From the May 3, 2017 Charlotte Observer Letters to the Editor
Stephen Colbert should be fired
Why hasn’t Stephen Colbert been fired? His offensive, disgusting comment aimed at President Trump was unacceptable. Had a conservative made that comment about President Obama, calls for them being fired would have been front page news. Is despicable behavior acceptable when the offender is a liberal? This is yet another example of media bias.
Joyce McLaren, Terrell
Couldn’t resist, my response practically wrote itself...
What’s Good for the Goose
So, Joyce McLaren thinks Stephen Colbert should be fired because he is despicable, disgusting, and unacceptable since he used some naughty words when talking about the President.
Well, I can only assume that such a strong moral conviction means she thinks Donald Trump should be fired as well:
After all, what could be more despicable, disgusting, and unacceptable than a man who thinks it is his RIGHT to grab any woman by her genitals simply because HE is rich and powerful;
What could be more despicable, disgusting, and unacceptable than condemning millions of Americans to healthcare uncertainty and financial ruin;
What could be more despicable, disgusting, and unacceptable than surrounding yourself with white supremacists and alt-right (a.k.a. Nazi) wingnuts who think they are imbued with superiority simply by virtue of their skin pigmentation;
And, lastly, what could be more despicable, disgusting, and unacceptable than turning away political refugees who put themselves, and their families, in harms way to aid the U.S. in Middle Eastern war zones, when they had been promised safety and a new life in order to escape certain death in a country they can longer call "home".
Actually, all things considered, I think Mr. Colbert might have let the Prez off a little too easy...
P.S. By the way, I seem to remember an incredibly rude South Carolina Congressman, by the name of Joe Wilson, who had the audacity to shout "You lie" at President Obama as he addressed a joint session of Congress. But I'm guessing you're O.K. with that because you don't like President Obama and, of course, he's Black.