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Post by katelynr439 on May 30, 2017 22:47:16 GMT
Warning - this photo is very gory, although obviously it isn't real. If blood/gore disturbs you, don't click: www.tmz.com/2017/05/30/kathy-griffin-beheads-donald-trump-photo-tyler-shields/I'm sure she had this all cleared with lawyers and it's totally legal free speech, protected as satire & political statement, etc -- but wow. I'm not a Trump fan, but this seems really inappropriate to do with the image of our President, regardless of how you feel about him. What are your thoughts? I also want to see the larger context of the photo shoot but doubt it would make me think it's an appropriate form of political protest.
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Post by mollycoddle on May 30, 2017 22:48:28 GMT
Bad idea and tacky, very tacky.
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Post by inkedup on May 30, 2017 22:48:47 GMT
Not okay. Kathy Griffin is an obnoxious, unfunny, irritating twit. She's a female Andy Dick. I just wish her 15 minutes would end already.
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Post by cindosha on May 30, 2017 22:50:52 GMT
I won't watch the link. She is a no talent idiot.
Disgusting.
Cindy.
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Post by cindosha on May 30, 2017 22:52:51 GMT
And let me add...it's sickening that she's portraying something that Isis does and everybody is horrified by that!!
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Post by scrapngranny on May 30, 2017 22:52:51 GMT
I don't think it's funny or ok. As much as I hate Trump, this crosses a line that I don't find acceptable. I'm not much of a Kathy Griffin fan to start with.
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Post by mnmloveli on May 30, 2017 22:54:30 GMT
Totally disgusting ! I never liked her before but THIS goes beyond what should be acceptable.
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Post by pondrunner on May 30, 2017 22:58:15 GMT
Thinks Trump is the worst president ever Thinks this is classless, tacky, and wrong
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 22:59:02 GMT
I am not watching that, But I used to think that she was funny until her nasty divorce. I think that really changed her.
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Post by jenis40 on May 30, 2017 23:07:21 GMT
Yeah, not funny or cool.
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Post by myshelly on May 30, 2017 23:08:01 GMT
I usually like Kathy Griffin.
I loved her reality show and her stand up specials that aired on Bravo around that time.
I hate Trump.
I don't think this is funny.
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Post by cmpeter on May 30, 2017 23:08:03 GMT
I don't think it's funny or OK either.
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Post by gardengoddess on May 30, 2017 23:14:15 GMT
I love her
I loathe the prick in the WH
I don't think it's funny.
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Post by compeateropeator on May 30, 2017 23:28:30 GMT
Sitting in the not funny and not acceptable seats.
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Post by suzastampin on May 30, 2017 23:31:23 GMT
Didn't watch. I can't stand her and don't find her funny in the least.
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Post by bc2ca on May 30, 2017 23:44:54 GMT
Disturbing is my first thought. My second thought is Tyler Shields' name needs to be tied to this image. He is the artist and photographer behind the collaboration. Kathy Griffin photo defended by artistI think they should have gone with the bathtub full of Cheetos.
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Post by MizIndependent on May 30, 2017 23:51:14 GMT
Not okay. Kathy Griffin is an obnoxious, unfunny, irritating twit. She's a female Andy Dick. I just wish her 15 minutes would end already. It was up prior to her first plastic surgery back in 86. She's just annoyingly persistent. I think it will be interesting to see how the media responds to this.
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Post by hop2 on May 31, 2017 0:04:52 GMT
I don't think it's appropriate. But I'll defend her and the artists right to freedom of expression. As long as it isn't accompanied by any suggestions. I wonder if it will hit tweet storm
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Post by MizIndependent on May 31, 2017 0:07:56 GMT
I don't think it's appropriate. But I'll defend her and the artists right to freedom of expression. As long as it isn't accompanied by any suggestions. I wonder if it will hit tweet storm Freedom of expression sure, but the photo is a suggestion all on it's itty bitty own. Words are not necessary. It wasn't alright when people hung lynched Obama effigies, and what Kathy Griffin and Tyler Shields have done isn’t right now.
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Post by genny on May 31, 2017 0:10:50 GMT
Not ok, not funny, shouldn't be acceptable. For him or any other president regardless of how you feel about them. Not a big fan of his and I never have liked her.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 0:15:31 GMT
I usually like Kathy Griffin. I loved her reality show and her stand up specials that aired on Bravo around that time. I hate Trump. I don't think this is funny. +1
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Post by mom on May 31, 2017 0:17:56 GMT
Not ok, not appropriate She is a dried up hag who is trying to get attention.
