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June 10th, 2011
12:16 PM ET
Tracy Morgan apologizes for homophobic rantTracy Morgan's character on the hit show "30 Rock" is often taken to task by his boss for insensitive remarks, and now the actor finds himself in hot water over homophobic remarks. According to Jezebel, Morgan went into a rant during a comedy show on June 3 in Nashville, Tennessee, and reportedly made several anti-gay statements including saying "how he'd stab his son to death if he said he was gay." The site links out to a note on the Facebook page of Kevin Rogers titled "Why I No Longer Like Tracy Morgan" in which Rogers details what he said happened at the show. "The sad thing is that none of this rant was a joke," Rogers writes. "His entire demeanor changed during that portion of the night. He was truly filled with some hate towards us." The venue where the show was held, Ryman Auditorium, issued the following statement to CNN regarding the incident: “The Ryman Auditorium regrets that people were offended by statements made by Tracy Morgan during his June 3 appearance. The Ryman does not control the content presented by people appearing on its stage, nor does it endorse any of the views of, or statements made by, such persons.” The Human Rights Campaign is the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization and issued a statement on Friday calling for action from both Morgan and his employer, NBC Universal. “Hateful remarks that mock youth suicides and the very real emotional and sometimes physical bullying LGBT kids face on a daily basis have no place in a comedy routine,” the organization's vice president of communications, Fred Sainz, said. “I’m shocked that Tracy Morgan would find humor in so viciously attacking our youth. If these allegations are true, Tracy Morgan must immediately accept responsibility and apologize. His employer, NBC Universal, also must come forward and condemn these atrocious comments.” Friday morning, Morgan did issue an apology. The actor and comedian said in a statement to CNN, “I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lesbian community for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act in Nashville. I’m not a hateful person and don’t condone any kind of violence against others. While I am an equal opportunity jokester, and my friends know what is in my heart, even in a comedy club this clearly went too far and was not funny in any context.” |
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I can't believe people are so blown up about this. A comedian actually said something crazy and controversial?! First time for that I'm sure. Jokes are almost always insensitive to someone or disgusting. I have an uncle who is gay, do i agree with his lifestyle, no but its his life and his choice and our great country allows us to have freedom, including the freedom of speech. You don't agree or like what Tracy Morgan says don't watch his shows or pay money to see him.but dont do to him what u dont want done to u (public crucifixion ). Quit calling it hate speech, its a joke. Leave at that. Freedom of speech doesnt mean u will like what everyone says, your words are no more right than mine.
Oh gawd...anyone who watched TV and listens to these shows, seeking to escape life is responsible for whatever this is. get a life, get out and do something. So what, he ranted about something that offends a group of people. The internet has turned people into self-righteous morons. Do you think that hearing you spout your opinion means anything? Fools!!!
Fine, it is trivial. Fine but why was there such an uproar in the black community over Michael Richards rants then? So I get it... N word F word bad bad bad. Gay bashing is great especially if said by blacks right? Anti-Semitic rants are wonderful too again if said by blacks. I get it. This is the only thing Tracy incident proved to the world.
Let's be for real here: Tracy Morgan has made the best of what he has to offer- his own unique comedy. He will never be a Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy or Richard Pryor- he will never make it to that level. He has been using that same joke in almost all of his shows on the comedy tour and finally some light is placed on his inappropriate comments- this is what he wanted! This is Tracy using the media to benefit his career. What does he have plenty of now? The answer is media coverage. It makes him more human to make a mistake and get media for it. In exchange, he has to do some volunteer community service. The gay population is disguisted at what he said, and community service may shed some light on him. At the same time, you can't take the comment away and his crazy ass will be respected by some in the straight world of comedy. This is about Tracy getting media and attention because it means money. He's continuing to do the best with what he has by getting negative and postive media from this. He's not that funny, but he's smart when it comes to his career. Get real: this is about Tracy and nothing else.
H0m0's need to have others protect them since they sure can't procreate. Why don't they get the fact that they are perverts
Funny how he puts down gay people and every movie I have watched, he comes out as a gay person and personally I thought he was always gay. Be aware of what you say Tracey....
You know what, everyone just needs to friggin' relax and stop being so damn sensitive all the time.
It's sensitive people who create hatred. By making a big deal and creating an uproar about silly things.
When did people decide to stop laughing at themselves and instead think that they are being attacked? LGBT needs to realize that they don't need to cry about everything and focus on things in their community that actually matter.
I would rather laugh at the stereotype of myself than dwell on life and cry about it.
From the beginning, comedy has been about poking fun at ourselves because the stereotype of all of us is WAYY funnier than anything else in life. Anyone ever watched a Roast? Now that's some offensive stuff but all you can do is laugh because it's lfe. So let's all just move on and deal with it!
If we can laugh at many different ethnic and racial jokes from many different comedians...why can't we laugh gay jokes.....they must not be comfortable in their skin.
I am a little surprised about all the uproar about this.... What else is new that the conservative Christian right supports rhetoric like this. Before I posted on here that I didn't think it was smart to have Morgan go and make public apologies to a group of people. As I have been reading these posts, I am reminded just how words like his actually change the discourse of this country, and I think that is the line any person in the public eye has to be aware of. I acknowledge that not everyone is educated on these issues.. and to the boy, who has been raised in a very religious household where things like being gay is a sin, it is the worst sin to some, this person may hear words like this and they will just validate the already existing hatred that has been allow to grow in him/her. These words act like fertilizer to this person, and that is exactly how things like what happened to Matthew Shephard occur.... two kids, who validated their actions based on their biblical teachings, who thought that they were serving the lord, went out and tied a boy to a post after beating the crud out of him and left him to die. This is how the hatred that fueled Hitler into killing millions of jews occurs... This is part of our society though. I just have to think, I would rather be aware of it than not. And to make someone go give phony lip service to a bunch of people who probably do not even care what he thinks does nothing to solve the problem. Personally, I think Morgan just made a mistake, I don't think he is a hateful person. But his words do matter. There is someone out there, who is taking his words just a little too literally... and the seed of hatred, albeit probably unintended, is now being nurtured. That is what we have to change. The discourse. Reacting with anger only fuels the fire more.
Tracy Morgan is the reason I rarely watch 30 Rock, which is too bad because it is pretty funny, minus his scenes. Tina Fey, here's an opportunity to get rid of him.
"i'd stab by son if he was a black man" is THAT funny? NOPE.
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Children are tougher than adults. If you don't like the show or a comedian, change the channel, don't go to their shows, and don't buy their product. That's Capitalism. And finally, take a breath and relax...
tracy morgans clearly lost it that was just poor judgement all around... how could he let that happen during a show if he werent crazy besides, he should just kill his kid for being black
im tired of all this gay crap everywhere. God didn't make you gay, you're like that because you want to be. and if somebody who doesn't agree with what you think, and has an opinion ,they get looked down on. I'm sure Tracy Morgan wouldn't harm his kids. I'm speaking from a bible believing point of view so I know alot of people may not get what im saying. But I'm a young black male and even I see how society is wrong for accepting their lifestyles. I'm not about downing anyone, but when you act as if everyone is supposed to be okay with you because you're gay or lesbian, i have a problem with that.
Alternative lifesytles have been pushed on us for a better part of two decades or so. The vast marjorty of us dont want to accept it or really don't want to hear about it or see it. Unfortunitely we have little choice as it is in our face all the time in this day and age. Yet most of us either openly or in private don't say many words about it one way or the other. But for people like Tracey the scale is at the tipping point and he makes the remarks he makes at his show. I don't condone his remarks or like one word of it, but I can almost see why he said it. For certain people like Tracey, enough is enough.
It is standup comedy. They make fun of all walks. No need to apologize for offending. Offensive comedy is funny.
It is standup comedy. They make fun of all walks. No need to apologize for offending. Offensive comedy is funny.
Tracy 'efin' Morgan why did you have to come to my town with your bulls?"? You could have kept that s?"T in New York. What made it really bad you were at The Ryman Auditorium you couldn't go over to Eighth Avenue to 'efin' Zanies,I guess I answered my own question anyway your stupid,I've seen your dumb azz on Conan twice telling the same story about an idiot that did time because he was holding a baby while he was fighting and the baby got hit.We in The black community know that your borderline crazy.Just stay the hell out of Nashville please!
His remarks were not funny, but then again his apology to his gay and lesbian" fans was soo Insincere that it was a joke within itself.
Free speech is one thing, an anti-gay rant during a show is not....from all reports, Mr. Morgan is infamous for his anti-gay remarks. I don't think folks who paid good money to see him wanted to hear all his BS and thus many, many walked out.
If anyone thinks for one second he is truly sorry for what he said, I have some swamp land in Florida you can buy cheap!
I have no use for this man, or anyone who supports this kind of BS....
For those who think this kind of BS is okay..I suggest you go and ACTUALLY read what he said during his show...then maybe you might understand why so many got upset about it.....
We have outrage over the comments of another comedian. This time it's Tracy Morgan and his unsavory comments about gays.
Well you know what Mr. Morgan, don't you dare go and apologize to the gay and lesbian community for doing what you do. You are a comedian and you are not responsible for the things you say. After all, it is what we expect from comedians today, right?
There are countless times a comedian used off-color humor and offended someone. Whatever group that is offended in turn demands an apology and then the comedian issues a heartfelt apology.
There is always an exception. What is the exception you ask? The exception is when the off-color humor is pointed at God. Forget the fact that He created the universe and all that is in it. Forget that He is more important than any man, woman, or creature on this earth.
No matter how offended the Christian community was at the "humorous" antics of Kathy Griffin and her insults launched at God during an awards acceptance speech; no apology was offered. It was said overwhelmingly on morning shows across America, "that's just what comedians do".
Outstanding! Mr. Morgan, make sure you remind these morning shows who are outraged and calling for your execution that, "this is just what comedians do".
Although I don't condone voilence against anyone no matter how wrong they are on how they want to live. I do agree that this lifestyle and the "choice" to act on it is wrong. We as parents can and should teach our kids in the ways of God. If parents do this then we as humans can show compassion to those that live a g-ay lifestyle BUT...not condone their lifestyle in anyway. It is shown in the Bible that this lifestyle is wrong and everyone has a choice...follow your own desires OR gollow God's word per the Bible.
Minus the part about stabbing his son if he was gay....Tracy was right on. lighten up gays, take a F'ing joke.
This is horrible! Freedom of speech only extends to liberals cracking their stupid remarks towards conservatives, christians all they want but if one person speaks out against anything they hold dear we are the big bad. Double standards and just a sign of things to come. Since when did comedians ever apologize to the public at large for remarks and jokes made toward groups liberal dislike? Never has happened but this – why am I even amazed anymore?
Then Tracy does not mind being a N ig ger
I thought this was a country of free speech?
If he made statements like that, well its his fault and if it hurts his ratings and future turnouts, well thats his problem too.
Suck it up buttercups. man i cant belive what people snivel and whine about. We have biggher issues.
Career suicide. I will definitely stop watching 30 Rock for that! Sorry Tina and the rest of the other talented people on the show, but I cannot support a show that has a prejudiced, hateful person in its cast. My hope is that he does eventually have a son or family member in his family that is gay – maybe he'll have some insight about what acceptance and love is all about. Jerk!
Finally Tracy Morgan said something funny!
So from the days of Lenny Bruce, to Sam Kinison & Dice, to Tracy Morgan....In the next 15 years, we will not be able to use any living or non living creature, or group in a joke, just in case it offends a supporter of said creature or joke. I'd like to make a joke about the post-it-note on my desk, but I do not want to offend anyone that works at the 3M company, (or to be politically correct, any company that makes, sells, or promotes any small-square-shaped-repositionable-piece of paper, not to exclude those that make, sell or promote other shaped pieces of the same style paper).......UGH!
I'll be glad when this crap ends.
From reading the description, it seems he was saying he would kill his son IF he told him he was gay in a whinny voice NOT for being gay. I have heard plenty of men say - if my son is gay he better remain a man in the relationship and talk to me like a man not some whinny female. The decription even equates a high pitched voice to gay. Unless I get more info regarding the incident this is about as offensive as a blk. person calling another blk. person a n!gger then getting offended when someone who isn't blk saying n!gger.
What do YOU white people, do that may even be worse than what Tracy did?
In your media, in your entertainment, in your music industy (if that even exists anymore), in your movies, in your video games, etc. etc. how do YOU portray African Americans?
Yes, thats right... as the new minstrelsy of thugs and bling culture. YOU allow those stereo types to flourish and lead so many down that path of copying that "image" that YOU as gatekeepers filter through. Yes, for years now, MTV, SNL, etc. etc. glorifying thuggery.
Oh but the damage you do goes unchecked does it.
Where are my comments you sorry excuse for journalists?!!!
Their is nothing angry about TM. He is a comedian. Some jokes work and others do not. This one, he acknowledges went too far. Lighten up people. Its a comedian, for pete's sake.
So he told a joke that didn't fly...everybody's been there. Comedian's likely much more. The only dif is that we have an organized community here to work themselves into a tizzy over nothing. Now they get media help to overblow whole the thing to garner some sympathy and otherwise work an agenda. The definition was political correctness. No, cnn is not left leaning
The Michael Richards situation CANNOT be compared. Richards pointed out an African-American heckler and called him the 'N' word several times, adding that if this was 50 years ago, he would be swinging from a tree. No comedy in that. We can't keep grouping gays and blacks into the same bubble just because they are both groups that have been oppressed and discrimintaed against.
So comedians can't make gay jokes now?
We all know that if Tracy Morgan was not black and/or liberal Tina Fey would not have tried to downplay his comments or later issue Milquetoast toast apologies on his behalf. She would have been all over him like white on rice.
Hey Tracy – Climb back on the watermelon truck you wrote into town on!! What?! Didn't like that? Too insensitive? It's just comedy, dude. If you can't take it then don't dish it out.
if they can take a dick they can take a joke, geez...
where is the outrage from the normal cronies Jessie and Al, they are like muslims , they only make noise when it benifits them, such a shame that some people actually take them seriously
I left this clown at the curb years ago. I'm African American, and I long ago tired of Morgan dragging my people back to blackface and minstrel shows every time he opens his Step'n Fetchit mouth. My question is, why the hell did people find him so "funny" all these years (something so delightful about a stupid black man, huh? See also, The Blindside). If NBC suddenly becomes "offended," I'll take my own behind down at 30 Rock for the apology this Uncle Tom and his employer owe me. Hypocrites.
