Kanye West causes uproar at MTV awards

[Liberal_in_LA]

video of the incident: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/kanye-west-versus-taylor-swift-try-youtube-users-versus-viacom/

The nominees in that category included Beyoncé, for her dance anthem “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” and Taylor Swift, for her ballad “You Belong With Me.” Ms. Swift, the 19-year-old country singer, was named the winner, and as she received her trophy, she began to tell the audience that she “always dreamed about what it would be like to maybe win one of these someday.”

Her reverie was interrupted by Kanye West, the hip-hop performer and provocateur, who followed Ms. Swift on stage and appeared to take her microphone. “I’m really happy for you,” he told her. “I’m going to let you finish. But Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.”


Mr. West left the stage to boos, while Ms. Swift stood silently displaying her award. The television broadcast cut away to a wide shot of the stage, and then to a taped segment featuring the comedian Tracy Morgan.

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Mr. West remained the evening’s villain in absentia, and each mention of his name was jeered for all the subsequent categories in which he was nominated. (Luckily for MTV and various presenters, Mr. West won no awards on Sunday night.)

Beyoncé, however, won the evening’s biggest prize, the Video of the Year award, for “Single Ladies,” and when she came on stage to accept it, she invited Ms. Swift to come back and finish her interrupted speech.

“Do you want me to try this again?” Ms. Swift asked the audience, which cheered its approval.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/mtv-awards-marred-by-performers-comments/?hp

[Sebastian Doyle]

1. Very classy thing for Beyonce to do.

I'm sure she had to be embarrassed as hell by what Kanye did.

[bliss_eternal]

10. she seems to be a very nice young woman...

...gracious, kind and humble....:thumbsup: good on her.

she clearly remembers what a special moment a first award can be, and didn't want to see swift deprived. it's so nice to see someone w/good manners in this day and age. yay for beyonce (and ms. swift)!

given this isn't west's first "odd" (incredibly rude) outburst at an awards show....:eyes: i don't even know what to say about him.

mtv's page was already cracking jokes about it.
they've made a list of all his award show outbursts. so sad. he's had so many they can have a "best of."

though i'm (mildly) concerned...given his mother's untimely death.
maybe he needs some emotional help. :shrug:

[HeresyLives]

2. Now THAT was nice of Beyoncé.

Although I'm always suspicious these things are publicity stunts. Either that or people have no manners anymore.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. I can't imagine a celebrity behaving as Kanye did as a pub. stunt. The negativity he generated is

thru the roof!

[TorchTheWitch]

6. people have no manners anymore

I don't know how this has managed to go unnoticed.

[Danascot]

48. On manners

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-farr/how-popular-culture-empow_b_284598.html

[The Backlash Cometh]

46. People have no manners anymore.

[bdamomma]

61. no manners and are allergic to facts (in regards to political figures)

[aikoaiko]

53. Its too bad Beyonce didn't call out Kanye as an embarassment.

[leftynyc]

68. She kinda did

when she asked if Taylor Swift would like to finish her speech after winning her own award. Classy Beyonce move. Kanye should be ashamed.

[aikoaiko]

75. Beyonce was very graceful, but I would have preferred she "smacked him upside the head"

so to speak.

But yes, Beyonce was graceful and I appreciate he doing right by a colleague.

[leftynyc]

78. But I think in comparison

to Kanye - Beyonce showed real class and dignity. I think she handled it exactly right (although I agree, had she kicked his ass, I would have supported that also).

[FVZA_Colonel]

126. That really was a great thing.

I cannot imagine what possessed West to do that.

[bluestateguy]

3. He really embarassed himself badly

And as for Beyonce, well, it just shows what good judgement Michelle Obama has in making her a role model for Sasha and Malia.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. it's heart breaking, the way the young woman stands silently on stage. She's stunned, looks like she

might cry

[Rusty5329]

5. I never thought...

someone could make teabaggers look polite.

What a d-bag.

[Vickers]

7. He was a total douchebag. More importantly, my teenage daughter

who was watching it ALSO thought he was a douchebag.

