Kathy Griffin Vows To Offend Willow Palin For Gay Slurs

[meegbear]

Kathy Griffin's new year resolution is to offend Willow Palin, the daughter of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

The 50-year-old comedian told The Hollywood Reporter that her next Palin target is Willow.

"I've already gone for Sarah, Todd and Bristol obviously," she said. "But I think it's Willow's year to go down."

"In 2011 I want to offend a new Palin," she added.

The 16-year-old Willow stirred controversy in November when she attacked a former classmate, named Tre, with a homophobic slur for criticizing her mother's reality show.

"Sarah Palin's Alaska, is failing so hard right now," Tre wrote on Facebook during the premiere of the reality series. Which prompted Willow to respond "Haha your so gay" and "Your such a faggot."

Griffin, a vocal gay rights supporter, said Willow is fair game because of the incident.

"She's called people a fa**ot on Facebook a couple of times," she said. "You don't throw around the f-word without hearing from me about it."

http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=7239&MediaType=1&Category=22

[justiceischeap]

1. I can't really stand Kathy Griffin but I also love her! (eom)

[driver8]

5. My sentiments, exactly!

She annoys the shit out of me, but I love that she stands up to people like this!

[stuntcat]

37. lol me too!

I watched her some on her new years show, she had me laffin' so much :rofl: I didn't like her, but she's making it hard to keep that up.

[Dappleganger]

2. As a parent

(and I'm trying to be as nice as possible considering Willow is still a minor), it is appalling to me that she was not told to change/delete those statements from her FB page. As a christian (and we all know that the Palins claim to be numero uno w/the Big Guy) I find it even more deplorable that this kind of language was used. Clearly the Palins do not parent their children as well as the image they try to give. I would not ever allow our teens to be around someone as bigoted as that, it just makes me sick. Granted, kids use terms we'd prefer they not use all the time--but bigotry should never, ever be tolerated. By anyone.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

54. +1

[LiberalFighter]

56. I'm sure Sarah and Todd are excellent parents and do a fine job of monitoring their behavior.

Even though Bristol had her boyfriend over at the house having sex behind their backs.

[blueamy66]

60. No Boys Are Allowed Upstairs

Didn't ya hear?

[11 Bravo]

99. Apparently fucking in the basement was just fine, however.

[blueamy66]

105. thanks for the laugh

:)

[AlbertCat]

84. Even though Bristol had her boyfriend over at the house having sex behind their backs.

Unprotected sex.

And little miss "you're a faggot" broke into an empty house with friends and trashed it having a party. Don't forget that!

The Palins! White trash, through and through.

Go get 'em Kathy!

[WVRICK13]

64. The Entire Palin

family are ignorant bigots who care only about making money. The best thing for the species is to sterilize the children before they reproduce any more demon spawn.

[blondeatlast]

3. I'm of two minds on this--but frankly, Willow knew she was a public figure and therefore

brought it on herself.

She could have been more diplomatic but simply chose not to be. Let the buffalo chips fall where they may...

[The Wielding Truth]

4. Willow has learned her sensitivity at home. Heck-ava- job, Sarah!

[Lucian]

6. She should also attack Willow for butchering the English language.

"your" does not mean "you are."

[pintobean]

7. A nobody goes after a nobody

and it goes straight to the greatest page.

[emulatorloo]

10. It is nice when somebody takes on the homophobes.

[ZombieHorde]

41. How do you determine who is a nobody and who is not a nobody? nt

[pintobean]

43. I have them both on ignore

[AlbertCat]

86. I have them both on ignore

Uh.... ignoring them would entail not reading articles about them and writing multiple posts concerning them.

But I guess you can start ignoring them from now on.... I suppose....

:eyes:

[pintobean]

91. It was a stupid answer for a reason

Thank you for your input.

[AlbertCat]

85. Kathy Griffin is not a "nobody".... if you're hip. (she is a D-lister, and proud of it)

And the Palins are not nobodies if you're stupid as dirt.

[Aviation Pro]

8. "Your such a faggot."

College fucking material here, over-under on this spawn of a fucking tick is six schools.

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[Parche]

9. she is fair game

:woohoo::hi:

[Aviation Pro]

11. Fuckin' A twitty she is...

...see what happens when your fucking Quitter Mother shines a spotlight on you?

[Parche]

12. exactly

and to think she could have been 'first family' argghhhh

[NYC Liberal]

53. And not because she is a Palin. ANY bigots are "fair game"

to be called out. They don't have to be famous.