I just read a comment by Li who said that Gandhi was biggoted against African blacks. I've read a number of his books, and just finished one he wrote about South Africa (1928); that Gandhi was a rascist is absurd. Gandhi's interest in the plight of African blacks under colonial rule were identical to his interest and concerns for those of Indian's under such rule. He lived and died for his cause, which was truth, justice, and human freedom, for all people.
As far as I can gather, the average Comedy Club experience is neither funny, engaging, or worth the cost of the ticket or the high cost of their drinks. Mediocre comedians, such as Morgan, always stoop to the lowest common denominator, and people always get hurt. Great comedians are rare. Mediocre ones are rampant. I attented a club one time where a comedian found out a paying customer's name was Bruce, and the comedian lit into him so much, mocking the gayness of the name, that the poor guy went into the bathroom to throw up. It happens alot. Comedy Clubs should be renamed Cuisenart Blades.
This is coming from a guy named Tracy.
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Because it's just another excuse not to get up and go to work every day like white people do...
You can't get up and go to work if employers are discriminating base on the color of your skin.
EVerybody's a stinking bigot!!!!!!
Relax
comedy has no fences and offends all equally. Maybe we need to quit being so sensitive to words and start focusing the anger on real issues like feeding people.
I really dislike the fact that the gay community feels like they are protected minority....it is a choice. I don't care if you are or not...just have more self respect than to define yourself by such a low standard like what gender you sleep with.
Everyone is really just too sensitive these days, if your a guy and your gonna suck n*ts, expect it, straight guys laugh at you, suck it up h*mos's. Freedom of speech, anyone can say what they want, dont listen if it offends your qu**r little ears. And Tracey Morgan blows anyway.
Lets replace the F word or G word with the N word and see what reaction we get. Is it really any different? The principals of hate are the same..but lets just say "sorry" once we get noticed and forget it. Tracy Morgan has always been a funny guy but the arrogance has gone too far. HATE is HATE. There is no grey area. Period!
He can say whatever he wants. I personally, won't be listening anymore.
He is an entertainer. Only people who have no life what so ever are concerned about what paid performers think.
FU GLADD!
If he's like most screwed-up black celebs, he'd stab his son to death if he stole twenty bucks form him...
It's called being a comedian. Why isn't anything that is controversial or insensitve towards relgion, gender, race, etc. ever reported??? Why is it comedy only becomes some controversial story or problem when it's the LGBT under attack? Just like bullying. Bullying isn't a problem when it's nerds or fatties, only when it's LGBT. They think they deserve "special" treatment, that is obvious. PC nazis at it again
What's the purpose of going to a comedy show? To laugh. If you're so sensitive, keep your a$$ at home.
So why don't we fired all comedians?
My kids are nine and eleven my husband and I are starting to teach them how to be arrested the way his father thought him thirty years ago a lot of people think this is weird but it isn't it's all about survival. A lot of people have made some evil comments about "Mr. Morgan" ,it's not about him It's the way they have always truly felt people are mean and hateful everywhere in America most will pretend to be cool tomorrow at school or work because this bullsh;' blog is anonymous all of you fake ba"/?:ds had better not mention any of this crap about Tracy Morgan to me.
When will the POLITICALLY CORRECT SYNDROME gonna stop?
He should not have apologized for anything. There was nothing wrong with what he said.
Very true... Gays need to STFU
Ok, so we now know that he hates gays and believes that they deserve to be murdered. If that is offensive to you then you need to boycott "30 rock", it's sponsors, and any project by any other cast or crew member that works on "30 rock". If you mess with these people's wallets it would be a much more effective statetement than just a few comments here and a befuddled head shake.
Tracy Morgan should thank you rabid gays for making him a household name. I'll be tuning in to 30 Rock now and watching his shows just to see what he's gonna say next & I'm sure that I'm not alone! LOL!
He's like the black Michael Richards! WE'RE ALL EVEN NOW!
If Tracy Morgan's comments are okay because he's a comedian then why did Michaels Richards (Kramer on 'Seinfeld') catch HELL for the comments he made during his show a few years ago? Serious double standard for those of you defending Tracy Morgan.
I think it's interesting that black people had to put up with being the constant subject of joke and racism in media, especially movies and TV for say 50 years and even beyond the 70s into the early 80s before they really started getting more respect there. But a guy tells a joke about some gay people and it's the end of the world. Can you ay thin skinned?
who cares.......... geeze....... gays are fun to mock...
Great comedian and I find him hilarious. I support him 100%
Shouldn't all people condemn someone who talks about stabbing or killing ANY GROUP of people. Whether it be gays, blacks......It is one thing to hate someone in particular- President, Palin... but a Group. He should be condemned by all humanity (group of people)
I think Family and Children Services should pay a visit to the Morgan home. Tracy has just potentially threatened his son's life. I think he is an unfit parent.
Funny. I always thought Tracy Morgan WAS gay. Color me surprised.
It sure looks like a lot of people posting here need to use a spell and grammar checker!
Why on earth do African-Americans think it is acceptable or even tolerable to make anti-gay remarks, let alone this rant filled with such rage and hate? I'm so sick and tired of the double standard these race card players ascribe to. Get real! If you want to be treated with dignity and respect you have to treat others the same day. Too bad this guy didn't die from his self-caused health problems.
Gay people love their feces to pieces.
What is this George Orwell 1984? Make sure you think the right things or else...
Tracy Morgan is not funny and never will be....end of story. His career over. Good riddance.
Tracy should take his act to Iran where they advocate the killing of their children if they are gay. Just think of how popular he'll be. Oh, wait a minute, forget it, they also advocate the killing of blacks there too. How about Nigeria?
Lisa Lampanelli!
Lisa Lampanelli!
Lisa Lampanelli!
gay people need to go back to gayfrica
Funny how a minority of people DEMANDING acceptance are not very accepting of any opposition. SNL has not been funny for 20+ years but, as long as a few million of the 100's of millions that watch T.V. continue to do so, it will be on for another decade or more. Q. Why do we take ANYTHING a professional idiot says seriously? A.Our culture is idiotic!
I wonder how many of Morgan's defenders would think it was just as funny to make Auschwitz jokes.
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I wonder how many of Morgan's defenders would think it was just as funny to make Auschwitz jokes
Just as many as that go and see Lisa Lampanelli.
The insensitive comments that Mr. Mogan made are the reason why youths everywhere are hurting and killing themselves. They are the reason that members of the LGBT community are still fighting for rights that many of us take for granted. This is why gay athletes don't feel comfortable enough to openly be who they are. It makes me sad.
I think it's time to boycott 30Rock...and the Kardashians at that!
Funny – FOR YEARS I assumed Tracy Morgan was gay – he looks, acts and sounds it. Shocked when I found out he was married with kids. Could still be gay though. Just sayin' ... but at the end of the day, I don't give a crap who he offends. Get over yourselves people. GROW UP and stop taking offense to every single thing. STICKS & STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME.
Famous person: I f***ing hate d*** 'X's!
Famous person's publicist interpreting: What Famous person meant by his remarks is that he sincerely appreciates the cordial diversity 'X's bring to our society and wishes for all to express deep friendship and understanding and would never intend to disparage any X in any way. If Famous person has offended any X by his remarks, he sincerely regrets any misunderstanding.
Who cares about another bigot? Call me gay or what ever makes you feel like the little boy you r, but if coerced I can always becomes straight and fit in. (not a choice , it would be a survival lie, not a birth choice). What can he do? Nothing he stages will change the fact that he will always be black and never be white as so many other black people aspire to be. He shouldn't have to be a square peg for life and consider others around him. He isn't any better than anyone else and never will be. Maybe he could consider his thoughts before he rants out regarding the people from not just the Gays but all minorities which he stands part of and other Americans that helped support the cause when the ruthlessness of South of that ere upon them in the "Civil War".
People need to start understanding that all this gay,religion, colour and other garbage is going to be around forever. No matter how hard people fight for rights or respect there will be always one person who sets back the progress. People need to stop being so touchy and realize our society picks on the weak. As much as I and others want gays to feel just accepted as straight, its going to take time. Maybe gay people should stop joking about being gay and that way straight people won't find it a need to copy that. Finally Tracy Morgan is what 35 years or something, maybe he was raised with the idea being gay was wrong and that its a choice?
You are now dismissed along with any current or future jobs acting. I will encourage all my friends and family to boycott any productions you are affiliated with including companies and sponsors. Hate speech against any race or lifestyle cannot and should not be considered amusing. Learn some tolerance and respect for humanity rather than encouraging hate.
to becky,i disagree,gay men and women are dicriminated against,everyday a gay person(mainly men),is harassed,beaten,tortured and murdered,and so are african-americans,asians and kids in school,people with handicaps,i am tired of people hiding behind the 1st amendment.what happened to common courtesy,if you aren't bothering me i'm not bothering you,live and let live,and help someone when you can it makes you feel good.
i also do not think he is funny,silly maybe, but laugh-out-loud funny,NO.this is just one more time someone with a camera on them says something hurtful,startling,insulting and absolutly un-funny then says,oh,gee i'm sorry,i did'nt mean it,or i did'nt mean it THAT way.their plan from the very beginning was to get it out there,well it's out there and no amount of remorse can change it.in the end what they said is what they meant to say,they are after all just reading a well planned script
Not funny. Period. I hope this ends his career.
I always thought he was gay, Is this a little cover up by Tracy?
Morgan just epitomizes how hateful closet queens can be.
see Americans are sick of the so called gay movement, sick of the deviant way, sick of the way the cry about everything,sick of them trying to get people to feel sorry for them and really sick of there stupid flag, by the way whats a gay using a symbol that God made, the rainbow,thought you did not believe in GOD, why dont you get off your sick deviant butts and be us full too the human race instead of a disgrace.AND QUIT CRYING.
No matter where it is you live in this great country of ours, there are basic literacy courses offered free of charge in your area. I think you'll find that your hate-filled rants will be more effective if people don't immediately figure out that you quit school in 6th grade to work for your mother's boyfriend's tow truck business.
tracy morgan is now my hero!!
As others have said, First Amendment covers governmental censorship. What we're dealing with is the free marketplace of ideas, and TM's rant is getting the condemnation it deserves. What he said - those comments are career-enders. I hope his career is over now. Talking about murdering someone for who they are... that's downright reprehensible.
He's a comedian? Who woulda thunk?
Ok, first of all, I neither like or dislike Tracy Morgan, that is not the issue here. Neither is the fact that he is black, straight, supports or not supports the gay commyunity. All of this is not my issue. My issue is the fact that everytime someone in the gay community gets offended they want a public apology, this also goes for the community of, whites, blacks, mexicans, asians and any other race. Why is it that because someone says someone that the other person doesn't like they aoutmaticall have to apologize? This is not just about being gay, this is about every little issue out there. The media blows everything up, and if they had not reported it, no one would have cared, seriously. Although I will say I didn't much care for the violent remark about his son, this is what people say and do all the time, it just isn't put on television. I am so tired of people whining about "their" issues when there is so much more important things out there to deal with, like starving babies, abuse, war, and homelessness. Where have our priorities gone in this country? Why is a comedian headline news when there is so much more important things to talk about? Lets start with the financial condition of our country, help starving and homeless people, then if there is time put the overpaid stars on television.
We need to get our priorities straight in our country, and reporting on this guy, to me, is a waste of air time that could be put to better use.
Because.......when no one stands up to point out hate speech and call for its end, then you end up with something like 1940 Germany.
Tracy Morgan was doing something called COMEDY. You know, JOKES. They weren't serious statements. This whole drama is just a testament as to how ignorant this gay audience member is (who is trying to get 15 minutes of fame), as well as everyone else here who is rallying against Tracy Morgan.
I have an idea. Every male should protest against every female comedienne who makes jokes at the expense of males, and every female should do likewise against male comedians. Let's make comedy at the expense of anyone else or anything illegal. Then your pitiful lives will be complete.
Goodbye career...
You twinkle toed "men" need to man up. Oh No! I am offended Oh no! If you gays want freedom, trampling on others freedom is not the way to go......oh right, gays are special....my bad. Toughen up and learn to live in the real world.
I'm happy to know People are able to speak Their minds, whether or not They agree.
I am certainly aware that freedom of speech cannot be given nor taken from me.
I do now and shall ever say exactly what I feel.
I do not, however, say what I feel simply because I can. I choose to consider Other's feelings regarding what I say and when I say it.
I have found sooo many instances of 'insensitivity' that I've learned to look within mySelf to the extent that I cannot be offended. Often I consider the source: More often I consider the feelings and temperament of my Audience.
I have a concern for everyOne offended by Mr. Morgan and equal concern for Mr. Morgan, particularly because I am aware He has been offended by actions of Others from time to time.
He has made a choice... As have I.
I am an entertainer and shall continue to say exactly what is on my mind, which, for the most part offends noOne... But do not find solace in that! I am certain I have and will do just that at some point whether or not I intend to.
Again, I say exactly what I choose to say... Often I choose in context of knowledge of my Audience.
As my Dad said...
" I may not agree with what You say, but I defend your right to say it".
Rather than censor or chastise Mr. Morgan, I choose to make mySelf, and certainly my Heart, my Strength and my Caring available to Those offended... Even knowing Some may eventually take offense to my feeling the way I do.
I hope my Energy helps.
I am not offended if it does not.
I work nights I know most peoplE don't so why don't you get off your computer and GO TO BED!
just another dumb
I think a forced apology or a firing aren't as affective as him actually seeing the repercussions of the response to his actions. I previously did find his prior comedy funny.
But the standup in question wasn't funny...just mean. http://bit.ly/jh5q10
He apologized. I liked the bit about being an "equal opportunity jokester" – I have watched his stuff and he really does make jokes about a wide variety of people. He hit the nail on the head by saying it went too far – he realizes that and that's why he was apologizing.
I am gay and the fact that he was joking doesn't offend me – what offends me is how far he went. However, he apologized and I accept his apology. Sometimes, you learn the greatest lessons from doing wrong – let him learn. We shouldn't all be burned at the stake for making one error.
Agreed
I've never found Tracey Morgan to be funner. EVER.
Hopefully his career is dead now, and he will disappear forever.
I wish I wish I wish.
The fact that so many people think he is funny makes me truly sick at heart to share the world with people who are so unintelligent, with horrible taste.
It's NOT a "Joke" (and this happened BEFORE Tracy's rant): http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS344&q=Man+kills+boy+for+acting+like+girl+&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
everything today is a federal case .hate crimes and subject to a hefty law settlement tazz him ,sue him , let the broke down system make him pay ...if you don't like him get your fat butte up and walk out ..WORDS CAN'T BRING ME DOWN .....