[hughee99]

47. That was the exact word that came to my mind immediately...

Maybe he'll get some business cards printed up

Kanye West - Professional Douchebag

[Maru Kitteh]

8. Just goes to show, Beyonce is a real lady, and apparently Mr. West

has been smoking his own dope a little too much.

Kudos to Ms. Beyonce.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

11. this is bringing the racists out of the woodwork

On many an entertainment site, the comments are getting more and more vile. "I'm tired of black racism...," etc.
Over on Free Republic, it took them about 5 posts to try to tie it to Obama.

Why can't they just accept that Kanye is just a stupid asshole and not try to turn everything into some whiny race war about ;oppressed" white people?

Kanye is booked on leno's premiere tomorrow. Watch for jay the ratings whore to milk it.

[Quantess]

12. Maybe they think Kanye West is related to Obama

because KENYA = KANYE
:crazy:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

13. OMG!

you should totally forward that to Orly Taters

[closeupready]

77. Now that is funny, because you just know one of these reichtards is going to believe it.

:rofl:

[Liberal_in_LA]

15. anonymous internet racists always looking for excuses to spout racism. I always remind them of the

latest crime involving a perp like Garrido and ask why they weren't spouting racism in that situation.

[rvablue]

63. No Leno fan here, but what would make him a "ratings whore" to broach this topic?

It was an extrememly lame thing to do, to put it lightly, and it is all over the news, internet, etc.

I think I'd criticize Leno for being a "celebrity ass-kisser" if he didn't ask about it.

[AspenRose]

65. Never mind that it was a black woman who invited the winner back up on stage

:eyes:

They see what they want to see....

[cherish44]

14. It would be funny if he'd done that to Pink...

Something tells me he'd be walking funny and speaking in a falsetto voice for awhile if he'd pulled that shit with her...

[Window]

16. One year he almost stopped the show because someone else won

when he felt he should have won. He's a real jerk.

[Blue-Jay]

17. Hmm. I'm starting to get the idea that famous people sometimes act like dicks.

call me crazy...

[paulsby]

18. who can forget his katrina outburst with mike meyers

the look on meyer's face is PRICELESS!

kanye is a dick. plain and simple.

the most ironic part is he was wanking about beyonce not winning best FEMALE VIDEO for "single ladies" when in fact, it turned out later, she won the BEST VIDEO (which is a bigger award obviously than best male or female) for Single Ladies.

kanye is a complete tool.

and south park totally wins for dissing kanye MONThS ago with their classic "fish sticks" episode that spent the entire episode riffing on kanye's total self-absorption.

he simply has NO class.

[Hannah Bell]

21. "george bush doesn't care about black people". in context of katrina,

not dickish at all.

[paulsby]

22. at that time/place

quite dickish. it's a theme w/him.

[Hannah Bell]

23. any time is a good time to point out bush's crimes.

[paulsby]

24. spare me. there is a time/place

that wasn't it. period. it's a theme w/him

[Selatius]

29. Well, as someone who survived Katrina, I thought it was a minor offense.

George W. Bush had far more to be ashamed about in those dark days than Kanye West for ignoring the script. Of course, my opinion is biased by surviving that disaster, and I'll readily admit that. Having said that, I think Kanye West has become self-absorbed in his own pride.

[bliss_eternal]

32. i agree

and i'm not from the area or a survivor of the disaster. (very glad to hear you survived) :hug:

i was merely a horrified on-looker (of the tragic events of katrina). i believe he merely said what many were thinking (and wanted to say), during that horrible period.

calling out gw's blatant disregard for the impoverished, the elderly and people of color doesn't make him the d word in my book. sorry.

[NOLALady]

109. As a Katrina survivor,

I'm sorry that others didn't speak out as West did at that time and place.

[Better Today]

60. So if Beyonce had been skipped over altogether, would he have had more legs to stand on?

I understand he has issues with the "proper place and time," but had Beyonce not gotten the best album, and that too had gone to a white, country singer; then I don't think we would be thinking he was such an ass as much as thinking he was premature in speaking out.

As for Katrina and his outburst, everyone should have been as angry and incensed by what happened in New Orleans as he was, and it seems perhaps we still should be given the continuing BS that those folks have had to suffer through.

