's face it, the Ganga is dirty, OK corrected, FILTHY in Kashi.</blockquote> <p>Beck wasn't giving out environmental pointers when he made that comment. And at least Hindus have have someone to speak up for them in Zed. He may not be <i>ivy league slick</i> but at least he's giving it a shot. Much more than that gasbag Deepak Chopra who's afraid to call himself a Hindu.</p> Zed is a cheerless man who would have us live the same boring life all the time. Let’s face it, the Ganga is dirty, OK corrected, FILTHY in Kashi.

Beck wasn’t giving out environmental pointers when he made that comment. And at least Hindus have have someone to speak up for them in Zed. He may not be ivy league slick but at least he’s giving it a shot. Much more than that gasbag Deepak Chopra who’s afraid to call himself a Hindu.

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By: sound bytes http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/12/17/follow_up_on_gl/comment-page-1/#comment-265902 sound bytes Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:48:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6051#comment-265902 <blockquote>I'm about ready to jump sepia ship if people</blockquote> <p>The <i>desi</i> style is to threaten to go on fast.</p> I’m about ready to jump sepia ship if people

The desi style is to threaten to go on fast.

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By: Nanda Kishore http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/12/17/follow_up_on_gl/comment-page-1/#comment-265898 Nanda Kishore Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:26:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6051#comment-265898 <p>Olbermann is not nearly in the same league as Beck... no way in hell! Olbermann is over the top and sensationalistic, but Glenn Beck is an entirely new phenomenon. He's to network news what Palin is to presidential politics.</p> Olbermann is not nearly in the same league as Beck… no way in hell! Olbermann is over the top and sensationalistic, but Glenn Beck is an entirely new phenomenon. He’s to network news what Palin is to presidential politics.

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By: arr matey http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/12/17/follow_up_on_gl/comment-page-1/#comment-265892 arr matey Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:50:07 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6051#comment-265892 <blockquote>I'm about ready to jump sepia ship if people don't stay on freakin topic or engage in thoughtful, meaningful, respectful discussion</blockquote> <p>why jump? we can give you a plank.</p> I’m about ready to jump sepia ship if people don’t stay on freakin topic or engage in thoughtful, meaningful, respectful discussion

why jump? we can give you a plank.

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