Why isn't his apology enough? What happened to freedom of speech?! That's his opinion and his thoughts. If you don't like it then don't go to his shows, as simple as that!!
Nothing has happened to freedom of speech. That's why people are speaking out against what he said. The first amendment guarantees you the right to say whatever is on your mind but it does not shield you from the backlash you will receive if you say something profoundly stupid.
BELLESTARRR
Hey all you folks out there who are upset...Im gonna make you more upset.....I have been gay for about 45 years now and if you think I give a c*ap about what some rich snotty "n" word thinks about me...forget it...I do have to say this though...they are better eating than fried chicken baby!!
June 10, 2011 at 6:56 pm | Replybellestarrr
better than popeyes too with a bisquit!!
I guess not since you're a bigot.
Just like the many other celebrities who have gone off on bigoted rants in the name of comedy or heated tempers, the only thing more offensive than this moron’s rant itself is the halfhearted and totally disingenuous apology. He’s not sorry for a word of it. He’s just sorry that the gay community is not as pathetic and meek as he thought. There’s a difference. Lord, am I sick of my own species.
I don't understand the reason to ruin someone career because they made a mistake. Would you want someone to do that to you? He has apologies.
Has political correctness gone mad?
So every time someone say something offensive. We go to facebook and leak it to CNN, TMZ so it becomes national news.
apologizing just because of consequences...c'mon people, you know it's not real. all of you that say "move on, he apologized" are quite ignorant.
are you all buying this apology written by his writers? It doesn't even sound like him speaking!! You know it's all about losing the bling bling, not a heartfelt apology.
We THE PEOPLE, the fans, have power to stab an artist as Tracy would stab his potentially gay son. Either action could end a career. Very sad.
Im not sure, but I dont think threats of violence (ie. If my son came out the closet I would kill 'im!) should be considered 'freedom of speech'.
Waaaaaah,
I think your parents already knew dude
Well I guess Tracy Morgans last stop will be on Donald Trumps NBC show, that seems to be where all the Trash go when their careers are over. When you encourage an act of violence on someone who is who they are he should have his ass whipped and beaten just so he remembers how his people suffered over ignorant "humor". This is not "Funny" its a careless validation to his people to act violent towards Gays because his culture has zero tolerance for Gays unless you sneak around on the "Downlow" as his culture does.
Patricksday
Well I guess Tracy Morgans last stop will be on Donald Trumps NBC show, that seems to be where all the Trash go when their careers are over. When you encourage an act of violence on someone who is who they are he should have his ass whipped and beaten just so he remembers how his people suffered over ignorant "humor". This is not "Funny" its a careless validation to his people to act violent towards Gays because his culture has zero tolerance for Gays unless you sneak around on the "Downlow" as his culture does.
Dude, you're sick and a racist. A lot of guys are on the "Downlow" regardless of race because they don't want to admit or accept. They're gay. You can force your belief on someone else.
Will this be news if the media wasn't repeating the Tracy Morgan story all day and night? He's a comedian who tells jokes for a living. Even though, this joke was in bad taste. He will never stab his son to death. I don't know why this is news.
I'm certainly glad he apologized. But there's so many highly controversial or intolerance-filled 'observations' made by comedians today that pass for humour, yet are dismissed as their own artistic expression. It's interesting to watch us humans as we collectively defend or vilify comments, even though they share the same common point that someone is being demeaned.
This politically correct BS is RUINING America. Everything offends someone. Before long we'll have to never say anything we believe in case it may offend someone somewhere.
His words speak loud and clear. It makes me sad to see some one that has such a great voice use it it in such a negative way.
Suz
While his rant was distasteful and offensive to some, Americans such as Morgan, who have a live and let live philosophy, are reacting to being bombarded by stories of gay youths committing suicide due to bullying. Rarely in these reports does the media touch on the chronic depression, and other mental problems, that often drive troubled youths, both gay and straight, to end their lives. Nowadays if a gay teen commits suicide, it is automatically assumed that he took his life because he was bullied. Millions of school children, gay and straight, endured bullying growing up, without taking their lives.
Wow, I guess we know what his Issues he has. Lets see what happens to him and his "career" in TV. You can take the Idiot out of the Ghetto, but you cant take the Ghetto out of the Idiot. I hope he has nothing but Gay children, just to educate him on what being gay is like first hand, in a hateful "Christian" black family.
Eh, so many people coming out and saying anti this and anti that remarks. Who really cares what he says. I surely don't. The day i let someone's negative words dictate how i feel about myself and the world is the day i die...cause I will then be looking at the world from inside it. Words are just words and being a minority, I've heard plenty of racially charged remarks. They don't effect me in the slightest. People need to see there will always be jerks in the world. They day you take their words to heart is they day they win. Sorry, but Tracy didn't win here in my mind. He just made himself look like an idiot.
Of course you dont care, your not at risk for having an act of violence that could put you in the hospital or morque because of the encouragement of a hate crime on you from an ugly "comediene". Tracey will have to face the fallout for his ignorant words, Karma is a beautiful thing.
I don't think anyone is saying Tracy joke wasn't lame. I don't understand why someone would go to a comedy show and then complain about it. Why didn't this guy ask for his money back or just get up and leave. That's the reason why you go to laugh. You never know what these comedians might say. If you are so thin skin, you should stay at home. Now everyone has to watch what we say. Don't we have what called freedom of speech? People are going to say rude things. People are going to curse. People are going to be racist. We can't police everyone's words. People say stupid stuff everyday. Look at the racial slurs on this site towards African Americans. Not one gay person has told these racists to stop posting hate speech. I think this guy from facebook did this just to push the lesbian and gay movement. He has been to Tracy Morgan's shows before.
I think gays need to stop whining. The gay guy who posted this story about Tracy Morgan on his facebook has been to Tracy Morgan shows before. He knows that Tracy tells rude jokes and make fun of everyone. If you don't want to hear jokes about gays, keep you a%% at home. Stop being so sensitive.
Their is a difference between tracy morgan and other comedians who make gay jokes like lisa lamponelli. 1. this was not a joke it preaches physical harm against gay people. 2. Lisa donates 50 thousand dollars to a lbgt charity, Tracy goes out and makes stupid and dangerous comments that people may act upon. 30 fire him!!!
Agreed "demand and apology?"
Just who does GLAD think they are?
My brother is gay, i have friends that are gay,
Sounds like Tracy was pretty offensive, but thats his bad
Then don*****ch his show on TV, dont buy tickets to his concert,
but GLAD need to shut the f up,
they only serve to undermine, "some folks" acceptance of gay folks, as they thnk for some reason, that they are somehow "protected" against a comedian making a joke?
Its called free speech
What a bunch of Morons, and I hope Tracy takes a stand and tells them where they should go.
nice tracy to practice ur freedom of speech and our freedom to make our own decisions and choose if we want to except something or not.i dont understand if we dont like and agree with something dummys try to push there point of veiw on us.i beleive in god and why cant we get outraged when people talk crap on religion.its the same thing if u dont like it then you dont agree with it period.you in no way should have to bite ur toungue and except it.its getin out of control.politically correct?what a joke.say what u want thats why were great.
Freedom of speech.
Really people you don't see what was wrong with what he said? Yes gays can take a joke just like everyone else. Saying that you would stab your son to death if he were gay is not a joke.
The sad part. People are comming her to vent their rage towards Tracy for making a gay joke which isn't funny but these same defenders of gays. Don't say shtt about the racial slurs and racial jokes towards African Americans.
Blacks.
Why is it that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson aren't demanding an apology?? When Michael Richards showed a disgusting display of racism, supposedly in the name of comedy and then "apologized, Al Sharpton refused the apology. As usual, double standards apply.
danjindc
Why is it that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson aren't demanding an apology?? When Michael Richards showed a disgusting display of racism, supposedly in the name of comedy and then "apologized, Al Sharpton refused the apology. As usual, double standards apply.
Amalia
Blacks.
Because this isn't racism? Did GLAAD demand an apology for Richards? No they didn't. Even if Al or Jesse does weight in and ask for apology. You guys will complain about that 2.
Regarding this so called Comedian, he is an ignorant jerk. How can a Parent even think of stabbing their own son, for whatever reason. He is tasteless and has NEVER been that popular. To Becky the person who commented on this board.....yes, Gays will stop crying one day..when they end up having the same right you do. Do your homework.
I'm sick of people being blamed for the higher suicide rate of teens who think they're gay. What Tracy said beggars belief, but this kind of daily news story reinforces that gays deserve special treatment. The hyper-sensitivity in most gay agenda really turns me off. Lots of people have had to struggle through life and don't commit suicide – I can't stand the blame game. It's incredibly manipulative.
Dee – please let me know what's on the gay agenda. I've asked all my gay friends and they don't know, which leaves them feeling a bit left out, considering that they're gay and it's THEIR agenda! (Awkward, right?). It seems only straight conservatives know the items on this agenda, so if you could provide this information it will really score me points with my gay friends. Thanks!
It's a shame to have to apologize
lol the crying from the lgbt morons is funny to watch. it's a joke you whiners. get over it. gay rights this gay teen that whatever – he told a joke. get back on your "playing the victim bandwagon" and gtfo – we're sick of your crying.
OMG he is a comedian people, get over yourselves! Besides that he has a freakin right to his opinion and doesnt have to cower to a group just because HE disagrees with them! I say leave him alone, he shouldn't be fired and doesnt need to "make amends"! If I feel their representatives have said things that I dont like or disagree with should they cower to me and not be gay or make amends to me...of course not. Stop the drama and stop over reacting! He has a right to his beliefs and opinions just like they do!
He apolozied, the gay people should of stayed at home because u go to a comedy show and u never know what a comedian will say.. thats why it is a comedy show if u feel u will get called out then stay at home..
So we live in a society now where you can't tell jokes that might offend some people? Get me off this planet.
1st off it wasnt even a funny joke obviously
2nd off hes a stand up comedian!! ok he made a joke about gays in almost every stand up ive watched they make a joke about gays so people stop whining go on with your lives
I hate both groups.
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Michael Wong
Frankly, any Asian knows that black people are QUITE capable of picking on other minorities. The theory that they should know better because of their own experience is sadly not borne out in reality. Blacks poll at much HIGHER rates of anti-gay sentiment than whites do, and any Asian knows that when blacks talk about the solidarity of "coloured" people, they just mean "black". Asians are not included, and in fact often become targets.
Asian discriminate against blacks too.
This is what the white man want for Asians and blacks to be against each other.
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Don JJ
I hate both groups.
That's very racist of you to say.
Michael Wong
Frankly, any Asian knows that black people are QUITE capable of picking on other minorities. The theory that they should know better because of their own experience is sadly not borne out in reality. Blacks poll at much HIGHER rates of anti-gay sentiment than whites do, and any Asian knows that when blacks talk about the solidarity of "coloured" people, they just mean "black". Asians are not included, and in fact often become targets.
Asian discriminate against blacks too.
This is what the white men for Asian and blacks to be against each other.
Anything is open for comedy. That's what comedians are for, moron LGBT groups! BTW, do you know how many Polaks it takes to screw.... in a light bulb? Now, that's funnnny!
Tracy Morgan has to take it out on someone because every morning he looks in the mirror and finds he's black.
shut up dumb azz
He told a joke that didn't work. He apologies. Move on people!!!!
Tracy you were so wrong. What father would not be thrilled when his boy brings home a groom?
Brides are so old fashioned in this age and time! You REALLY should appologise Tracy.
You have to think of people without the sense of humor too.
I always thought Tracy Morgan was gay!
Michael Richards from Seinfeld is a comedian too and he got taken to the cleaners for his rant about African Americans.... Do you smell a double standard here? Morgan needs to loose his job on 30 Rock. If you go after one for saying the wrong thing than you also have to go after the other for doing the same thing.
Maybe it's time for jokes about gays to be off limits along with any biggoted commedy.. Maybe we should kill all the straight people out there, is that funny?
Don Rickles wouldn't have a career if he started in stand-up today.
What an ignorant moron! This guy is not funny!
I really don't understand the fuss. This guy is a comedian (at least that is what he gets paid to do). This is not the first time someone has talked about gays or killing someone. Do any of you watch Tosh.0? Seriously comedians make fun of every aspect of human beings. You have one choice either watch it or ignore it. If this offends you then you need to find a hobby. He gets paid to make fun of people. I don't know if this is because he is black and making fun of gays or people are just tired of him. Either way lets focus on something more important like the half naked politician on every news site 🙂
OK – Tracy (talk about a "gay" name") has a face that looks like a toilet. To "H" with him and his loser career!
Shocking. An un-funny guy saying un-funny stuff.
@ADN SHOULD DIE – I did not defend Tracy Morgan nor any other bigot. This has become kind of crazy. I'm done.
Regardless of race, celebrities, public figures who f)(k up all apologies. Whether you want to believe they're sincere or not. It's not the end of the world, people. This is not breaking news. There's no need to use hate and racial slurs. Why CNN reported on this is so lame?
Ok lemme just say 1st that I think being being gay is a minority and they should be protected just like any other minority. But when it comes to comedy there is a special place for controverial dialogue just like in universities. I will say as a black man, African American's can be a lot more racially and culturally bias but at the same time at least they are said. Believe me Tracey Morgan is the least of peoples worries. Rather you like him or not you have to understand he has no power over discrimination. That is only controlled by the typically white majority who often keep silent but do a lot of discriminatory actions (not all of them).
Also, I read about how black treat asians and other "brown" people in some of the previous comments and all I can say is: "if that is your reality what are you doing to change that for the future generation?" We all know there is hate and bigotry everywhere. It happens all over the world. Here in America we have the unique opportunity to change this. Are we doing anything or just complaining about it. I know I was raised in a mix community so I was blessed to learn about many cultures but how can you blame a person who is not so furtunate. Really this whole problem is a lack of knowledge about he beauty we as humans have created in our many sub-cultures. How about we try to show each other that beauty.
Just a suggestion...
This is what happens when you leave Martin for SNL and then on to 3rd Rock. Come back Dave Chappelle!!
Um...who's Tracy Morgan?
OMG PC world,... It's Tracy Morgan!!! His whole schtick is to be offensive and hurtful and the way he delivers it is what makes him funny.... Everyone should check their toilets for diamonds
Agree that Tracy Morgan is not funny in any context nor is he attractive in any context. I Imagine he had a tough time during his youth because of his looks which should make him sensitive to others who are negatively talked about. Very surprised he made the comments but we all have said things we later regretted. Let's allow him to apologize and move forward.
I thought anything goes in comedy–guess not. It's ridiculous though, offensive and obscene are the rule of thumb in stand-up. I've definitely seen and heard things I that shock me and make me wonder how it gets on air (or stage). But nobody's apologized to me lately.