[xchrom]

13. Love me some Kathy Griffin, yes I do. Nt

[old mark]

14. I love her shows on TV - Griffin, not Palin- and I wish Kathy continued success.

She will have many new bigoted political figures to attack over the next few years, and I think she will be one of the few good things coming out of the GOP victory in 2010.

mark

[Codeine]

15. Not just a homophone, but a fucking illiterate one at that.

Mama Palin sure knows how to raise up some good'uns. :eyes:

[jberryhill]

49. I thought the problem was use of the f word....

...more than the "your"/"you're" mixup - although that is one homophobe that suggests poor literacy.

[Codeine]

50. Oh jeez.

:dunce:

Good catch.

[struggle4progress]

16. Get a life, Kathy. We don't need a national dialogue based on the silliness of 16 year olds.

When I was 16, my little clique, and the little cliches that hated my little clique, would have produced utterly moronic flamewars, if we'd had Facebook. Boy, am I ever glad there was no such thing as Facebook

[dana_b]

21. me too and I'm with you

the kid needs a good lesson in that words have meaning and consequences. She also needs someone to give her a lesson (or 100) on emapthy and understanding - although with those parents she has I highly doubt that is happening.

[FreeState]

36. I disagree - we need a dialogue based on the homophobia of 16 year olds

I don't find homophobia silliness either. Homophobia kills - weather it comes from a 16 year old public figure or a 50 year old woman.

[struggle4progress]

38. If you want to go join all the fun and excitement on Facebook, here are some links

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:www.facebook.com+%22that's+so+gay%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=f&oq=&gs_rfai=

16-year-olds are not famous for tact, thoughtfulness, maturity, or impulse-control

And this girl's in the news only because of who her mother is -- so if you want to attack somebody, maybe you should attack her publicity-seeking mother for not raising her better

But really, even that won't work. Since most of us have gone through the "16-year-old jerk" phase, attacking a 16-year-old for shooting off her mouth is a political loser, no matter what -- it will just publicize her views and build sympathy for her

[LynneSin]

71. This is no typical 16 year old. This is not just about Willow

It's another Palin kid misbehaving with a mother who doesn't do anything about it.

Sarah Palin wants to inform the rest of the world how to raise their kids but does nothing whatsoever about how her kids are being raised. Track and Bristol both were notorious hellraisers and heavy into the drug scene, Willow looks like she's heading that way too.

So although I am not a Kathy Griffen fan I say 'Go Kathy Go'. If anything we need to let the 16 year olds in the world know this is not a word to use. It's offensive. Sarah Palin should have repremanded her daughter for doing it and yet she laughed it off.

BTW when my nieces and nephews used phrases like that I corrected them. Today - they don't use those words.

[struggle4progress]

101. Thinking about a 16-year-old's tantrum for 7+ weeks would drive most normal folk nuts, I think

We all rolled our eyes and were properly nauseated back in November

Most Americans just won't be interested in sustaining their outrage and nausea perpetually, because, frankly, the immature utterances of 16-year-olds just aren't that interesting or significant -- and they'll think we're deranged if we keep discussing it into the foreseeable future

[KurtNYC]

67. She has a life

2 Emmys, a Grammy nomination and 2 wheel barrows full of money.

[AlbertCat]

87. When I was 16, my little clique, and the little cliches that hated my little clique,

Were not famous and didn't have a national voice. So what's your lame point?

[struggle4progress]

97. I'm glad I didn't generate national attention when I was 16

Although I did not make comments of the sort getting attention in this thread, I was sometimes very immature and a royal PITA at that age

[kctim]

17. What some sink to just to think they are relevent

[Missy Vixen]

18. Go get 'em, Kathy

Willow Palin is a spoiled brat that should know better. Period.

Then again, thanks to Willow for letting us all know her mother has no objection to her using a word any kid of ours would have been subject to punishment over.

[emilyg]

19. Stupid Kathy.

[Hello_Kitty]

20. Willow's just picking up what she hears around the dinner table every night.

You just know those kind of terms are commonly used in the Palin household.

[immoderate]

22. Kathy is brilliant.

--imm

[Cid_B]

25. She is boring...

She is dependent on a family she despises for what passes for fame....

This short video about sums her up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPus7vrfOOE&feature=related

[immoderate]

48. Or it sums up what you know.

But Paris Hilton doesn't like her either. :shrug:

--imm

[JBoy]

23. She's trying to goad Sarah into defending Willow. Hope it works.

[timo]

24. stay classy kathy

nothing like a grownup ripping on a 16 year old...

[Bluebear]

61. Right. Particularly one who calls people faggots, eh?

[timo]

68. yeah

because all 16 year old kids should be publicly humiliated on a national level for using words like faggot, thats really a way to mend fences and spread understanding, lets use two wrongs to try and make a right.... kathy = fail!!