[paulsby]

84. no, he would NOT have a leg to stand on

no matter who they chose, it was DIGRACEFUL what kanye did.

that beyonce won was both ironic and satisfying (although personally i think there were much better videos that could have been chosen)

but that's not the point

can we not make EVERYTHING a fucking racial issue. kanye is a dick. that's what matters. i don't give a flying fuck about his race, or beyonce's race, or taylor swift's race.

frankly, i think it's awesome that a country music crossover got best female fwiw.

and beyonce made kanye REALLY look like a dick with her class in recognizing swift.

[PM Martin]

100. Only

the Mooreites are making this a race matter.

[paulsby]

117. not sure

who the mooreites are... michael moore fans?

but let's reverse the scenario...

assume that it was a white country artist who ran on to the stage and took the microphone from a black hip hop artist who had just one best female video, and he said "taylor swift should have won"

people would be making it a HUGE racial issue.

regardless, i think there's metric assloads of evidence that kanye is a self-absorbed dickhead. that alone is enough to explain his behavior. sure, he MIGHT be racist, but i don't make assumptions like that on scant evidence. i fear far too many people do.

[Fire1]

102. I'll NEVER forget it and on that he spoke the truth. n/t

[JVS]

111. Because of that one, I'm willing to give him a pass on the current one

[JohnnyLib2]

19. He JoeWilsoned her, the jerk.

:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

[Tejas]

35. sadly though, the Kanye apologists abound.

What was that idiot thinking? Ratings? Were his sales that bad?

[ruggerson]

49. I can't imagine anyone would defend that pig

He should thank his lucky stars Beyonce had the grace and class to do what she did.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

118. Yeppers. I applauded Kanye's Katrina comment, but last night was embarrassing.

[alp227]

87. It's the year of the heckler, my friend.

Last night I blogged about this year's famous "disruption" incidents: The health care "town brawls", how pretty much every day of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings had at least one disturbance, Rep. Joe Wilson calling President Obama a liar, and now this.

This ain't the first time Kanye mouthed off before an audience, whether in studio (European Music Awards 2006) or TV (NBC's Hurricane Katrina fundraiser 2005).

[BlooInBloo]

20. They still make videos? What channel are they played on?

[bliss_eternal]

30. vh1, mostly...

;) :rofl:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

25. KANYE's APOLOGY:

http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/

"I'M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD'VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED! I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND SHE'S IN THE BLEACHERS! ........................ I'M IN THE WRONG FOR GOING ON STAGE AND TAKING AWAY FROM HER MOMENT!................. BEYONCE'S VIDEO WAS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FANS IF I LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FRIENDS AT MTV. I WILL APOLOGIZE TO TAYLOR 2MRW. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I'M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE!!! NO DISRESPECT BUT WE WATCHIN' THE SHOW AT THE CRIB RIGHT NOW CAUSE ... WELL YOU KNOW!!!! I'M STILL HAPPY FOR TAYLOR!!!! BOOOYAAAWWWW!!!! YOU ARE VERY VERY TALENTED!!! I GAVE MY AWARDS TO OUTKAST WHEN THEY DESERVED IT OVER ME... THAT'S WHAT IT IS!!!!!!! I'M NOT CRAZY YALL, I'M JUST REAL. SORRY FOR THAT!!! I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR TAYLOR AND I'M SINCERELY SORRY!!! MUCH RESPECT!!!!!"

[Liberal_in_LA]

26. all caps... A sure sign of instability

[A-Schwarzenegger]

27. HE'S JUST REAL!!!!!!

[Dorian Gray]

38. Yeah...

a REAL asshole.

His apology reeked of toolishness.

[CakeGrrl]

28. Oddly enough, I have to give him points for correct spelling/typing

after seeing so much Teabagger idiocy.

:crazy:

Like bliss hinted up above, I wonder if his Mom's death has thrown him for a major loop?

[bliss_eternal]

31. possibly...