Too bad he kissed their behinds. It's hard to stand up for what's right. I am disappointed he capitulated.
He's a comedian and tells jokes for a living. He makes fun of all people, gays, blacks, whites, Asians etc. Why is CNN reporting on this? LAME!!!
You people are just SO fugged up! Tracy rips on everybody, black, white, yellow, and now g-ay. That has been his schtik. Now all of you oversensitive crybabies are going WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! STFU already. What are you going to do? Have another useless protest like you had against Target?
Sadly Beefburger, the only way someone like you can get the message is if you or someone dear to you has their head bashed in for no reason other than a persons hate for you or them. Than you will be able to relate to what is being sad. How lucky you have been not to have experience violence based on "Christian" beliefs. Not what Jesus taught but by what "Christians" believe.
The POPE said what? Oh, wait it's only Tracy Morgan doing what he gets paid to do. Comedians are meant to be taken seriously when they are in their element.
I think the joke is on all of us. This wouldn't be news if someone didn't post it on his facebook and than CNN report on it. Weak!!!
When did Americans become such thin-skinned pansies about everything. HE'S A COMEDIAN (Maybe not a good one, but...) When he gets up on the stage, HE IS PERFORMING. It doesn't mean he actually believes/means everything he literally says. Tracy Morgan may not have written or executed it well, but his intent as a comedian is to entertain, make people laugh, crack some wise. If this concept of performance is lost on all you hypersensitive knuckleheads, there is less hope for this country than I thought. Get a grip.
NDA
whose fault is it? he looks like an ape, talks like an ape...no-one's but his own. I won't be surprised if he gets kicked out from the tv show 3rd rock.
You're a racist and hateful person.
Wow I dint know so many blacks owned computers to comment on here. You can tell they are black from their overt ignorance!!! Can I sho you the way back to your own country where whites don't have to be taxed to keep your black &ss alive? Dumb mofos.
Racism, hatred, intolerance and bigotry are the artifacts of fear.
go crawl back under a rock you neanderthal redneck. and leave the inbreeding alone – you're a classic case of unwanted pregnancy.
Well since he and others like him say it's MY choice to be gay.....I will choose not to watch or listen to him any longer.....However I don't even know who the hell he is and have never heard from him.
If there is nothing wrong with being gay, there is nothing wrong with choosing it, so why the angst?
Can't joke about anything anymore.
It wouldnt have been a joke to that N word if a white man made an N word joke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDDKCuuyn4Q
The N word said the G word and didnt think anything about it.
The community of blacks is just so pathetic!! A box of hair is more smart than this genetic defective crew. Blacks are like jews, they keep going on and on about "what happened to them" but are mean spirited toward others who have been treated poorly. It comes from not being educated or capable of thinking. The jews do the blacks thinking for them, pretty much says it all.
Patti Perkins
The community of blacks is just so pathetic!! A box of hair is more smart than this genetic defective crew. Blacks are like jews, they keep going on and on about "what happened to them" but are mean spirited toward others who have been treated poorly. It comes from not being educated or capable of thinking. The jews do the blacks thinking for them, pretty much says it all.
Racism, hatred, intolerance and bigotry are the artifacts of fear.
Awww did someone get offended at the words from a big bad comedian? You dont see fat people angry at Chris Rock, black guys offended at Lisa Lampenelli or mentally challenged all up in arms at Mike Mencia. If you have thin skin, just stop going to their shows, you dont have to be dramatic and tell the world about it.
Sounds like Tracy got a phone call from NBC. I'm sure everything he said, he's said before in his act. This was made into a big deal though. NBC called him up and said "apologize or you're fired", and this was the result. Anyone who's seen his act before knows that this he says a lot of things to shock and offend those who are offended by words. Sounds like there are more than a few here.
Oh that is rich, a n!gger talking bad about others, typical ape!!!
Why don't you say that shtt to him to his face instead of behind a computer?
Anti-gay rant? What about the "N" word.....it should be outlawed.
A guy named Tracy isn't one to belittle other people. Isn't that a girl's name?
Excuse, I guess I missed something. I could have sworn that Tracy Morgan was gay, or maybe the gaydar needs some fine tuning.
No. He's not gay. He just made a bad joke which he apologies for.
tracy morgan shouldn"t apologize for any thing, he just spoke the truth."the truth is always bitter" however just try to swallow it. stupid gays and guy funs, you should all go to hell.....fire burn you all.
Horse pucky! Tracy is funny as hell. He just should know better to say this kind of statement out loud since the PC Police is out in force.
On another note, I am insulted on behalf of red-headed Inuits who are under represented on TV, in dental hygienist classes, and my puppet mimicry course.
We need to stand up for this downtrodden minority: Red Headed Inuits!
The Human Rights Campaign's only solution to everything is "fire him."
No matter who it is, or how it affects ratings and keeps people employed... That's the only action they want. Either that or donating a lot of money. Umm, sounds like the NAACP to me. All these civil rights groups now are just turning into bullies.
Isn't sad that people have to hate so much. Maybe social media is doing more harm than good. Tracy told a stupid joke and apologies.
The LGBT community doesn't believe in the 1st Amendment. Nor do they want to admit that many people do not want their sons to be gay.
MUST BE A SLOW DAY ON CNN. THIS IS NOT NEWS!!!!
So who is the real Tracy Morgan?
Oh boy, im sure CNN will spend the majority of its broadcast bashing this comic.....The Dow crumbles but GAY RIGHTS is the news story.
LMAO – YOU FOLKS NEED TO GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOU'RE A$$ES AND TAKE A BREATH.. When did comedy ever have to be taken any other way? Just like a maplethorpe exhibit... if you don't want to see a big dick on stage, hanging on a wall or whatever.. don't go.. freaking twits....
sounds like everyone now days just wants something to complain about........get over it and stop your crying. just because someone says something you dont like, your feelings are hurt.......awwwww poor babys. if you dont like it..... dont listen to it and just so you all know, i'm not prejudice,,,,,, i hate evreryone.
Tracy told a bad joke and he apologies. What I think is really sad that racists come here to spread their hate.
I find it shocking and hypocritical when people who have been victimized by bigotry, become bigots themselves towards other minorities! One would expect empathy, but sadly that's frequently not the case! Shameful!
So just because you're black, you are automatically accepting to gays? I don't think so.
Talk about a Freudian slip .
You have to look where he comes from. I say a lot of crap I shouldn't say too, and I know I shouldn't say it, and I certainly don't believe it, but it was part of my upbringing, and it's not possible to just erase that no matter how much you intellectually know better. Not everyone was raised in Mayberry, we're all in different places. Don't condemn someone simply because they're not where you are yet. Condemn what he said, certainly, but not the man if he's still willing to learn and grow (and assuming he isn't makes you just as bad).
i'm very disappointed in tracy morgan. just like they fired charlie sheen ass for his ignorant outburst they should fire him . gays are no different from anyone else. they pay taxes, they work just like the rest of us. no one on earth can judge anyone if they are not walking in the footsteps of jesus christ. we all sin!!!!!!
what a loser this tub is. have you ever been to a comedy show? this isnt at all close to being as crude as most humor is... its a comedy show... if you are offended, dont pay money to go see it... thats it.
and.... this guy now had to come out? ys that? he ashamed of being gay? y? if hes so proud and will stand up for it then y would he hide that? this is one of the biggest selfish acts ever... stop demanding attention you loser. if you dont like crude comedy, dont go to shows like that... go see bill cosby or something... WOW
You know who also murders their children when they don't live up to their parents' expectations? Radical fundamentalist Muslims. Does that mean we can throw Tracy Morgan into Guantanamo? I sure hope so, cuz he's NEVER been funny or a comedian. He's always been a drag on 30 Rock.
This guy gives African Americans a bad name. Along with a majority of the black "community" votiing to take away the civil rights of gay people (Prop 8 – CA), gays and lesbians have to ask why our tax dollars are supporting all of their welfare babies. Maybe he and the rest of the blacks should concentrate on having babies in wedlock and getting off of welfare instead of attacking responsible, employed, conservative gays. Join Gay and Lesbian Tea Partiers For Freedom and lock and load!
Wow. Your racist a$$ is really stretching. Tracy telling a lame joke is the cause for all of that. You bigots find every opportunity to spread your hate. Not all blacks are for gays. That's our right.
I agree with you, I am gay and am with the tea party with lock and load mentality. Time to take out the trash!!!
conservative lesbians are those who hide in the closet – to date men – and get pregnant – dump the man and sue him for child support, to live an unwed life with their lesbian partner – at the man's expense. these women need to be kicked out of the country.
Shame on you, Tracy! What were you thinking of. You can only make GAY jokes if you're GAY! DUH! And you can only make Black jokes if your BLACK! Of course, the retards aren't smart enough to make fun of other RETARDS so that's kinda up to the rest of us retards. I want celebrities to stop apologizing for temporary lapse in judgement so you hypocrites will figure out you aint here to judge. You're here to be entertained . . . retards!
http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/images/2009/8/tracy-morgan-divorces-sabina.jpg
Possibly protesting a little too much?
Blacks need to start realizing they are not the only minority. Secondly, you would think this man would be more sensitive to another minority.
This doesn't make sense. There are blacks that don't believe in the gay lifestyle. Just as I am sure there are Hispanics, Asians, whites etc. by your logic, Just because you're black. We all approve of gays. Get the f)(k out of here.
I have an idea. Why don't we all STOP TAKING TO EACH OTHER? So we will all be political correct.
better than popeyes too with a bisquit!!
Hey all you folks out there who are upset...Im gonna make you more upset.....I have been gay for about 45 years now and if you think I give a c*ap about what some rich snotty "n" word thinks about me...forget it...I do have to say this though...they are better eating than fried chicken baby!!
yo
Sam Kinison never apologized...
Where is he today? The world is a better place with him gone. How sad is that
I notice people are so quick to judge Tracy but don't say poo to the people who are posting racial slurs and racist jokes about African Americans.
Tracy,
You've lost me as a fan... "Remember if you live by the media, you will surely die by the media." A PERSONAL APOLOGY from your "mouth" is what you should be doing and NOT from you "PR" team...
You sound like a sissy. Just... Stop.
How many times does it have to be said – comedians do COMEDY! Everyone on this planet and everything in the universe is fair game. The joke Mr. Morgan made was in poor taste, but is was a joke people...that's all! The only reason why a joke would upset any of us is because we are not comfortable with ourselves. When you are secure with yourself, why would you waste your time caring about what anyone says? Live your life and do what you do. Be proud of it, but more importantly – be secure in it!
By the way, last time I checked, Mr. Morgan is 1 person out of 7 billion people on this planet. 7 billion! He is not speaking for 7 billion people...he speaks for himself. So if he occassionaly wants to tell tasteless jokes during his st
Tracy Morgan is and will always be hilarious.
What isn't funny are the comments below this video.
Wonder which is the real issue? A comedian making jokes(you finding it funny or not is relative) or, everyday people going on racist rants while hiding behind their computers?
Becky for president!
Given the history of slavery and discrimination against African Americans you have to wonder how an Afircan American can allow himself to be so ignorant and so hateful regarding gay men and women in our country? That Mr Morgan would actually seem to believe that being gay is a chocie is not that different from those racists that believe that African Americans can't really be as intelligent as Whites. Its all the same level of of ignorance, discrimination, and hate. To perpetuate such lies keep the discrimination and hate alive. What is scary is that Mr Tracy has 3 children. You have to wonder if he suspects one or more of his children of being gay and that provoked his rant. Threatening to stab your own child doesn't sound like any part of anybody's real comedy routine? Worse what if one or more of his children is/are gay. How does a child deal with the fact that he is gay when his own father tells the world that he's just making a bad choice and he'd rather stab him/her to death rather than deal with the fact? Gay teenagers attempt suicide at 4X the rate of straight teenagers. You don't have to go far to figure out why when a popular actor on one of TVs most popular and long running serials can still make these kinds of statements to the entire world. The real damage Mr Morgan has done isn't to the gay community or current gay adults, its to gay teenagers hiding and struggling with being gay right nowwho watch his show and admire him, and listen to him say he'd rather kill his own son that deal with him being gay?
right. anti-gay rhetoric is just as bad as anti-black rhetoric... All of the lynchings, jim crow laws, slavery, etc that the gay people went through for the last several hundred years just like the black people. you know what the worst thing about being a piano player is? telling your parents that you're gay. I don't like eating mayonnaise. when are people going to stop oppressing me for not liking mayonnaise?
Its funny how finally a black person is busted for this crap. They can usually say and do as they please with the race card because "of their past" in this country. People need to wake up and realize that more black people were sold by their own people into slavery then were taken by whites by force. Slavery has 2 sides to it and I'm sick of the white people always getting the blame. Slavery has been happening since the dawn of man so why focus on the last few hundred years?
Black people need to get over it and if they keep crying about it...go back to africa.
Does this mean all the comedians that make white, black and other ethnic jokes have to apologize as well? The gay and lesbian community are “fair game” like the rest of us. Apparently this guy was too ashamed to tell his mother he was gay and only came out before she saw it on CNN so, he is not the best person to represent that community. PC has turned our country into a land of softies who are no longer able to laugh at ourselves.
I am sure there are more important issues than this like jobs and the economy.
Why, yes, there are. Instead of trolling CNN boards, you should apply all your time to finding valid solutions for those issues you deem most important.
I think people like to sit in judgement. Now everyone is on the bandwagon of I hate Tracy Morgan. Next week they will be onto hating someone different especially if that person is black.
Tracy Morgan is just a flat-out crackhead. Never cared for his shtick.
I disagree. So because he told a lame joke. He's a crackhead.
Haters are gonna hate. You're just upset that 80 years at your job at McDonald's won't give you even 1 of Morgan's pay checks worth of cheese. Cry some more.
What now passes for comedy is far different than what it used to be. Comedy has always been edgy, but now the goal is to be as offensive as you can possibly get . . . and there's no shortage of idiots who will sit there and laugh at anything now. I liked comedy that was edgy and yet truly funny (Pryor, Murphy, Carlin, Dangerfield, etc.). We now have clowns like this, sad huh?
Wow. I always thought he might be gay – and it wouldn't matter if he were – but when anger like that manifests in an attempt at being funny, tough or to appear completely appalled, the predictable ending is the person is, usually, in the gay closet and is trying to deflect attention from some sort of guilt they feel, by finding a whipping boy to rally the mob/audience against. Regardless, he needs to man up and seek whatever type of help he needs, as well as, come clean on the reason for that rant. He's not that funny in the first place – and his senseless rant will knock him even further down the VIP celebrity list – if he's even on one. Certainly, he's not done his public image any favors.