[KurtNYC]

75. I've heard enough of that word for one lifetime

but it doesn't seem to bother you.

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[AlbertCat]

88. thats really a way to mend fences and spread understanding,

Kathy is an insult comedian.... not Jesus Christ, y'know. Her whole career is based on being on the D list. (and thus making fun of the A list)

She's great! I love her! She needs to team up with Tosh.O! Hell yeah!

All you goody two shoes can turn to the Disney Channel.

[muffin1]

102. Why so sensitive, Bluebear?

It's not like gay kids are committing SUICIDE over this kind of bullying...:mad:

[ladywnch]

82. a bully at 16 is still a bully. she and her family are nothing but low rent bullies

bullies get what the deserve.

I can practically hear her, 'my mommy was Governor and almost vice president. I can say/do anything I want and if you're mean to me my mommy will (try) to ruin you'

She didn't have to publicly post her ignorance/hatred. She chose to, and even at the tender age of 16 you have to know that when you post on the net, you open yourself up to the consequences. She knows this from having watched her mother's behavior the last several years. She put herself out there as fair game.

bullies being bullied? I'm okay with that, especially if it means the innocent kids are left alone.

[Obamanaut]

26. How 'adult' of the 50 year old. nt

[Cid_B]

46. Well you know....

She has a long history of attacking other teenage girls who use "inappropriate" language...

*a little bird alights upon my shoulder and whispers in my ear*

Gadzooks! I've just been informed that this only seems to apply to teenage girls who can further her "career" and gain some sort of shock value. I may need to rest.. I'm feeling a little faint at this amazing revelation...

Seriously though, she's a parasite and dependent on a host she supposedly despises.

[tammywammy]

27. I love Kathy!

:loveya:

[thereismore]

28. Willow is the most overtly mean one of the bunch. That says a lot. nt

[blondeatlast]

29. Reminds me of a famous flamewar that didn't get mentioned in Pitt's thread: Seinfeld.

God forbid we mere humans have differing tastes in comedy...

:rofl:

[NuclearDem]

30. Well...if Sister Sarah goes after Kathy like she did against Letterman...

This should be interesting to say the least.

[ecstatic]

31. Why stoop to her level?

Willow was wrong, but how is making fun of a 16 year old girl in front of a national audience any better? As the adult in the situation, Kathy should find a more humane way to deal with Willow (maybe a phone call or something).

[lib_wit_it]

45. I disagree with the idea that calling out a bigot for blatant bigotry is stooping to the level of

the bigot.

I hope I would say the same thing even if I didn't find Kathy Griffin pretty damn funny most of the time.

[ecstatic]

66. I think she's hilarious, I even DVR'd her show

last season. Nothing wrong with calling out a bigot, but when that bigot is a 16 year old girl it should be done in a certain way.

[donquijoterocket]

77. why?

When that 16 year old girl is more than aware of the national audience she has as a result of her birth and chooses to use it to demean another human being I see nothing wrong with someone who has access to that same audience using it to point out the error.Eventually 16 year olds become adults and they need a few lessons along the way,Usually society can rely on the parents for such lessons although I don't think that in this case such lessons are forthcoming or that either of the parents are qualified to conduct such lessons.

[onpatrol98]

74. I see your point...but I disagree with the phone call

Kathy has a national audience (somehow), stay away from people's children and use that megaphone for the change that she wants. I ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT FATHOM getting on a stage and belittling someone's kid or calling someone's house and asking to speak to their child. I think Kathy has a screw loose if she thinks this is reasonable. Teenage girls and boys say and do extremely stupid things. For some of them the light bulbs don't go over until much later. It's a teachable moment. I would have been more impressed if she had said she would be working with some kind of educational program to deter bullying and to teach sensitivity and respect of others because of the Willow incident. Or, if she had plans on how to teach children who were being bullied or intimidated how to respond...but no, she's going to take Willow on woman to ??? I think we're short two grown women if that's her plan.

Kathy's looking for attention, apparently. I actually felt sorry for her (awards, money, and all), when she took off her clothes at one of her events to show off her new body. Desperate and tacky...I hope she improves with age.

[AlbertCat]

89. Desperate and tacky

That's her ACT.... the whole "D-list" thing? Hello?

Talk about going over your head!

[onpatrol98]

92. Over My Head

Kathy Griffin's desperate and tacky shtick doesn't go over anyone's head. That's kind of the point. Her ACT is what she'll seem to actually be if she decides to pursue children for laughs or points. Many comedians have an ACT that doesn't provide a true portrayal of the person.

