Posted on 01/23/2004 11:34:28 AM PST by Pikamax
Cho-time for Moby vs. Drudge
Activist rocker Moby is leading a jihad against cybergossip Matt Drudge, blaming him for inciting "far right-wingers" who sent abusive and racist E-mails to comedian Margaret Cho. On his Web site and in private messages to friends, Moby has been claiming that Drudge "took out of context" Cho's stream of anti-Republican invective - intended as comedy shtick - during last week's moveon.org awards show at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
"I was outraged," Moby told me. "Everyone knows that Margaret's comedy is very irreverent and Lenny Bruce-style confrontational, and Matt Drudge took it out of context and exposed her to some really irresponsible and vile reactions."
"That's absurd," Drudge responded. He pointed out that the posts on drudgereport.com had clearly identified Cho as a "comedian" and set the scene for her profanity-laced remarks, which he published at length under the headline "RAW RAGE AT BUSH DURING MOVEON.ORG AWARDS."
A couple of days after posting the excerpts, Drudge published Cho's complete routine from the event.
Among her saltier observations, during the liberal group's celeb-studded gala to honor political ads attacking President Bush: "Despite all of this stupid bull-- that the Republican National Committee, or whatever the f-- they call them, that they were saying that they're all angry about how two of these ads were comparing Bush to Hitler? I mean, out of thousands of submissions, they find two. They're like f-- looking for Hitler in a haystack. ...George Bush is not Hitler. He would be, if he f-- applied himself."
After Drudge's account was linked by the right-leaning FreeRepublic.com, Cho received dozens of ugly E-mails, most of them unprintable in a family newspaper. (A typical message advised the California-born Korean-American: "Go back to Asia you slanted eye whore.")
On her own Web site this week, Cho wrote to a concerned fan: "I know that I have not pulled punches with the way that I beat the s-- out of Dumya, I mean Dubya."
Moby told me: "The only good to come of this is that the extreme right has shown their true colors. ...Bush is masquerading as a 'compassionate conservative,' but they've now exposed their extremely right-wing, misogynistic, racist agenda."
Drudge shot back: "Those E-mails are mild compared to what I receive on a daily basis. That is the nature of the Internet. Moby and his friends just have to 'butch up.'"
Yup, it's the classic lefty excuse...."Oh I was just being satirical! It was just a joke! Don't you have any sense of humor?!?!? Geez!" It's the way leftist wriggle out of taking responsibility for their comments. So, because they're just being funny-ha-ha, they feel like they deserve to be given a pass on what they say. Glad to see they haven't ditched that transparent strategy...it's just indicative of how weak their arguments really are.
And Moby? You can get stomped by Obie You thirty-six year old boy fag, blow me You don't know me, you're too old, let go It's over, nobody listens to techno
"Go back to Asia you slanted eye whore.")
I really hope that was no one from here. If so, shame on you.
"Everyone knows that Margaret's comedy is very irreverent and Lenny Bruce-style confrontational..."
2. Mulefritters. Shes been doing the same act for ten or fifteen years. Act Synopsis: All mature Korean women are fat and overprotective with extra squinty eyes. Yeah, OK, not real funny 15 years ago either, now move along...
I don't care what he says, as long as he keeps putting out cool music.
Well, what Cho SAID was unprintable in a family newspaper!
Ok to crudely curse Bush; God forbid someone say the same to a her.
"leaning?"
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