Trivia question: When Michael Richards from Seinfeld used the N word in a rant during his nightclub act, what was it Mr. Morgan said about Mr. Richards?
Excellent point. Richards has not really been seen much since his rant in 2006. One or two spot appearances, perhaps. It just goes to show, there is no place for ignorant rants, no matter who you are. It's not professional, certainly, not funny and most people just don't want to hear it.
Tracy use the n-word 2.
When will we let something localized, stay at that level. The individual who raised the issue with the content of Morgan's material could've just as easily gotten up and left, making an equally effective statement. Instead, he chose to showboat in an effort to draw attention for his own personal interests. There are plenty of comics and content you won't agree with. Instead of whining about the content of the show, just don't go, and tell your friends and family the same. I've been to one of his shows before and as a result no longer go, nor follow his work. It's a personal choice. Morgan has a right to spew whatever junk he wants, and if you don't approve, you need not attend his shows or watch his TV show. Pretty much the same as people have done with Chalie Sheen, Mel Gibson, and others. This is just an example of individuals, media, and special organizations using this to forward their own agendas or popularity.
Bottom line. Try to remember, this is just a comedian, and a blue one at that, not someone you or your children look up to for moral guidance. Get over it and move on to something more important. Please!
TRACY MORGAN'S BEHAVIOR SHOULD HAVE ONE VERY SIMPLE OUTCOME........HE SHOULD BE CHARGED FOR A HATE CRIME !!!
JUST AS OTHER MINORITIES ARE PROTECTED BY LAW FROM THIS TYPE OF VERBAL HATE, SO ARE GAY AMERICANS THANKS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, THIS LAW SHOULD BE ENFORCED.
STOP THE HATE !!!
Get the f)(K out of here. What hate crime did he commit by telling a joke? What the hell does President Obama have to do with this?
Whatever. I think you people are taking this too far. He told a joke. Get over yourself!
Not one mention about his hatred towards women, because that is okay. Disgusting.
If my Son came home and told me he was a Tracy Morgan fan, I'd Stab him!
The "lady" doth protest too much methinks!
Tracy Morgan seems to feel about gays as i feel about his bigotry – in short, he should know better. His prejudice is intolerable and wrong.
Agree with Funny...would it be comedy if a white mother said to an audience of 2,362 people, "If my baby comes out Black, I'm going to kill him?" Is that funny? IS THAT FUNNY??????
had to be a n...ger lol.. they have no one to blame but themselves they sold themselves into slavery from africa. damn kunta kinte.. lol.. here take that from a gay guy.. i think its funny.... .. cause im gay.. and i can say it right?
Really, is Tracy Morgan substantially different from the more bland comics who rely on gays and lesbians as joke fodder? Leno, Letterman, Kimmel, Colbert, etc.? No, Tracy Morgan doesn't really mean he'd do any stabbing, his act is goofball hyperbole, just as when he says he is going to impregnate somebody in the audience before he leaves, just as when he lifts his shirt and reveals his big stomach, it is silliness. As far as being hateful, I really doubt it. The real issue is, to paraphrase DIck Cheney, "Who is fair game?" Nobody can, with a straight face, deny that gays are, blacks are not, because politically, blacks are higher on the good chain than gays. Of course, that is wrong, there should be no such chain, everyone should be respected. But that is not the reality of it.
Such a crock of sh-t.
The apology was insincere and coerced because his career was riding on it. Period.
Boycott this a–hole's future performances and his merchandizing.
Methinks he doth protest too much.
Many a true word is said in jest .
Oh, how we cry. OMG...next time do not go see the show!! I would have laughed because its not meant to be seroius. It is a comedy show. It should be a show for adults. Not insecure teenagers. When did it become a time where everything needs a filter? This was about anti gay slurs...not race. Get a life. Be content with who you are or lock yourself in your home without cable t.v. and hide from the world. Say anything you want to say. Depending on what is just see if you make it home or not.
Tracy Morgan is a comedian of the times: TALENTESS and MORONIC- just like 99% of the people in America. He's never been funny. How he's kept his job (or got offered it in the 1st place) is the question. He was one of the most talentless in SNL history. They should have given the job to Kenan Thompson. Hopefully, Tracy will get fired and Kenan will get it for the last season of 30 Rock- the most overrated show in history (critically– that is.) Obviously, not even cracking the top 50 means that nobody watches it. But, that makes it- pathetic NBC's 3rd ranked show. From their second ranked show: TRACY, YOU'RE FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET ME GUESS, YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF PEACE LOVING, NO HATE DEMOCRATS WHO APPARENTLY ARE A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES!!! YOU ARE ALL BASHING TRACY MORGAN FOR A "JOKE" AND YET YOU'RE TEARING EACH OTHER APART BY CALLING PEOPLE NAMES AND INSULTING THEM. RELAX. NOW LET THE BASHING ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID BEGIN BECAUSE THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO MAKE YOU "TYPES" FEEL BETTER. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY! GO..
I'm sorry, I can't hear you. Could you make it a little LOUDER please?
I an SICK AND TIRED of GLBT special treatment. They are NOT an endangered species that needs protection from daily life to survive.
CHILL!
It's the same reason the blacks complain every time someone makes a racist statement. If you don't stay on this bigots they'll say anything, anywhere, anytime.
Hey NBC, FIRE HIM! Remember Imes and the whole Rutgers thing.
Black Bigots Have HAd Their Day
I'll remember your post the next time I feel like calling a black person an N word. Go F yourself you pathetic excuse of a human being. If you want to be treated like an equal, then you need to treat others like an equal. Until then, you are just another dumb N*gggger who should be shot in the head. oh wait a minute, you're black, so you will get shot by another black person anyhow. See my point of view is valid as yours! I should not have to apologize because it is my point of view according to your ebonically spelled reasoning you retard.. You stupid black people have all the reasoning of a dead dog. Go back to Africa.
Why do people have to come here and make racist slurs and make it about race? So sad people have so much hate.
I don't care for Mr. Morgan at all. He said some stupid things which I'm sure he regrets and has apologized for it. Who among us has not done same? He just happens to be in the public light. Give him a little leeway and forgiveness. If he continues to say such things, well that's a different story.
I'd like to see Morgan make those comments around some of the guys I know (gay OR straight)...he'd have his untalented alcoholic ass kicked from here to Cleveland and back again. But no, he takes refuge in the "it's just a comedy routine" thing. Whatever, he's done anyway–if Tina Fey hadn't taken pity on her 'friend' and put him on her show, he would have been through years ago.
Why doesn't it surprise me that a Nashville audience found his appalling rant EVER so funny?
Can we please give gays equal rights so we no longer have to hear them complain about everything.
pooor poor gays...yes, it was wrong to talk bad about anyone in comedy or elsewhere, but this in way excuses deviant lifestyles...
Tracy Morgan is a retard.
You know, the only thing we can do, is stop watching idiots like this and giving them a platform. You don't "go on a rant" and say stuff like this if it is NOT something you believe in already. God help his poor children. What a jerk.
All you gay lovers are going to hell with them
That's fine.. as long as you wont be there.
Tracey is "butt ugly" anyway, so who cares.
Apparently you do care since you reply to this post.
What does his looks have to do with it?
He told a lame joke and apologies.
the fact that you're from houston, tx doesn't help your case. that isn't exactly the "cradle of civilization". it's home of the rednecks. thanks for coming out.
Does freedom of speech only applies if you're white? He told a sick joke that didn't work. Move on, people. TRACY APOLOGIES. WHAT MORE YOU WANT?
To Tina:
Oh boo hoo that men don't open or hold the door open for you. I do, and you know what, women have come so far, they don't have the manners to say "thank you", but will be offended or make a rude remark when you don't open or hold the door open for them. Have they ever held the door open for a man, I don't think so. they never do what they expect, as they are now so liberated! Has nothing to do with color Tina, has to do with manners, and not doing it any more because women are just plain rude and without manners these days.
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To Tina:
Oh boo hoo that men don't open or hold the door open for you. I do, and you know what, women have come so far, they don't have the manners to say "thank you", but will be offended or make a rude remark when you don't open or hold the door open for them. Have they ever held the door open for a man, I don't think so. they never do what they expect, as they are now so liberated! Has nothing to do with color Tina, has to do with manners, and not doing it any more because women are just plain rude and without manners these days.
That why when they say we live in two different world. A black one and a white one is so true. IMO. In my world white men are so quick to open the door for white women and it doesn't have anything to do with being rude or manners but the color of our skin.
II was commenting on the woman who said she didn't like Tracy Morgan anymore because he didn't held the door open for her. That's your opinion. We can agree to disagree. I can only go by what I have experience.
Morgan's biggest offense was that NOTHING he said was funny. Not even chuckle-worthy.
And I totally agree about the Michael Richards thing– his career ended over that whereas Tracy Morgan will get a pass...
Will Tracy Morgan be run out of town for saying worse things about gays than Michael Richards did about blacks? I doubt it.
This was disappointing. I guess the crazy dumb guy schtick wasn't an act.
I guess race relations have come a long way because if my son told me he was gay I would stab him as well and I am white.
If there was a gallup poll done on how many people would stab their sons if their sons were gay, and the #s were favourable, we'd see this be etched in criminal law books as a self-defence measure. Don't wanna catch the AIDS!
What an idiot biggot, loser!!
Don't things like this make you want to hate gays even more? Probably no one would even care one way or the other if this were not such a BS, politically correct society. People are much more honest with each other in europe and this kind of thing just gets laughed at by both sides.
Wow I'm just looking at all of these comments,maybe if these same people would vote,complain to your congressmen about some serious issues we would be much better off as a nation.
I am curious....
Who on earth things he is funny in the first place? He is the only negative thing about 30 Rock. He was TERRIBLE on SNL. Who allows him on television? He's awful at acting, dialogue, comedy. He has no talent.
My personal opinion? He has some serious blackmail material on Tina Fey. It's the only explanation for why he's still on television.
Friday morning, Morgan did issue an apology. The actor and comedian said in a statement to CNN, “I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lesbian community for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act in Nashville. I’m not a hateful person and don’t condone any kind of violence against others. While I am an equal opportunity jokester, and my friends know what is in my heart, even in a comedy club this clearly went too far and was not funny in any context.”
Funny writes, "Would it be funny if a white mother said- "If my baby comes out Black, I'm going to kill him?
Hey,Funny, if she's screwing a Black man, there ain't no "if" in it, the baby will come out Black! And many a white woman has done just that, killed her baby because it was going to be Black and NO, there is nothing funny about it.
No. Nothing funny about you showing America your racist views. It clear. You don't approve of interracial dating and offended that some white women are attracted to black men and having children with them. He told and joke that didn't work and apologies. Let it go.
If my son ever dated a black girl, I would stab him death.
Dallas
If my son ever dated a black girl, I would stab him death.
That's so mean and racist. I am sure no decent black girl would want to date your racist, ugly son anyway.
The father is only saying he'd stab him because – the father is a donut puncher and doesn't want to be 1UPd by a straight son. What a loser.
It must be a slow news day for CNN. This happen on June 2. I see it doesn't take much to get people's panties in a bunch. He told a joke or went on a rant that didn't work. Move on, people. This is not news. It sad to see people use racial slurs towards Tracy and black people. I agree his race shouldn't have anything to do with this. He made a mistake and apologies. We all have made mistakes. No one is perfect. No. He shouldn't get fired. I think people take things too far and want to hold people in a higher standard than they would hold themselves.
REALLY disappointing. I like the 30 Rock show but I'll never regard him quite the same from here on in.
I hope the new kidneys this bigot got fail him the next time he is in the middle of his bigot's rant. HA HA see I made a joke. thats freedom of speech! Ha HA ! Wishing Tracy Morgan death is funny. That makes it okay! Screw PC people, I want Tracy Morgan to die, because that is comedy and freedom of speech.
I think it's sick.
tucker
I hope the new kidneys this bigot got fail him the next time he is in the middle of his bigot's rant. HA HA see I made a joke. thats freedom of speech! Ha HA ! Wishing Tracy Morgan death is funny. That makes it okay! Screw PC people, I want Tracy Morgan to die, because that is comedy and freedom of speech.
You're not a comedian and just saying that to be mean, spiteful and hateful. He said a joke or a rant that was in bad taste and he has APOLOGIES.
NDA
whose fault is it? he looks like an ape, talks like an ape...no-one's but his own. I won't be surprised if he gets kicked out from the tv show 3rd rock.
June 10, 2011 at 3:26 pm | Reply
BHonest
You have to admit, though....there is a strong resemblance to Coco, the Chimp. Be honest, now...if you were at the zoo and that face appeared behind a tree, you'd scream "There's a chimp on the loose!" until you saw the blind around his neck. Then you'd figure it out, but at first glance....come on....you know you would.
You guys are racist and promoting hate speech. You condemn Tracy for bashing gays but you're guys are using racial slurs and racist jokes. Two wrong don't make a right.
FU
A black junkie ragging on the gays – only in america – Who give a f)(K? It was joke. Tracy race shouldn't haven anything to do with it. He told and bad joke and apologies.
This is stupid. First off, I wouldn't apologize for anything if I ment what I said. This whole feeling like an apology is owed to you for something when someone says what you don't like is so b1tch like (oopps did I offend someone, I'll apologize later). This is not about if I agree or disagree with what he said. My opinion on that will not be offered. But why do Gay, Lesbia or whoever these people are want people to apologize to them when they voice there opinion. The best thing to do is understand where that person stands and deal with them accordingly based on there beliefs. Thats really all you can do. A meaningless apology means nothing. Society is based off of different view points, doesnt matter weather you agree or not. You will never agree with everybody.
I'll remember your post the next time I feel like calling a black person an N word. Go F yourself you pathetic excuse of a human being. If you want to be treated like an equal, then you need to treat others like an equal. Until then, you are just another dumb N*gggger who should be shot in the head. oh wait a minute, you're black, so you will get shot by another black person anyhow. See my point of view is valid as yours! I should not have to apologize because it is my point of view according to your ebonically spelled reasoning you retard.. You stupid black people have all the reasoning of a dead dog. Go back to Africa.
Finally, something me and tracy morgan have in common. Most people agree with him, gay people are disgusting.
Whelp, guess I won't be watching any Tracy Morgan movies ever again.
Oh wait, I already don't. Unfunny hack is an unfunny hack.
Get back in the kitchen Elton. Your boyfriend wants his lunch packed.