But, if you meant the comment as a cut down, okay. I'll work it that way.

:wow: Ah, that Kathy, wow, she's so over my head. Yeah... She's like so....(there's just nothing there).

[rosesaylavee]

32. Willow is a public figure and a goof of a 16 year old.

I say wait until she's older to chastise her if she continues this behavior. Lots of teens use that language with no idea how hurtful they are. Attacking her is not going to change anything or make her more sensitive. Her parents have failed in that regard, if anyone deserves 'going after', it's her parents.

Bullying is not the answer to bullying.

[NuclearDem]

35. Amen to that nt

[vduhr]

83. Wait until she's older to chastise her?????

Her parents, and many other parents aren't chastising their children for this abhorrent behavior. So, while we wait until they're older to chastise their children:

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/seth-walsh-13-yr-old-commits-suicide-after-bullying-video-2685728.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5855270/gay_rutgers_student_suicide_blamed.html?cat=15

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=90214

http://www.365gay.com/news/19-year-old-gay-college-student-commits-suicide/

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/cyber-bullying-factor-suicide-massachusetts-teen-irish-immigrant/story?id=9660938

If the parents are not teaching them that hate language is not acceptable behavior, who will?

[rosesaylavee]

100. Are you really suggesting that an unrelated comedian is the person to chastise this child?

Really?

I can't help that the Palins are inadequate parents. But there are a lot of them out there who aren't teaching their kids this. Doesn't mean that Willow won't figure out a different way by the time she reaches college and/or beyond. But having a 50 year old public figure going after some other public figure's child seems odd to me.

[Motown_Johnny]

33. I hope she waits until 2012 to go after Tripp

[onpatrol98]

76. I don't know....

I don't know. Tripp is a public figure. I mean...he has been seen...in public. Not to mention, is he 2, yet? Two year olds are notorious for loose lips. They say a lot of...No, No, No. I bet when Tripp says it...he'll really mean No .

Unbelievable.

[Raine]

34. "Kathy Griffen vows to offend" Kathy always offends

even without trying, she is just so offensive ... still I love her! :bounce:

[earth mom]

39. Love it & Love Kathy! Someone has to call the disgusting Palins out on their bullshit!

I could give a damn if Willow is 16! Obviously there are no educated or classy grown ups in Willows life to tell her to shut her ugly disgusting mouth!

Kathy Rocks!
:yourock:

[blaze]

40. Forty years ago, when I was 16,

it would never had occurred to me to call anyone a faggot or a spic or a nigger or a dego.... or whatever the most spurious slur of the time might have been.

First of all, hateful, discriminatory terms like that were never, EVER, spoken in our house.

Secondly, severe grounding and other punishment would have surely been in my future.

[rosesaylavee]

51. because you had proper, thoughtful parenting

which this child has never experienced.

[Bluebear]

62. You said it, rose.

[howmad1]

55. When I was 16, if my folks heard me talk like Willow:

I would have had my as handed to me on a silver platter. Go Kathy, take this spoiled little bitch to the wood shed and beat her sensless. Remeber, spare the rod and spoil the child.

[JDPriestly]

42. You don't throw around the word "faggot" in this era

unless you heard it somewhere -- either at home, at school -- somewhere.

I doubt that Willow Palin has read so widely that she came across that word just from reading it.

[Skittles]

44. the "everyone does it" defense was appalling

[cherokeeprogressive]

47. Kathy Griffin: "Why don't you get a job, buddy! You know what? I don't go to your job and...

knock the dicks out of your mouth!"

Threads celebrating ending the career of a Naval Officer for anti-gay slurs, and threads about Kathy Griffin congratulating her for taking on a teenager's anti-gay slurs after making her own on live international television.

And the circular firing squad drones on...

Kathy's proudest moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_P-tZ9fyTU

[Cid_B]

65. Ha... forgot about that one...

Bravo...

[onpatrol98]

95. Forgot about that....

I had thankfully forgotten about that one, too.

[johnfunk]

98. I was ROTFLMFAO when Kathy smacked down that heckler. Brilliant moment, one of CNN's greatest

'Nuff said.

[alphafemale]

52. It's not classy for a grown woman to pick on a 16 year old. But maybe she's really trying to

lure out the mama grizzly, which she'll then shoot from a helicopter.

[K8-EEE]

57. Oh for god's sake don't these grifters get off on "being offended"

like it's crack cocaine! They will love the attention and any chance to play victim is just their favorite thing. Blech.