...but considering the other times he's been "mad" at an awards show, and ranted because he (or someone else) didn't win :shrug:
had this been his first rude rant, i'd definitely suspect his mom's death. but after reading on mtv's page, i'm not so sure.

apparently he's felt he should win in the past, and wasn't the least bit shy about saying so when he did not. :spray:
dude may just have some "entitlement issues."

he wouldn't be the first person in the industry with a rather inflated sense of self.
:crazy:

[susanr516]

79. I agree, he has a history

of shooting off his mouth at inappropriate times (although I thought W and his administration deserved Kanye's Katrina rant.)

[bliss_eternal]

106. definitely.

Quote:
although I thought W and his administration deserved Kanye's Katrina rant.

totally deserved. :thumbsup:

[TheManInTheMac]

131. Correct spelling?

"So" is spelled with one o, "boo" with two. And I don't even know what the hell "BOOOYAAAWWWW", but my spell checker has it underlined in red.

[sufrommich]

36. Sounds a lot like Joe Wilson's "apology" . nt

[alp227]

88. You know what would be cool?

How about next year Kanye West runs for Joe Wilson's Congressional seat? :rofl:

[peekaloo]

42. P.S. MTV DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ASSHOLES.

he don't need no stinking publicist.

[ruggerson]

52. ...

wrong spot

[AspenRose]

69. "I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD'VE SAID."

Yeah, he has issues.

He needs counseling.

[butterfly77]

112. He had the nerve to bring up beyonce's video..

in his so called apology..

[trumad]

33. To bad Pete Townshend wasn't around...

[Bonobo]

70. Can you explain the reference. I think I missed it...

Thanks.

[Mike Daniels]

71. Abbie Hoffman hijacked The Who's set at Woodstock by going off on a political rant

Pete wasn't going to have any of it and yelling "Fuck off my stage" decided to take some batting practice using his guitar as the bat and Hoffman as the ball.

[Bonobo]

72. Ah yes. Gotcha. Thanks. Slow brain day. nt

[trumad]

86. And that was a classic Rock moment that will live in infamy.

[Critters2]

125. LOL! nt

[Better Today]

34. I'm an old white lady, nonetheless, with all the racism going around these days

and the huge escalation of previously closet racism oozing out all over the news 24/7, I can sympathize with some potentially valid reasons for him to have over-reacted.

I'm not saying it was right, just that it is understandable.

Kudos to Beyonce, she went truly above and beyond.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

37. Kanye = self-absorbed asshole

Beyonce = class act all the way

sP

[Pangolin2]

64. The guy who holds up the liquor store and shoots the clerk is "understandable" too.

Which has zero to do with the right or wrong of an action.

[Name removed]

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[Raineyb]

81. Vile!

There is no other word to describe this piece of bovine excrement.

[Pangolin2]

114. We agree, he truly is vile.

...

[PM Martin]

97. Michael Moore, is that you?

Or is it Bil Maher?

:puke:

Perhaps holding up the cashier at the local market with a loaded gun is "understandable" too?

:puke:

[Raineyb]

104. You're comparing being rude to a criminal act?

Another vile piece of bull excrement for the list.

[PM Martin]

107. No.

Kanye's actions were rude, to say the least.
I cannot believe that there are people who are justifying his actions around here.
I know that you cannot stand that I am calling out Moore for his b.s.

Another vile piece of bull excrement for the list.

[Raineyb]

122. Clearly you can't read.

And if you do read you don't comprehend. I never justified what he did. It just doesn't warrant comparison to someone who commits armed robbery. If you can't see that, well then you're just another piece of shit for the list. And one I'll gladly ignore.

Fuck off asshole!

[Pangolin2]

115. Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, is it?

:shrug:

[Raineyb]

121. And manners aren't yours.

I'll make it easy for your dumb ass.

Fuck. Off.

Can you say that?

I knew you could.

Now do so.

[MellowDem]

119. So you think he went up there...

because of racism?

[Better Today]

130. Well I think perhaps he was anticipating that racism as seen all over MSM reporting these days

may have sort of gotten in his craw and he may have made an early assumption that it had hit the awards as well.