Hate speech is not the same as mocking speech. I mock people all the time without any hate towards them. The pro-gay forces are on a witch hunt, and anyone that doesn't agree with them must therefore be a hater. Wake up and smell the common sense, people.
I know nothing about Morgan but you can't take comedy at face value. Some jokes and routines are hits and some bomb. In order to be relevant comedians often push the edge of what is socially acceptable.
Seriously, Tracy Morgan ain't gay? He has a girl name and talks swishy. Are you sure this ain't a gay-on-gay crime?
If a gay white comedian made reference to their child having a baby with a black person, that would make the comedian want to stab the newborn, would have more outcry in mainstream America. We live in a very hypocritical world. Stabbing anyone for any reason is not a JOKE!
I don't know, I think two clowns stabbing each other might be pretty funny. Surprise stabbings would be hilarious. like a practical joke, but with a knife. If there was a show called Stab'd, I'd watch it.
So, do you feel better now that you've all been beotch slapped by Gays again? I know I personally have a fuzzy feeling running up my leg ...
Another black bigot....No surprise there.... If he was white, there would be shouts from all over for him to be fired. What hypocirsy.
JasonA
Another black bigot....No surprise there.... If he was white, there would be shouts from all over for him to be fired. What hypocirsy.
I disagree. If it didn't go viral, it wouldn't be news. That goes for Richards 2. Again what does his race have to do with it?
ok now that I listened to the rant, that was tracey being tracey, an idiot! That guy must have lied about being a fan on tracey. He talks about blacks, whites, mentally retared people, gays.....everyone is far game. However, he takes it too far sometimes.
jane
In celebration of freedom of speech let's have Michael Richards doing Emit Till jokes at Showtime at the Apollo. Let's see if all the Tracy Morgan supporters defend that
Very poor taste and very sick.
I respect everyone, and have no malice or hatred toward others, but honestly all of this "Political Correctness" is garbage. This was a comedy show, the man is a comedian. In Canada some comedian had to pay a hefty fine for humiliating a lesbian couple who was HECKLING him. If you don't like what's being said, get up, leave the club, and demand your money back. Comedy isn't always pretty, and lame things can be said, or misinterpreted. Tracy Morgan is a professional, and I would actually need to see and here what he said before passing any sort of judgement.
Tracy is funny but he takes his jokes too far. The majority of the time I find myself wondering should I laugh or feel sorry for him. I haven't listened to his latest rant but when you call your son out his name and say you would stab him......I think he really needs to consider getting a better writer.
Chris
Remember "In Living Color". If that was shown today.... well nevermind, nothing would happen because racism agains white are accepted. But heaven forbid anyone talk about gays or blacks.
I find that to be so false. I heard white, Asian, Hispanic comedians etc make jokes about blacks all the time. That's the reason you go to see their shows is to LAUGH! If you have a thin skin, you need to keep your a$$ at home.
I think the time has come to fire him now from nbc.
I never understood how people find this guy funny. His stand up routine is garbage and his "acting" is worse. He comes across as though he is drunk, high or mentally challenged. When I hear people say he is the next Chris Rock I want to choke them. Chris Rock has talent and gives an amazing performance. He is basically the drunk guy in a bar who screams crazy things that some people find funny. They are not laughing at his material, but at his deteriorated mental state. Give him 5 years he will sound like Ozzy Osbourne.
Hopefully his career will suffer the same fate as Michael Richards after his racial rant.
And I love the comment about "god don't make no mistakes". Right... well, except for conjoined twins, Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, and countless other birth defects. Oh, wait – those are god's punishments for having gays in the first place.
And people wonder why atheism is on the upswing...
JC
(singing) America, America, thank God I don't live there – America, America that's right, I don't live there! (end) I kind of hope his son does turn out to be gay – if he kills his son, he will go to jail and good riddance and if he doesn't, he has to live with the fact his son's gay and that will drive him crazy. Either way he's shown to be the loser he is, stupid n*gger. (hey, just choosing to exercise my freedom of speech).
It's a joke and I think he has three sons. How does calling Tracy the n-work not different than the lame Joke Tracy told? Did you guys just skip over he APOLOGIES?
You people take your hate for black people too far. You use any excuse to use the n-word and show your hate for blacks!
ah, it's just freedom of speech, dude – you can't have it both ways – I have to be able to say anything I want, too. It's just a joke, man. Can't you take a joke? Oh, here, I am apologizing now just like Morgan (dripping sarcasm) – I'm sorry I wrote the word n*gger (for that I really am sorry – just trying to make a point and as you can see I didn't actually write it accurately). Happy now?
I hate qweers. I'm not apologizing kiss my a-s motherfckrs.
So much for freedom of speech.
chillout5
"if you can take a D1ck, you can take a joke" – Tracy Morgan
June 10, 2011 at 3:58 pm | Report abuse | Reply
LMAO
Morgan's brand of hate kills. He should Google the name Matthew Shepard. Then he should donate at least one episode's pay to the foundation named for Matthew: http://www.matthewshepard.org/
THAT would be a meaningful apology.
Beardy
lol uneducated blacks are funny.
June 10, 2011 at 2:20 pm | Rep
I think your mom is uneducated.
Tracy is making millions while you're on the net talking about him?
His mom is beardy too.
In celebration of freedom of speech let's have Michael Richards doing Emit Till jokes at Showtime at the Apollo. Let's see if all the Tracy Morgan supporters defend that
"if you can take a D1ck, you can take a joke" – Tracy Morgan
Epic. +1 to LOL. Then again, look at the lgbtards here – maybe they "can't" take a joke.
waaaaah... someone said something other people don't like. waaaaah. who cares? the people that walked out had it right if they were offended. if you don't like it leave. no need to throw the guy off a bridge. dude went too far, he apologized. relax!
Gays are too senstiive to jokes – but seriously, why the "gay voice"? Talk normal.
Remember "In Living Color". If that was shown today.... well nevermind, nothing would happen because racism agains white are accepted. But heaven forbid anyone talk about gays or blacks.
Matt, how lucky you must be to of never experienced an act of violence because of who you are. When a Black Man talks to other Black Men about what he would do to a kid of his who said he was Gay, gives validation to other idiots that violence is Okay when you have zero tolerance for gay people. Tracy's thoughtless "humor" will cost him big.
What did he apologize for? Haven't seen anything in the story yet that he did wrong.
Does freedom of speak only applies if you're white? He told a sick joke that didn't work. Move on, people. TRACY APOLOGIES. WHAT MORE YOU WANT?
If a black man,a mexican,and a white man jumped off a 10 story building,who would hit first.Who cares as the white man told them ,I'm right behind you.
i was behind your mom last night.
A black junkie ragging on the gays – only in america!!
Why do racists feel Billy bad a$$ behind a computer but will never say these racial remarks to a black person face. How did race get inserted to this debate? I think people who have low self-esteem have to put others down to make themselves feel better. Morgan race has nothing to do with him telling a good or bad joke. Bigot use any excuse to express their racist views and hate.
Everyone throws those amendment rights out there until someone actually says something politically incorrect. Freedom of speech should be protected, even when we make retarded statements. Uh oh, I said retarded, come and get me advocacy groups....
I don't care what the audience felt, that was part of his comedy act. If it is offensive and hurts your wittle feewings, then don't buy tickets. Sort of like change the channel logic 😉
Tracy Morgan now joins the (low) ranks of Mel Gibson and Michael Richards. He would "stab his son to death if he said he was gay" ? Wow. Not acceptable. I hope his career takes a serious hit from this.
I am a Female, Latina Lesbian. I am a believer in the rights of our country. A country I was born in and my ancestors were born in. I believe in free speech. Morgan was wrong to make threats toward his child, but comedy is comedy and no one is safe from it. I never condone violence. But I can take a joke. Learn to take a joke, move on.
BREAKING NEWS........ALL GAYS HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM ALL COMEDY SHOWS!!! (they're just too sensitive!)
You people are stupid. Don't go to the comedy shows if you don't like what he has to say.
I'm so tired of people comparing blacks and gays. THERE IS NO COMPARISION YOU IDIOTS!!!!!!! Go Miami!!!!!
He was onstage doing standup comedy. It appears some people didn't appreciate his humour. Big deal. Move on. Tracy Morgan is funny. I don't ask comedians to apologize for jokes that don't make me laugh. Grow up.
Why doesn't anyone ever have to say sorry for an anti Christian rant...seem to be a lot more of them from the entertainment industry...
Because the jokes aren't about Christians per se, they are about BIGOTED Christians who pick and choose which portions of the Bible matter and don't matter. And don't tell me that all of it does, unless you truly follow every single word in the Bible as it is written LITERALLY. The only comedian I remember who truly belittled Christianity was George Carlin and he truly did not believe in God (or any god).
He did some of the same crap in Seattle. Alot of people walked out including myself and my date. Hes clearly an idiot.
Poor Kevin – he also goes to KKK meetings and is horrified by the racism every time...
Maybe we should all just sew our fu<*!ng mouths shut since every thing we say offend people.
NDA
whose fault is it? he looks like an ape, talks like an ape...no-one's but his own. I won't be surprised if he gets kicked out from the tv show 3rd rock.
You're a racist. This is no different than the lame joke Tracy told. At least he apologies.
Tracy here, was making point not about fears and his jokes were very African American culture, meaning its a "black thing" and white people get their panties in a knot over it because they are NOT black.
Of course its joking… no one is going to stab anyone because Tracy Morgan joked about it. Nor does it inspire violence.
Look at all the movies, video games white people make – YES! Look at all the violence and extreme forms of stereotypes THEY create and push and there's no one to say anything about that!
No Human Rights Campaign condemning Vice City or Thug LIfe or whatever. Where are they then.
Its very sneaky for the HRC to throw in his "employer" NBC Universal in that comment they made to twist the arms of execs at shutting up this African American. He has freedom of speech and expression as I and you.
Tracy Morgan is a very talented man. He made jokes that were in bad taste for some people get over it. Stop comparing blacks and gays, blacks in this country still struggle and the n word is STILL used so get over.
Yeah, cause gays don't struggle at all. They have complete equal treatment and protection. They can always count on their family and friends when they come out of the closet, and no one ever commits acts of violence against them or uses derrogative slurs against them....Oh wait, that all happens. Oh but they're able to blend in and hide their difference more easily then someone who's skin color is different so that makes it ok.
This is a non-story... Are you going to make Tracy appologize to Blacks, Whites, Asians, Women, Poodles and Cab Drivers? He rants just as violently about them in other routines... In fact, all comics do... lets make every comic appologize for any hurtful thing said in a comedy routine. I agree he may have gone too far but this is a matter of taste. Tracy does push the envelope and no one is spared. Don't go to abrasive comedians shows if you are sesitive to abrassive comedy.
Let this guy get his 15 minutes of fame (the whistle blower) and move on...
Oh, also, Jeff Foxworthy should have to start a charitible fund for all the RedNecks he has offended over the years...
Wait, I thought gay was the new black... I love Tracy Morgan and it does not surprise me his stand up offended someone. In this instance his jokes targeted gays, but the guy's typical stand up is atrocious and really inappropriate, which is probably why I'm such a fan. Oh well, if shock-jock dj's can lose their shows for shocking their audience then a comedian whose whole shtick is to be inappropriate can offend someone by being inappropriate. Personally I think if you are going to go to his show you should know what you are going to see. I feel like I now have a right to complain about how offensively violent and gross Friday the 13th was when I WENT to the theater to see it, now I expect Jason to issue an apology.
Apparently no one has seen Astronaut Jones starring Tracy Morgan:
"Astronaut Jones: I say you drop down that skirt, and let me get that green dugout!
Krilgarian Woman: [ a beat ] This is not possible. Krilgarians do not have v*ginas.
Astronaut Jones: What they got?
Krilgarian Woman: Instead, we possess something more like your Earth Man p*nis, only bigger.
Astronaut Jones: Hey! We're in space, baby - p*nis, v*gina, it's all good!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgFiaevnlio
What an ugly, hateful issue to joke about.. I am done with Tracy Morgan.
SHUT UP Tiny TIM.
Benji
Why y'all surprised? This is how stupid N**gers talk, it's their nature.
Why am I not surprise you're a racist?
Someone day Tracy didn't open the door for her when she was pregnant.
As as black woman, this happen to me on a daily basis. White men don't hold the door for me.
I think people are too sensitive. Everyone knows Tracy tells crude jokes. I am sure he's not the first and won't be the last.
who cares about a few shirtlifters getting upset?they could just not watch.
MaryAnn----We will all be held accountable,AS WILL YOU and YOUR CREATURE you call a gay son.
Another blow to "Freedom of Speech." I am sick to death of people apologizing for what they say!!!!! We are GUARANTEED UNABRIDGED FREEDOM OF SPEECH, but at the hands of whiners and whimps, it is being slowly but surely taken away from EVERYBODY!!!!
Free speech is no longer available in this country.
quit whinning about freedom of speech..it is alive and well. That is why people are "speaking" out against him. The first amendment guarantees every individual the right to say whatever is on his mind but it does not shield you from the backlash you will receive if you say something profoundly stupid.
This is what Comedians do–they insult any and everyone, they definitely do not discriminate. No one is forcing you to watch them. I agree it was in extremely poor taste to say he would stab his kid, but I don't feel he should be condemned for making a mistake. Anyone who's been to a comedy show well knows that whites, blacks, asians, indians, moms, dads, kids-anyone or anything is a target for a joke. We laugh and move on. WHY SHOULD GAYS BE EXCLUDED WHEN THEY SIT THERE AND LAUGH WHEN THE COMEDIANS ARE INSULTING EVERYONE ELSE?
Ok everyone (some) your true colors are coming out. It is what it is so move on............For those with the name calling you need to reach down in your soul because you are no better than Morgan. It still runs deep in the America. People get a life and check self out...........
@BostonLady – it stops being a joke when violence is involved.
(singing) America, America, thank God I don't live there – America, America that's right, I don't live there! (end) I kind of hope his son does turn out to be gay – if he kills his son, he will go to jail and good riddance and if he doesn't, he has to live with the fact his son's gay and that will drive him crazy. Either way he's shown to be the loser he is, stupid n*gger. (hey, just choosing to exercise my freedom of speech).
you are boring, that is so played out.
Even more disturbing is to find out this guy is breeding. Pity.
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Even more disturbing is to find out this guy is breeding. Pity.
Who isn't breeding? Funny you didn't say poo to the racist on this board.
what a bunch of sissy's, grow up, HE IS A COMEDIAN
im sorry but as a gay man – i have only been insulted and discriminated against by black people – you would think they would have more compassion with ANYONE who is a minority..get yourself educated people
you're a gay RACIST man, implying blacks are uneducated as a whole. go bugger another hole in your partner's chaps at the bathhouse, you cry-baby.