I do think she's as big of a fool as her mom and I loved her "apology" which basically was Bristol saying "we shouldn't have reacted to negative comments about our family" when all the kid did was note (correctly) that the show sucked!

[JackBeck]

59. Children of political figures should be off limits.

Because they never reflect the type of upbringing they received nor any life lessons from their parents who are notoriously never around.

[upi402]

63. A former half-a governor and failed nominee

who couldn't pour piss from her Gucci cowboy boot if the instructions were written on the heel.... For most of us, "politician" is a slur. But this Palin isn't even a real politician. I think that's very generous, really.

Yet Palin gets more media attention if 12 people turn out at an event than when 100,000 anti-war protesters do.
These Palin parasites need to get called out IMHO. The Palin clan go after fame, fortune, and the spotlight - well then people will comment.

[Shandris]

69. Given who and what her sister is...

..."it's Willow's year to go down" is a time that has likely already passed long, long ago. :evilgrin:

[Mad_Dem_X]

70. Go, Kathy!

Take 'em down! :applause:

[cali]

72. stupid way to give positive attention to the repulsive Palin clan.

If you look up attention w**** in the Urban dictionary, the definition is illustrated by a pic of Griffin. Most appropriate.

[onpatrol98]

73. I think it's a stupid idea...

Let some sixteen year old celebrity attack another sixteen year old. As a grown woman, she's got plenty of other eligible targets her own age...say for instance, Willow's mother. She's not planning on chatising or attempting to educate silly Willy or Willow. She's planning on approaching her as a peer? Why fight down? It'll make her look bad, even if her cause is good. Is she afraid of people her own age?

[Zanzobar]

79. Low Rent vs Low Rent

Perfect for fans of Jerry Springer.

[Beacool]

80. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Willow's comments were insensitive, ignorant and offensive. She needed to be reprimanded by her parents and taught tolerance and sensitivity.

On the other hand, a grown woman going after a 16 year old girl is pathetic.

;(

[AlbertCat]

90. a grown woman going after a 16 year old girl is pathetic.

If that sweet 16 can trash a empty house having a party in it after breaking and entering.... she can take some insults from an insult comic.

I am not worried about any of the Palins.

[no limit]

81. A 16 year old saying "your gay" to someone? Stop the presses!!!!!!!1111

[cherokeeprogressive]

93. 107 recs for a woman who threw a gay slur out there for all to hear on international television.

"It Gets Better" alright.

Kathy Griffin on CNN's New Years Eve broadcast in 2009: "Why don't you get a job, buddy! You know what? I don't go to your job and knock the dicks out of your mouth!"

Now that I think about it though, since she's promising to call out a Palin, albeit a Palin who is about as consequential as a bucket of warm spit, I guess I can see how she'd get so many recs. Who cares if she used her microphone to call a heckler a cocksucker? It was a compliment, right? Hey, she's on our side... gotta remember that.

Curiouser and curiouser...

[pintobean]

94. Logic doesn't work

it's all about emotion.

I notice you bring logic to a lot of discussions. I also notice, it usually gets ignored. Good for you for trying, though.

[onpatrol98]

96. Strange, isn't it...

The Palin Hatred factor is so strong that they'll permit Kathy's slurs. It's probably that "over my head" comedy. But, that 16 year...she's got to go down. LOL.

[cali]

103. Griffin is a disgusting little piece of shit. And the mindless recs here demonstrate

that the collective intelligence of DU is pathetic.

[cherokeeprogressive]

104. "You don't throw around the f-word without hearing from me about it."

I guess she should add to that "and you don't heckle me in Times Square without me calling you a cocksucker in return"

107 recs. Makes me laugh actually. Hypocrisy is alive and well when someone is on OUR side...

Someone upthread actually said her hot mike comment on CNN's New Years show was CNN's finest moment.

[Dr. Strange]

110. Yeah, kinda funny that...

Eminem says, "Moby you can get stomped by Obie, you 36 year old bald headed fag blow me." I wonder if Kathy talked to Eminem? Oh sure she did, so she could star in one of his videos.

Fucking hypocrite.

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[pintobean]

107. Speak for yourself.

[Creideiki]

108. Personally, I'm very glad so many straight people have come here to set us, uh, straight

Now I know just how insecure they are and the type of fear that they live with every day. Why, brave LGBT people and their actual allies could start calling them out by name while they strive for forward movement in a west coas stat. That must be terrifying. It might storm on them or blow vigorously in a town.

That would truly be awful. So, THANK YOU! brave straight people! Now I'm enlightened!

[Mojeoux]

109. I LOVE K.G.!!!! and I'm "straight." But I have a Big Funny Bone. nt.