Donald Trump is a guy who can dish it out.
Donald Trump is not a guy who can take it.
A juxtaposition which flies in the face of the old adage about needing to have thick skin if you’re going to talk shit about people.
See Trump built his entire campaign on maligning everyone else. And not just Democrats. Sure there was the “lock her up” refrain, but don’t forget there was “Lyin’ Ted,” too. And “low energy,” Jeb. Oh, and “ugly Carly.” Oh, and “menstruating Megyn.”
Well, since he became President, Trump has spent a whole lot of time trying to figure out how he can muzzle the free press or, as we like to put it, figuring out how he can blunt the First Amendment.
The most prominent example of this autocratic lean is the idea that the administration will “look at” changing the libel laws in an effort to stop the New York Times from running unfavorable stories about the President. Here’s White House Chief of Staff and rat dressed in people clothes Reince Priebus, to explain:
Reince Priebus to @ThisWeekABC: White House has "looked at" changes to libel laws that would curtail press freedoms https://t.co/zNEuDcXcIN pic.twitter.com/CUwqUAf0Q6
— ABC News (@ABC) April 30, 2017
Well, one person who does not fear this administration is Stephen Colbert, who incurred the wrath of conservatives this week when he said the following about Trump’s mouth:
The only thing your mouth is good at is being Vladimir Putin’s cock holster.
Now that, is all kinds of hilarious.
But not so much to the FCC, which is now looking at “taking appropriate action.”
Here’s Ajit Pai, the FCC chairman:
I have had a chance to see the clip now and so, as we get complaints, and we’ve gotten a number of them, we are going to take the facts that we find and we are going to apply the law as it’s been set out by the Supreme Court and other courts and we’ll take the appropriate action.
So apparently, it’s unacceptable to call Trump’s mouth a Putin “cock holster,” but according to some folks out there, it’s just fine that the President’s mouth is indeed a Putin “cock holster.”
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It’s on way after prime time shows…..all late night is “edgy”…….it’s for adults……. people vary on what they think is good or bad humor and that is normal ……. what’s not normal is allowing DUMBFUCK to control what goes on the air! And the “number of complaints” are all from his team of ill-informed uneducated deplorables. FCC should back away on this!
This is perfect. The Supreme Court liberal fascists would never let us rewrite the libel laws to ban independent media, but for the sake of the children, maybe they’ll look the other way while we run these radical commies off the air.
“liberal fascists” clueless.
LANCE MANLY — I am not sure I understand your “comment” — would love to have a few more words…..
“liberal fascists” is an oxymoron.