Tracy Morgan to me is not funny. The only thing he did which I laughed at was when he played on Martin as "Hustle-Man". Other than that he is pretty stupid!
Look at the guy. You to would hate the world if you looked like him.
He is closet gay. They rant the loudest.
Done with him
Living in Atlanta, I have found blacks to be the most racist people toward others and I am from Alabama!
I find white people to be the most racist and hateful.
Psssh.... the LGBT community needs to GET OVER itself! If ya didn't like what he said... simply try to convince your friends and community to not support him... and that's that. He can say whatever the freak he wants. If you or I don't like it Boo-frikkity-hoo!
It's like whenever Black comedians (which I tend to prefer) take pot-shots at the comedic stereo-typical "white-people". Everybody seems to be fine with it when the black guy pokes some fun. But good lord... let a white dude do it... and it's automatically "an off-color comment" or "racist diatribe". No... no it's not... it's just a MoFo speakin' on something with a twist he/she thinks will make some people laugh and/or think about something differently then they did before they heard it.
I'd also have to imagine a lot of the time though when a comedian speaks on something it probably isn't completely representative of how he/she as an individual TRULY feels on the topic anyway. Remember, they need to employ the dramatic elements of expression in order to maximize the response they can get from a crowd.
Another thought though.... how much you wanna bet the LGBT is blowin' smoke about this just so they can stir-up some more media attention on THEMSELVES!
"LIke"
loser
Freedom of speech is right. Now i really dont think he would risk his love of his child and stab him, but this ie the Land of the free People are allowed to do ,say,wear,marry,any thing,and everything.hold arguments,have cults,marry your son,impregnate your sister,life insurance on your pet.Woo hoo AMERICA.
Easy fix. You can move to Syria and be controlled in total without fear of expressing yourself or suffering through having to listen to others express what's on their minds. Syria! WoooHooo.
Comedian? Some peole think a guy who rants about a particular ethnic group or whatever is a comedian? So that makes Neo-nazi's who get on a stage at one of their Bash-a-jew/black festivals is a comedian? What makes that kind of comedian any less marketable as one like Tracy Morgan? The numbers of individuals who will show up at such a scene? Is that the qualifying factor that gives one comedian of the neo-nazi variety the legitimacy that the like of Tracy Morgan has? By that logic and value system, then a Neo-nazi 'comedian' who refers to blacks with the big N word are justs as worthy of being put on stage in a legitimate comedy club as Tracy Morgan, right? I mean, what makes a venue where a so called comedian refers to gays in a disparaging funny way any less offensive then when a Neo-Nazi talks about cooking jews in an oven or refers to Obama as a chicken and waffle eating 'N'? Would Tracy Morgan find it humorous if Neo-nazi's discussed him "Axing ware da Waturmillon b cuz my ho b cravin' waturmellon, yep." Is that an acceptible form of humor in comedy clubs as well? If so, bring back Michael Richards. And hell, we can all be comedian's under the guise of disparaging ethnic groups, religious groups and anyone else we have a haterid for and we'll just call it comedy. Tracy Morgan types would freak and be the first to go on T.V. and condem such theatrics.
Good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tracy, stop apologizing aiight.................
He's an ignorant azz... one would think he couldn't be so ignorant... but then, he is someone like that.
Why do people "apologize" after they do these types of things????? It's not like they didn't mean it. I know some people are big on freedom of speech but in my opinion just because you can say it doesn't mean it's right.
Way to go Tracy!! Awesome!
CNN's question: Can comedy go to far? NO. NEVER. PERIOD.
But.... A comic CAN fail to deliver a joke properly. A comic CAN tell a bad joke.
I don't have a problem with people who don't like material a comedian uses or rants about on stage. What I don't like is people telling others who might not have a problem with it that it is wrong and demanding apologies from the comedians. It is simple, if you don't like the material either don't listen to it, leave, or shut up and take it. It is literally that simple. I am not a big fan of Morgan but whatever, I just don't pay attention to him.
That apology is something that Morgan had to do by the way. Whatever....who cares what he said.
Here we go again. Pretty soon we won't be able to say Hi to each other. People need to stop being so sensitive. He's a comedian and who give a f)(K? Everyone has a bad day and no one is perfect. Tracy Morgan tell crude jokes. If you can take the heat, get out of the kitchen. CNN and the other media outlet. THIS IS NOT NEWS!!!!!!!! He apologies and hopefully. He learn his lesson and this joke went too far. Get over it people.
So don't go see him or get thicker skin.
People are so touchy and easily offened nowadays.
Gay buttlove offends me.
Benji reminds me of ghey.
It's just ignorance, plain and simple. I have always thought a lot of Tracy Morgan as a comedian, he's very, very funny. But just like the guy who has too many drinks at a party when he's on a roll and making people laugh...there is always that point where it just ain't funny any more. There is no excuse for what he said, there is no way you can re-color a comment about his personal advocation of hatred and violence towards people who are classified as being different. He should know better, shame on him.
He can talk! He can talk! He can talk! He can talk!
YOU'RE STILL MISLED!!!! FREEDOM OF SPEECH PEOPLE, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, JUST FIND ANOTHER WEB SITE IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT...
Why does he have to apologize? I don't think he should.
Appalling. Vicious. Disgusting.
I am not easily offended, I love comedians who are "equal opportunity"– Lisa Lampanelli is one of my favorites!!
He crossed the line, by miles, and in my opinion, there is no return.
I used to dislike Tracy Morgan, now I think he is cool.
Why y'all surprised? This is how stupid N**gers talk, it's their nature.
u like the sheep sausage don't you benji? redneck.
cant wait now that another black actor has gone off on another bigoted rant theyll give him more air time so yeah its good for tracey just like it was for jamie fox when he went off of that hannah montana girl he got great air time after that hell he was doing talk shows n wearing cowboy boots and omg the way cnn anchors touted his name like he was some kind of a hero and not just another ass was amazing cnn should be ashamed for singing his praises at the same time they sort of condemed his feeling and foul language
Its funny he went ahead and said this because he is reputed to be on the downlow in many circles in NYC (he loves to appear in drag too.) I've heard it multiple times, perhaps this explains his rage towards the LGBT community. As for people comparing the struggle of blacks to gays, it IS a valid comparison and the only people who don't agree tend to be black. THAT is what this is about-civil rights! People go to a comedy show to laugh and admittedly this doesn't sound like a subversive act. He was probably wasted, he certainly has the history to support this claim. I wish people would stop saying that the gay community is easily outraged these days- in fact I feel they are finally finding their voice and its a shame others who would be sensitive to their plight are refusing to do so. Its sad because 30 Rock is a great show, though I suspect Tina Fey will not take kindly to this!
He has never been funny, always wondered why SNL kept him on. He is an embarrassment to our people. But maybe he is the kind of vulgar, ignorant creep that the majority elevates to star status so that their generalizations about groups can be validated.
What happened to freedom of speech? Can't a person tell an ethnic joke and find it funny anymore or being called a racist? Can't people laugh at gay jokes and still support gay lifestyles. Can't we just laugh ourselves anymore? Part of this country are nothing but crybabies and another part are a bunch of angry bitter people. Why should he have to apologize, this is what he does for a living. If people find it offensive or they don't come and see him perform...he'll get the message. Come on people grow up and put on your big boy pants and big girl panties.
I agree Tracy Morgan was wrong. But the real stories is WERE ARE THE JOBS!!
As a parent of a gay son, I certainly don't see the comedy in saying if I had a gay son I would stab him to death. I worry enough about him around disturbed and bullies. I hope somehow – someway in the future, these people are held accountable for their hatred.
Is this really news? Really? With all that's going on in this world, I don't even see where this could even get a mention.
Never heard of this guy before, but I think he should run for PRESIDENT!
Frankly, any Asian knows that black people are QUITE capable of picking on other minorities. The theory that they should know better because of their own experience is sadly not borne out in reality. Blacks poll at much HIGHER rates of anti-gay sentiment than whites do, and any Asian knows that when blacks talk about the solidarity of "coloured" people, they just mean "black". Asians are not included, and in fact often become targets.
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A poll in the 90's showed blacks were 4 times more likely to hold anti-Jewish views then the general population. The worse hate crime against Jews, the Crown Heights Pogrom, was committed by blacks, and the black civil rights establishment still defends it and had no problem when justice was not done to the Jewish victims of these hate crimes.
I have openly heard blacks say hateful comments about women, gays, Jews, and Asians loudly in public. Never heard it go the other way though.
This article isn't about Asians, or blacks in general. Its about Tacy Morgan who happens to be black, just like the KKK happen to be white, but nobody is condemning the whole race. Just shows that you have a lack for cognitive thinking especially if you think that never over hearing a gays, women, and jews make hateful comments about blacks means they must nave make them. And you are making inaccurate comparisons. Last time I checked, a black person can be gay, jewish and a women, and all at the same time.
Another good reason to call niga stupid apes!
I am pretty sure you have some 'ape' blood running through your veins.. I guarentee one of your ancestors climbed into bed with one.
Wow, if an ape could comment on this story, it would look just like yours.
BURN IN HELL all of you who are gay.
Scoot over, Dana, and we'll come right in.
I saw Tracy M talk about a mentally challenged girl in one of his skits. I was cringing and I was in my home. This is what he does. I am not saying it is funny, but he is extremely edgy. Personally. I see nothing to apologize for. It is his job. We as a nation are no longer evolving. We have far too many constraints. If you don't want to hear it....don't listen. Tracy Morgan is not worth your high cost blood pressure pills. He is just another ant in the ant hill toiling away until his demise.
I don't like some of the things Chris Rock says about whites or George Lopez says should George have to give up his talk show,should Chris give up his acting.Why did Mr.Michaels HAVE to give up his career?
Someone PLEASE explain why it matters how funny he is? I see a lot of people getting caught up in the inert details. He;s a comedian, he made some comments that offended gay people(how, I don't know). And whatever you do, don't give me the "here's something that'll offend you" routine. Why? Because if it offends me, I state my issue and leave it at that.
"Oh man, if my kid was like Mike I'd stab him". That really doesn't hurt that much. Not as much as you going to jail(and if my scriptures are correct, hell). As Becky said, not everybody is going to like you or say something good about you. In fact, people may say or even DO something you don't like. GET>>>>OVER>>>>IT.
???? We always assumed Tracey Morgan actually was gay. Perhaps this is simply self-loathing.
It is really ridiculous that this is such a story. This wussy society cannot even go to see a stand up comedy act to see a knowingly offensive comedian without getting offended.
$ucks having to walk around on egg shells because we might offend some sausage snacking sissy.
+1 to LOL
You know when it comes to racism, people say: " I don't care if they're black, white, purple or green"... Ooh hold on now: Purple or Green? You gotta draw the line somewhere! To hell with purple people! – Unless they're suffocating – then help'em.–Mitch Hedberg
I personally have never been a fan of Tm. Even though I'm a gay white guy, this doesn't "offend" me. It would be amazing for any comedian not to offend someone at their stand up shows. Stand up shows are rarely funny unless stereotypes and racism are exaggerated out of proportion. Its sad that stabbing a gay child is meant to be funny though. I include GAY in the racism category, because we are a race of people. We just don't all come from one ethnicity, country, island, continent. Gay people are one of the largest minorities in the world. WE ARE EVERYWHERE.
I don't want to be dismissive of those who were offended, but as a Black gay man, I must say that I was not that offended. Comedy is supposed to be over the top. Anyone who is offended by what Tracy Morgan said has obviously never heard Lisa Lampanelli do a show. I don't hear anyone complaining about her comedy, and it's purposely offensive to everyone.
I for one am outraged by this behavior. It is actions like this that are at the root of the bullying that LGBT kids are facing today.
As far as I'm concerned apology not accepted, and I will no longer watch 30 Rock.
knowing you do not accept the apology makes me want to cut myself and throw out my tv. lol.
Im so tired of everyone comparing being black to being gay. Gay people have all the same rights as anybody else in this country. Gays never went through slavery or had to sit at the back of the bus, segregation, etc. Stop complaining, this man is a comedian. He has the right to joke about what he wants to. When he said he would stab his son, it was just a joke, in reality everybody knows he wouldnt really stab his son. Stop being so sensitive. I have no problem with gays, but i do have a problem with a grown man walking around in lipstick and high heels.
I demand that Sam Kinison be brought back from the grave and scolded profusely by starving Ethiopeans for his rant on world hunger. And I'm going to want a check because I was offended – a large check should suffice.
Well, now all those people who look at me weird when I say I don't like Tracy Morgan as he seems somehow really bad natured to me will have some idea what I am talking about.
Oops. People need to stay home and don't go and see his show if that have such thin skins. It was a joke.
Who gives a f)(k? This is not news. He's a comedian and tells jokes for a living. People need to stop being so sensitive.
People need to stay home if that have suck thin skins. It was a joke.
I wonder what Tracy Morgan would do if a comedian made anti black jokes ....oh wait....I think that's been done ...and guess what ....blacks didn't find it funny.....and those comedians are now on the trash heap of history....go figure..... I guess the Michael Richards Comedy Hour won't be previewing this fall on NBC after all..... or maybe it will.....stay tuned...
Its funny because I still like Michael Richards even after that racist rant because I don't think he truly a racist. I know i have said some racist things before about a white person out of anger, but that's all it was. That was probably the only mean thing he could come up with at the moment to attack the hecklers, but I highly doubt he would show up for a Klan rally.
he plays an idiot on TV, basically what he did on SNL too, his range is perhaps limited to that because that's what he is, a black man in america should well understand the impact of hate speech so there really is no excuse, I've never disliked the man and I love comedy but just like michael richards is condemned rightfully so should this obviously prejudiced man, his character on 30 rock could be done by any low level talent and it is a stooopid character anyway, if it was up to me I'd write him off and write in a better character filled by a better actor
I think Morgan is very funny on 30-rock. Probably because of great writing but he pulls it off. This 'bit' was not funny and crude but if we protect free-speech, he has a right to say it. I wouldn't pay 1 cent to see him live but it doesn't have to do with this comment – he just seems not-funny outside of the 30-rock world.
Hey, if you don't like people giving you a hard time ... stop doing what they give you a hard time about.
He's a comedian? Thats a laugh
He should have his fat, ghetto-ass stomped. How's that for bullying?
