Foul mouths abound
Sadly, harsh language is becoming more and more commonplace.
Intemperate outbursts can get you noticed. Apologies soon follow. That无毛视频檚 become the American way.
Kanye West, that renowned rapper, who无毛视频檚 changed his name to just 无毛视频測e,无毛视频� knows how to generate headlines.
Recently, a couple of 无毛视频測e无毛视频� tweets got him in the Twitter and Instagram doghouse.
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Not good.
First, he probably meant DEFON 3 无毛视频� a designation for high U.S. military readiness.
Second, he went way out of bounds by seeming to attack Jewish people.
He无毛视频檇 been tweeting back and forth with fellow billionaire rapper Sean (无毛视频淒iddy,无毛视频� 无毛视频淧. Diddy,无毛视频� 无毛视频淧uff Daddy无毛视频�) Combs, and he was claiming that Mr. 无毛视频淒iddy无毛视频� was being controlled by Jews.
Kanye West, er 无毛视频淵e,无毛视频� is an avowed Trump loyalist these days. So, after word got out that he was being throttled by Twitter, the folks on Fox & Friends Weekend jumped to his defense.
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That无毛视频檚 until they fully digested 无毛视频淵e无毛视频檚无毛视频� exact sentiments.
The show无毛视频檚 hosts each softened their support for him after that.
Will Cain, another co-host, called the comments 无毛视频渃ondemnable.无毛视频�
Oh really?
Our most recent ex-president, Donald Trump, is always good for a couple of mentions on cable TV newscasts.
He无毛视频檚 a pro when it comes to finding just the right words that无毛视频檒l turn heads, and stomachs 无毛视频� depending on who hears them.
The source of Trump无毛视频檚 indignities happened to be Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Trump took to his own social media platform, Truth Social, to blast McConnell because he thinks he无毛视频檚 sought to join forces with Democrats on several pieces of legislation.
Trump wrote McConnell 无毛视频渉as a DEATH WISH.无毛视频�
Trump has never stopped at one insult. He无毛视频檚 a well-known insult machine.
McConnell is married to the former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, who was born in Taiwan. That provided Trump with an opportunity to plow the depths of his racist playbook, by telling saying that McConnell 无毛视频淢ust immediately seek help and advice from his China-loving wife, Coco Chow!无毛视频�
There probably won无毛视频檛 be a Republican who无毛视频檒l disclaim Trump无毛视频檚 nonsense. Not without paying a price the next time Trump gets on Truth Social.
That无毛视频檚 just the way it is.
In California, there are members of the Los Angeles City Council who are mired in a controversy of their own making.
Democrat Nury Martinez, the city council president, is a Latina, who was heard on an audio recording making some mighty racially insensitive statements.
Among them was Martinez describing a Black child as acting 无毛视频渓ike a monkey.无毛视频�
She was in a room with two of her fellow council members who went along as she made several racist statements.
Shortly after the Los Angeles Times reported on the recording, Martinez resigned from her position as city council president. But initially, she, and her fellow council members refused to step down from the council.
They thought that there were people in Los Angeles who supported them.
But not enough. Last Wednesday, Martinez announced she will step down from her city council seat.
The worst incident of foul-mouthed indignities goes to the junior U.S. senator from Alabama 无毛视频� Tommy Tuberville.
Tuberville must无毛视频檝e felt unassailable when he took the stage at a Trump rally in Nevada last week, and he let fly with a racially charged tirade about crime, and the people who want it 无毛视频� because, he says, they want reparations.
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Tuberville has held seven college football coaching jobs. College football is a sport that has a high percentage of Black players.
Tuberville made money because of them.
In effect, he无毛视频檚 the one who got a form of reparations.
He无毛视频檚 not smart enough to recognize that.
Edward A. Owens is a multi-Emmy Award winner, former reporter, and anchor for Entertainment Tonight, and 50-year TV news and newspaper veteran. E-mail him at freedoms@bellatlantic.net.