Samantha Bee apologizes for Ivanka Trump slur: "I crossed a line"

[Blue_Adept]

Link to tweet

Samantha Bee apologizes for Ivanka Trump slur: "I crossed a line" http://thr.cm/tHjKH3

[Blue_Adept]

1. At least one advertiser, Autotrader, announced plans to suspend sponsorship of Samantha Bee's show

Link to tweet

[Zoonart]

2. The the post Roseanne scalp hunting begin!

[Va Lefty]

9. It started right after ABC acted

[uponit7771]

3. Bee said nothing overtly racist

[mythology]

13. Because sexist is better than racist?

[Crunchy Frog]

37. She uses the word frequently on her show.

But no outrage until she applies it to Ivanka in the aftermath of the Roseanne firing.

It's a false equivalency. It would be a real one if she'd used something like the blood libel slur.

[demmiblue]

4. Good for her. n/t

[Freethinker65]

5. Could have left it at feckless

Adding the C word was an easy shocking way to get a cheap laugh.

However, Ivanka, is not just the President's daughter, she is a public official and Hillary put up with the derogatory comments for decades, and now as a private citizen, still does...

[Orsino]

6. That's good. n/t

[EffieBlack]

7. Yes, she did cross a line

I'm glad she apologized.

[Gothmog]

8. Has trump ever apologized for anything?

[B2G]

12. Since when is that a gold standard of behavior? nt

[LanternWaste]

26. Since when did anyone argue that it is?

Since when did anyone argue that it is?

[CatMor]

10. I'm glad she apologized....

she picked the wrong word.

[MFM008]

11. We always apologize

They NEVER apologize.
They make the rules for our lives
We watch helplessly as they destroy our world.

We go high.....
We need to BE high.

[RandiFan1290]

14. Weak

Good job giving them another victory.

[SoCalNative]

15. I don't think she did

calling someone a name who is that name is just telling the truth.

[Tipperary]

17. Wow.

Seriously?

[SoCalNative]

18. If I could use the word here I would

because I've always believed that Ivanka is one.

[fallout87]

25. Keep it classy there.

You're doing wonders for us.

[LanternWaste]

27. Let's all pretend this will affect the 2018 election cycle.

Let's all pretend this will affect the 2018 election cycle.

[NCTraveler]

31. Please define that name.

You said she "is that name". Please define "that name".

[SoCalNative]

39. I can't post it on here

but it's a 4-letter word that starts with a c.

[Raven123]

16. Adding the c-word simply distracted from

the message and gave the Trump camp a valid point of contention. I don't get it. Samantha Bee is good. What an unforced error.

[SharonClark]

20. Exactly.

[ADX]

19. SB did the right thing by apologizing for using that vile word...

...we don't have to sink to their level in order to make a point.

[alp227]

23. "when they go low, we go high" nt

[tavernier]

21. I'm probably the only one here who doesn't care for her humor in general.

But I’m not really crazy about most female stand up comedians. I do like Ellen Degeneres. She is funnier than most, without needing coarse language. And I cuss like a sailor.

Anyway, glad she apologized. Disgusting word, adds no value to a joke.

[bigtree]

22. I walk the line

...

[Hekate]

24. Yes she did, and thereby painted a target on her own back. She could have left out the C-word...

... and made a much stronger statement about Ivanka's special brand of cluelessness.

I think Ivanka "That's an inappropriate question to ask a Daughter" Trump is kind of obscene all by herself. She's a super-special assistant to the POTUS with super-special-top-secret clearance, but she wants to play the Daughter card and the Mommy card whenever anyone criticizes her abominable father's policies and behavior.

She should stick to flipping her long hair and batting her eyelashes -- and stop playing Crown Princess in our White House.

See? I didn't even need to use the kind of words we are all thinking anyway. Didn't call her a Cow at all.

As for Sam Bee, I'm sorry she may end up paying a steep price for not having a 7-second delay or whatever allows broadcasters to bleep errant language, because Trumpland is in full eye-for-an-eye revenge mode.

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. No you didnt, you called a HORRID NIGHTMARE a word, I can think of MUCH WORSE lines

[TygrBright]

29. Once again, Sam shows how it's done. n/t

[BlueStater]

30. You can apologize for using the word without actually apologizing TO Ivanka.

Ivanka is a grifting piece of nepotistic shit who deserves zero respect.

[wryter2000]

34. That's how I feel

I honestly do not care about Ivanka Trump's feelings. I think the apology needs to be to the viewers who had to hear that.

[Ferrets are Cool]

32. It's the ONE word I do not like. PERIOD, end of story.

It is a word I expect the orange one to use and I won't stoop that low and don't think anyone should.
But then, its just a word, right? What do I know?

[wryter2000]

33. Good for her

No other action necessary, IMHO

[underthematrix]

35. This is my reaction and reply to Samantha's apology tweet

Link to tweet

[kozar]

36. I know I'm showing my age,

And do not want to sound like that "Grumpy Old Man", but I watch how these people talk and find myself questioning when did we as a country forget how to act in public? Too many shock jocks on radio? Too much anonymity due to the internet? Yes, we need to go high as a Dem team, but my rant is that this kind of behavior is becoming far too normal in our society.

Thanks for listening,
Koz

[Snellius]

38. Is this some kind of mass suicide for stupid comics?

Everyone knows this vulgarity is offensive. Even when used by a woman. Even to be funny. And she wasn't drunk or ambienated. This was part of a scripted and rehearsed monologue. The day after another comedian gagged herself to professional death on her own vile tough.

[Quixote1818]

40. She should have responded by saying "It was just locker room talk"

That would have put the focus back on Trump.