I'm not saying he behaved well, but I sure the heck wouldn't want to be a black man in America just now, I'd probably be seeing and reacting to a lot more racism both imagined and real because of all the real racism that seems to be going around, or perhaps a better term is getting exposed.

[Vinca]

39. Well, if presidential speeches can be interrupted, it must be okay for MTV awards.

I don't know any of these people, but what a tacky, tacky, tacky thing to do.

[Tripmann]

40. The host shouild have asked Kanye....

...if he likes fish sticks. That would have shut him the fuck up real fast.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

44. that would have been awesome... n/t

[CRF450]

93. I could die happy if I saw that LOL.

That South Park episode will forever remain, a classic to me.

[drbtg1]

41. But will the fun continue tonight

He's suposed to be on the premiere of The Jay Leno Show tonight with Jay Z and Rhianna. Maybe they'll change it to a duet.

[cbdo2007]

45. Hmmmm...weird. He creates controversy the day before he's supposed to be on the first new Leno

This is all a set up people.

MTV always has a "shocking moment" during the telecast. Kanye is set to open the new Leno show tonight.

I'm 99.97% sure MTV/Kanye set this up to create a "shocking moment" and the racial controversy surrounding it is just icing on their $$$cake$$$.

[PM Martin]

108. If so, this was not a nice thing to do

to Ms. Swift.

[cbdo2007]

110. People can't stop talking about it, so I think it worked. I bet the ratings tonight for Leno will

be huge!

[TorchTheWitch]

123. a shitty thing to do for ANY reason

if he did it solely for self-promotion it just makes it worse than shitty.

[Mudoria]

43. What an asshole..

[dolphindance]

50. Kayne is full of himself. His behavior was uncalled for. (n/t)

[gauguin57]

51. Well, Kanye will probably go into rehab to attract more attention to himself.

I think what he needs is EGO rehab. What a dick.

Beyonce, on the other hand, was the paragon of class last night.

[ruggerson]

54. I liked it when Gaga handed her award to Eminem

and said sweetly: "would you hold this", and then ripped off her mask, grabbed the award back, smiled at Eminem, punched her hand up in the air, holding the statuette and shouted: "I'd like to thank God.. and the gays!"

Eminem looked like he had just been punched in the gut.

[City Lights]

55. Nice display of assholery, Kanye.

:thumbsdown:

[WI_DEM]

56. Beyonce has class, Kayne West doesn't.

[NYC Liberal]

57. Hm. This screams "staged" with Taylor Swift not being in on it for max. impact

MTV needs something big to get everyone talking -- and keep them in the news.

So have Kanye do something totally outrageous, but keep it between Kanye and the producers. Which makes it just as much of an asshole-ish move.

[Toasterlad]

59. I Thought the Same Thing.

[pitohui]

74. it's obviously staged, whether swift was in on it or not ( i would assume she was)

how stupid can people be? this is so obviously staged that it should be ignored and allowed to go away

i don't know who the hell taylor swift and i doubt most people in this thread did before "the stunt"

they're all embarrassing themselves if they think we're this stupid -- but apparently most folks really ARE this stupid and have no ability to critically view entertainment "news"

that word "entertainment," folks, it actually DOES mean something

[NYC Liberal]

94. I bet people think all those talk shows are spontaneous too

:eyes:

Really, it's all scripted. The talk shows, these award shows, the news.

Any of these so-called "incidents" are planned ahead of time. The streaker at the Oscars way back - staged. Joaquin Phoenix's Letterman appearance - staged. There's tons of examples of "infamous" moments that were obviously scripted.

[pitohui]

113. and so soon after eminem fessed up abt his stunt too

even when west and this lady come back later to admit it, the masses will continue to swallow the nonsense

it's a world where "reality tv shows" have scriptwriters, yet folks still can't figure it out?

it really makes me wonder about if humanity has sufficient intelligence to deal with any real challenges, if so many of us can't even view admitted entertainment intelligently

[FreedomRain]

128. woah!

I'm not a country fan by any means, but Taylor Swift has been pretty well known for a few years now. Definitely a top-tier female voice. If you like that sort of thing :)

[DevonRex]

58. Wow. She's talented and gracious, too. And Swift also showed poise and grace

in tough circumstances.