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Post by hop2 on May 31, 2017 0:22:16 GMT
I don't think it's appropriate. But I'll defend her and the artists right to freedom of expression. As long as it isn't accompanied by any suggestions. I wonder if it will hit tweet storm Freedom of expression sure, but the photo is a suggestion all on it's itty bitty own. Words are not necessary. It wasn't alright when people hung lynched Obama effigies, and what Kathy Griffin and Tyler Shields have done isn’t right now. No it isn't 'right' but we do protect peoples right to expression even when we do not like it. Even when it is about the government. That is what our rights are all about. That's what the constitution is all about. I think it's pretty low. And crass. And vile. Just because it's your *Right* to do something doesn't make it right or make it the right thing to do. She isn't winning any fans with this IMHO. But it is still her constitutional *right* to perform a crass, vile, satire. (and there is NOTHING funny about it) If your talking suggestion then i'd be worried if i were Alec Baldwin as it looks more like him than Trump.
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Post by mikklynn on May 31, 2017 0:23:12 GMT
I usually like Kathy Griffin. I loved her reality show and her stand up specials that aired on Bravo around that time. I hate Trump. I don't think this is funny. My thoughts, exactly. I think no matter how much we dislike the president, there should be some respect for the office.
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Post by mnmloveli on May 31, 2017 0:27:15 GMT
Any feelings toward Trump should not even come into this conversation / thread. Kathy & the photographer are both WRONG. Putting anyone's head in that photo is totally unacceptable to me and should be unacceptable to everyone. Everyone is someone's loved one or friend.
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Post by lucyg on May 31, 2017 0:29:25 GMT
Not okay. Not in a million years.
Signed, Another One Who Loathes Trump
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Post by MizIndependent on May 31, 2017 0:29:56 GMT
Freedom of expression sure, but the photo is a suggestion all on it's itty bitty own. Words are not necessary. It wasn't alright when people hung lynched Obama effigies, and what Kathy Griffin and Tyler Shields have done isn’t right now. No it isn't 'right' but we do protect peoples right to expression even when we do not like it. Even when it is about the government. That is what our rights are all about. That's what the constitution is all about. I think it's pretty low. And crass. And vile. Just because it's your *Right* to do something doesn't make it right or make it the right thing to do. She isn't winning any fans with this IMHO. But it is still her constitutional *right* to perform a crass, vile, satire. (and there is NOTHING funny about it) If your talking suggestion then i'd be worried if i were Alec Baldwin as it looks more like him than Trump. I agree with you but I do think people in general misunderstand the 1st Amendment. People absolutely have the protected right to express themselves without being penalized by the government.
There's no guarantee they won't be penalized by everyone else.
I rather like this explanation: "As an American, you have the right to say most anything you want to say without being penalized by the government. As long as you're not inciting crime, spewing out 'fighting words' (srsly), making true threats, or sharing obscenity as defined by the Miller test/child porn, you're pretty much good to go. Hate speech is protected pretty strongly here in the U.S. — the landmark SCOTUS Whitney v. California decision determined that 'to justify suppression of free speech, there must be reasonable ground to fear that serious evil will result if free speech is practiced' and 'there must be reasonable ground to believe that the danger apprehended is imminent.' — so congrats, you can call some random person a 'Nazi cunt' on Twitter."
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Post by PolarGreen12 on May 31, 2017 0:30:19 GMT
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Post by RosieKat on May 31, 2017 0:32:29 GMT
I haven't found her funny in eons.
This is crass and disgusting and just not OK. It wouldn't be OK if it was some random person's face, and it isn't OK with 45's face, much as I loathe the man.
It may well be free speech, but I don't have to "listen" to it.
(I am kind of curious as to if she'll catch some flak about it being akin to a death threat to the President.)
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Post by lucyg on May 31, 2017 0:34:00 GMT
Any feelings toward Trump should not even come into this conversation / thread. Kathy & the photographer are both WRONG. Putting anyone's head in that photo is totally unacceptable to me and should be unacceptable to everyone. Everyone is someone's loved one or friend. I don't know why you think people's feelings about Trump have no place in this thread. The fact that large numbers of Trump haters don't want anything to do with this image means plenty. In any case, fortunately, you don't get to tell us what we're allowed to post and what we aren't.
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