Hump wrote on Oct 28, 2011, 19:54:
Its unfortunate that people have to grovel and beg forgiveness lest they get taken down by organizations like GLAAD. They will force an apology (Tracey Morgan is a good example) whether the apology is sincere or not. In Morgans case he had to do an apology tour, do events and generally say what the GLAAD puppetmasters told him to say.
Tracey Morgan did not HAVE to go on an apology tour. Nobody HAS to grovel and beg forgiveness. Morhaime did not HAVE to write a letter of apology. In both cases they decided is was professionally expedient to do so.
Morgan could have continued to say the things he said. Would he have lost popularity, and been booted from NBC? Very likely, but it's not some GLAAD-led liberal thought policing politically correct illuminati conspiracy like so many in this thread make it out to be. When one says something a jerk would say, others are going to think that person is a jerk (or maybe not want to be around them or consume their products if they represent a company). That's all there is to it.
And no, Hump, we're not going to erase homophobia in a single generation. And yes, Prez, there is chaos and hatred just under the surface of modern society (and it's freaky!). But I don't think these facts mean we should just give up and be psychopaths.