Kanye? Well, WTF was he thinking? I'd really like to know that.

[samsingh]

62. West is truly hurting himself - pity - he could be a force for good

he's making himself completely irrelevant or worse a nutcase

[AspenRose]

67. Taylor Swift covers Beyonce's "Irreplaceable"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18jBBOjpHD0

[tammywammy]

73. Very classy of Beyonce

And Kayne's an asshole. Dude, it's *not* all about you.

[kjackson227]

76. A mediocre performer (at best), trying to drum up publicity

[BolivarianHero]

80. Good...

That this airhead outsold Metallica in 2008 is indicative of how pathetic and tasteless American consumers have become.

[Overseas]

82. I wished one of the many others on stage had gone up to Taylor and told her

to just say that "I love Beyonce's video too. I was honored to be nominated as part of such an amazing group of artists."

They could have helped the youngster gather her wits to carry on. Like a young actress that gets an Oscar in the same pool with Meryl Streep.

I'm glad to hear that Beyonce brought her up to the stage to give her acceptance speech.

[TorchTheWitch]

124. Fuck that - she won and is entitled to say whatever the hell she wants

She's robbed of HER moment and SHE should be told not only what to say but to placate the shithead that robbed her???? No. Fucking. Way.

[reflection]

83. Swift should have bumrushed him off the front of the stage.

A backflip in the orchestra pit might have sobered him up a bit. :D

[cbdo2007]

85. Kanye isn't even original - 50 Cents did this to Amy Lee of Evanescence in 2004

I guess nothing says "I'm on my last minute of fame" like spoiling a young white girls award show speech.

[Raineyb]

127. Hmmm. Now I think I see the real reason for all the outrage.

Fascinating.

[Joe Fields]

89. I have a newfound respect for this classy lady....

[AngryOldDem]

90. Just one more example of the decline of civility in this society.

But what Beyonce did was complete class.

Rumor is Kanye was pretty toasted by the time he walked into the auditorium. But that doesn't excuse his assholery.

[makeanoise]

91. What an arse!

West is truly an ASS, and if George Bush "hates black people" as West said a few years ago, then West must hate white people....
no class and no brains, learn something from Beyone lil' West!

[earth mom]

92. I liked what Kanye said about * after Katrina, but it sounds like he has a giant chip

on his shoulder now and makes him look like a total ignorant asshole.

Good on Beyonce to smooth it all over and make it up to Taylor.

[PM Martin]

95. Kanye West is the scum that lines garbage cans.

Kanye West is pure trash, a parasite on society.

[HopeOverFear]

120. Um...whatever. I wouldn't go that far. Kanye West is an asshole.

but all that shit you talking is extra.

[ecstatic]

96. If the President of the US can be disrespected, no one is off limits

Kanye was dead wrong for his actions. But I just can't help but think that we're going to be seeing this type of thing a lot more often.

[slackmaster]

98. Douche Nozzle

:nuke:

[rucky]

99. Noticing a pattern here for MTV awards shows.

Always some sort of controversy that gets people talking about the next day. Otherwise you may never have known an award show took place. hmmmm.

[makeanoise]

101. True!

they have made this type of thing up before....

[burning rain]

103. Kanye's sort of a runt...

and like many short guys is full of arrogance and 'tude. Often with short guys it's overcompensation for feelings of inferiority. He'd probably be a nicer guy if he were a few inches taller.

[graywarrior]

105. He's a punk.

Why he's popular, I can't figure out.

[slutticus]

116. "Cocaine is a hell of a drug"

[Penguin31]

129. Of all the bad things happening the world

THIS is the thing people are getting angry about? I don't mean on DU where it's a small footnote but I mean amongst the general public. Wars, genocides, millions (billions?) in poverty, a developed nation with a garbage health system, undeveloped nations with garbage health systems, AIDS, Cancer, the dangers of influenza both real and overblown, economic collapse, economic injustice, and so many other things...

..and the outrage and damning talk are reserved for the antics of THIS clown? Wonderful.