I get so tired every day of hearing that one group or another or one individual or another feels they deserve an apology. Whatever happened to "just get over it". Maybe I'm so jealous that there are so many groups and so many individuals who lives are in such perfect order that they have nothing else to do but "be offended" by someone or something. Were his comments insensitive? Of course (imagine what his son may think hearing his dad's words). People in general (IMO)–especially when they're in the public eye–often speak before they think. But.....it is what it is...get over it.
I typed too fast....I meant "whose lives......"
Hey Ed, great point.
Additionally, I think WAY too much is made over the spelling issue, but good make up.
so, is there any sort of transcript of what exactly he said? i keep hearing anti-gay rant and he'd stab his son, i'm just wondering what else he said. i never did think he was funny to begin with, and without some more specifics of what he said i can't say whether i'd think it was funny, but you know, maybe some do. those that don't, you don't have to go to his shows, and if it was in fact an insight into this true opinions of gay ppl rather than a really bad comedy bit, guys, i love you, but too freaking bad. he doesn't have to like gay ppl, he doesn't have to be quiet about it, and he doesn't have to tailor his humor towards not offending gays. i don't expect male black comedians to not make fun of white girls either, nor am i offended when they do, and often see the truth behind the humor, because i AM a white girl and recognize certain kinds of snarkiness in myself as well as my girlfriends. ppl don't like gays, ppl don't like blacks, ppl don't like whites, hispanics, pakistanis, muslims, catholics, amish, etc., etc., ad nauseum. and they don't have to, it's america.can't go around beating and killing ppl you don't like, otherwise, w/e, screw all this P.C. speech, if you don't like someone for w/e reason, say so, and then stfu and go away. i mean, geez, let's all get our panties in a bunch over THIS guy? go find some old richard pryor and think about what things were like when he was coming up, then come back and crab about offensive material from a black guy. at least pryor was actually funny...
Whoops. That wasn't so nice. Glad he's apologizing instead of pretending it was a joke.
Frankly, I never liked this actor anyway so he can say anything he wants about the gay community. Besides, I continually reject expression of "regret" and "contrition" said by those who utter hatred in a moment of utter truth-revealing ambiance. I believe THAT moment. I disbelieve the fake, disingenuous, and calculating "apology".
F@gs are too sensitive. It was a freaking joke.
I was a fan of Tracy's...No more....There is a difference between comedy, and right out hate...Apologize all he wants...Not accepted.
Wow, sounds like there are a lot of closet racist on here looking for any reason to express their racist views of black people because Tracy Morgan's PERSONAL VIEW on gays. That's like saying all white people are racist because of David Duke's personal views.
It was funny how some gays blamed blacks for the passage of Prop 8 in California even though they only make up 6 percent of the states population. The civil rights movement has nothing to do with the gay movement, and don't forget, blacks were brought to this country and Christianized so being anti-gay is a religious view and not a personal discriminatory view out of hate.
That being said, I don't agree with Tracy's sick hateful rant and but at the same time, I see nothing wrong with his views about gays. Not everyone has to agree with idea of being gay, but they need to be tolerant and respect people that are, which he clearly isn't doing.
Oh and the most flamboyant gays I have ever seen have been blacks, so they should be the most offended by Tracy Morgan.
Living in Atlanta, I have found blacks to be the most racist people toward others and I am from Alabama!
I thought this was about Tracy Morgan, not black people. And what does his race have to do with anything. A lot of white, mexican, and asian comedians make anti-gay jokes too. And being anti-gay is not racist.
When I was 9 months pregnant, Tracy Morgan was walking in front of me at the mall. He saw me walking to the door behind him, and didn't hold the door open for me.Haven't liked him since...
Not being funny is a kiss of death for a comedian. Tracy Morgan has got his kiss.
Bill Maher never has to apologize for his rants. Furthermore Tracy Morgan is quite correct. Gay better get used to ridicule...just like everyone else....except Jews. They also have special status. BARF.
BARF is what I do when I think of morons like you who can't stand the idea of Jews being successful, happy, and *gasp* innocent of all the malicious crap you probably believe they do.
Before you comment, turn on your tv and turn on the most popular cartoon in America right now – Family Guy, and tell me they are "exempt" from critique / insult / comedic jabs. Mort the Pharmacist ring a bell, anyone?
Gee. He apologies. Get over it people. I agree. THIS IS NOT NEWS!!!!!! Some people need to get a life! He's a comedian and telling jokes is what he does for a living.
concerned reader
Typical NI@@ER behavior.
Does calling Tracy the n-word makes you feel better? Two wrong don't make a right.
Wait a minute.... gays are supposed to be exempt from a comedians material? We can't go there?
Why not??
They want equality in our society at large. If it's inclusiveness they seek, they must take the good with the bad just like any other corner of the community at large. And comedians must have license. If you don't like his material, don't go to see him.
It amounts to censorship.
The gay community just needs to understand if they wish full inclusiveness, then they should see this as part and parcel of just that.
Get over it.
He only apologized because he wants to keep his job. It is neither sincere nor meaningful. I hope his employer does the right thing and fire him.
lol uneducated blacks are funny.
It is absolutely pathetic for Tracy Morgan to cave in to pressure and apologize for his COMEDY act. If you can't take the jokes, LEAVE THE ROOM. Don't go home and cry about it because a group you belonged to got made fun of. Curses and hexes upon the crybaby who complained about this – And shame on you Tracy Morgan for not standing up for comedy, free speech, and being a man about it.
By "being a man", Morgan is making the sissy gay men feel 1UPd on, and we can't have a sissy crying louder, it just rallies more sissies and people start leaving the venue – not because the joke may have been too risky – but because people can't hear over the crying sissies. People can only tolerate crying for so long.
Tracy Morgan is an idiot, as is many of the commenters here. Hatred is ugly and it rests in many of your hearts. Judge yourselves instead and you'll be much better people.
Oh brother. Don't people prepare themselves for this kind of thing before seeing a standup comic?? Please. Being offended by this, but not by that. Someone needs to get over themselves. Funny or not he's a comic!!
Blacks intolerant? No way.
I love 30 Rock but have never really been a big fan of Tracy Morgan. He isn't very funny and does the same thing all the time, it gets old fast, I'm amazed someone could be so stupid and say such horrible things, but its not like Tracy Morgan is known for being witty and clever. I really wish some more SNL alumni would appear on 30 Rock, I'd like to see Lorraine Newman make an appearance.
People in this country are making me sick and i am not talking about tracy morgan!!! Yes what he said was very disturbing and was probably uncalled for. But when gay rights activist call for the mans job that is just going to far. You always see gay comedians making fun of there status as being gay and you never hear any gay rights activist say a word. You are not required to like anyone if you dont like gay people then you dont like them. Gay rights activist need to lighten up and put more of your time into getting gay marriages passed instead of worrying about what a comedian is saying. Man this country is going to hell in a hand basket fast with all the sensitive people
Gotta throw all these sissy LGBTards on Sissy Island and setup a high fence around it to protect them from any jokes. Sissy Abuse is running rampant. Useless lot. Welcome to reality, LGBT community. Christ.
Have a blessed weekend everyone!
Lots of social commentary here. At the bottom, truth is probably that Mr. Morgan's transplanted kidney is failing, he's got uremic poisoning and his brain is dissolving. Needs note from doctor.
Last I heard freedom of speech is still protected. No, I am not black.
Great comment!!! people in this country are just getting way to damn sensitive. Reminds me of demolition man when the future was pleasant and people got find for saying the wrong thing. Thats exactly where we are heading
Notice the muted response from the liberal groups who would be screaming if this were a conservative making these totally unfunny comments. He's a fool.
Funny how the incident got no coverage, first I've heard of it. I guess T. Morgan's the right race and the right party to get this buried, unlike Michael Richards was.
GIVE ME A BREAK, give him a break. This is not news. Remember this is a comedy club...this sort of thing happens EVERY NIGHT in any club and with all the late night comedians...somebody is always getting ratted on: Obama, Trump, Weiner...need I say more? Let's get real folks.
What is the point to any apology that isn't sincere or heartfelt? They are just empty words.
Anyone who is that easily offended . . . deserves to be offended. Enough with the crying, people. That's not hateful – that's comedy.
Yeah, they're "sissies" and they're a hoot to laugh at, because they cry more 😀
If comedians had to apologize every time they made fun of gays Lisa Lampanelli would be on a worldwide apology tour for the rest of her life.
Lisa Lampinelli earned her spot as the Queen of Mean. Morgan is just an cheap imitation of anything he can find. He isnt funny nor original. He has only his Baditude and a foul mouth.
I would hope to meet him some day and slam his ass with my hard weiner or shoot some manjuice up his nose. I bet he would love it.
Wow! Sounds like you would like it too!
weinerboy here is telling us what is funny and what is not. anybody taking notes? this is important, riveting life-lesson stuff! it's people like this that start little crybaby rallies, and they usually get laughed at so bad that they get all emo & seclude themselves. save yourself the trouble and go seclude yourself "now". comedy is not your thing – we get it.
THE NEXT TIME HYPOCRITICAL BLACKS PROTEST THE "N" WORD REMARKS, PLZ , PLZ,PLZ REMIND THEM OF THEIR INHUMANE JIM CROW LIKE REMARKS LIKE THIS ONE, AND MAY BY LETS PUT CIVIL RIGHTS UP FOR A PUBLIC VOTE, "civil " rights are for the "CIVIL", NOT THE UN-CIVIL
I'm a gay man and I'm not disturbed that he said would kill his son if he found out that he was gay; I'm disturbed that he said he would kill his son for any reason whatsoever. It would be just as disturbing if he said, "I'd kill my son if I found out that he was muslim, atheist, stupid as g.w. bush,etc. I don't see how making a joke about killing a family member in any context can be funny.
That was my thought entirely. Threatening to kill your kid, or anyone else for that matter is not funny. Yes, the man is protected under Freedom of Speech for most things, and I am protected under Freedom of Speech if I protest. More to the point, here in California I know someone who was brought to court by CPS for making a 'terrorist threat' because he threatened to kill his kid and even though the father said it was 'hyperbole', he was convicted anyways. It seems that some things are not covered under Freedom of Speech, as far as the courts are concerned.
Sissies. Ok, it's a bad joke. Have a kleenex and go cry in a corner – pray to your lgbt goddess or whatever – get over yourselves. Next!
Most likely Morgan...is a gay having trouble coming out.
His job is make people laugh by reflecting the sentiments and emotions most people feel but can't speak. Just like an artist he paints visual pictures using extreme exaggerations and stereotypes. He definitely pushes the envelope but that's what makes him successful. Point is if you go to an "adult" comedy show be prepared to hear "adult" commentary. I thought this was The Land of Free Speech not Lybia. If Tracey Morgan has to apologize for doing his job then we should make Obama apologize for killing Bin Ladin.
Last time I looked you had freedom of speech in this country. If the nut jobs from Westboro can say the stuff they say and you can get away with all the other garbage you hear, he should be allowed to say what he wants to say without having to apologize. I don't hear anyone demanding an apology every time someone says and anti-Christian remark.
Who cares babies....it was a joke....move on.....
I would stab my son if I found out he was a crappy black comedian.
lol i'd laugh but then black lgbt crybabies would gang together and call johnny cochrane and have me fired. what a bunch of sissies lola
I am all for comedy...but being gay, and having grown up in a household where I was told that I needed to "get over my [this] phase" and other things like that, I know how stressful it can be to worry about telling your parents that news.
And to hear someone say that they would stab their child if they were told they were gay...it's infuriating. It's things like that which have caused such high rates of suicides in gay teens. The thought of your parents rejecting you, and even worse wanting to HARM YOU, for being who you are is a frightening thing to an adolescent. Tracey Morgan should be ashamed of himself.
waaaaah. you don't have to listen to his sketch. it's not like someone is threatening to cover that hole in the back of your chaps. his sketch wasn't about you. it's about comedy. comedy makes people laugh, and others take the blunt of the jokes. that's what comedy is all about. nobody wants to hear lgbt victim crying over jokes. get over yourself.
It's funny that all of you are quoting the first amendment and that you have the right to say what you want to whomever you want, etc. WHY DON'T YOU TRY THAT AT WORK? WHY DON'T YOU TRY TELLING YOUR BOSS WHAT YOU THINK OF HIIM, OR THE GAY PERSON THAT SITS NEXT TO YOU?? You'll be losing your job in about two minutes, First Amendment or not! You have the right to say what you want, but you don't have the right to slander or make hateful remarks to people or groups. That doesn't even have anything to do with rights, it's just common decency. And, again, I say that telling an audience, whether they are gay or not, that you would kill your own son if he was gay, is just stupid and hurtful and definitely NOT FUNNY. If you classify yourself as a comedian, than write funny jokes that make people laugh, not cringe. Try to put things into perspective.
Tracy Morgans show in Nashville was not at a comedy club. It was at the Ryman Auditorium, which for the record, use to be a church. It is one of the most respected buildings in the city, or the US for that matter. Which makes what he said even more vile in my opinion. It shows that he has no respect for having the privelage of performing in such a prestegious venue. Much less having respect for human beings. Hate speech against anyone is WRONG be it against black, white, asian, straight, gay, male, female. It only fuels more intolerance. The fact he could even consider the thought of stabbing his son for any reason is SICK. Especially making a joke out of it.
boo boo booo you suck
obviously you have no idea of what comedy is. get off your bible thumpin' butt & gtfo. kthxbai.
point proved again, thank you, Rob
What is wrong is a group of people that doesnt like what someone says and go after them, try and get them fired, ect..
We all have a voice, and we all will never agree on everything, but that doesnt give you the right to ruin someone's life cause you disagree with what they says.
and there we have it folks.... "Feltch" just proved my point
I'm so sick of people defending peoples ignorance and stupidity because they are a comic. What is wrong with people like Tracy. What a sorry excuse for a human being as well as any of you that defend his behavior. I can't figure out what has gone wrong with humanity as of late. Tracy was funny on 30 Rock because it wasn't him, it was his lines. I've seen his stand up, it's stupid and isn't funny, just ignorant noise.
has the world changed that drastically that we should all have to cater to "your" preferences of comedy? he's a comic. comics make fun of people. if you've ever listened to dave chappelle or richard pryor, or george carlin – legends – they all say stuff that is off the chain – and that will offend people. that's their job. speaking of jobs – maybe you can thump the bible a little less, and get a taste of what comedy is before flappin' yer lips. the world doesn't revolve around you.
No one has the right to be free from being offended. Public discourse seems to be moving in the direction of guarantying everyone such a right, to our detriment as a society.
"Waaa waaaaaa waaaaaaa, someone made fun of us, Waaaaaaaaa"
What kills me is that the news and twitter and other news outlets were able to get ahold of some random guy on facebook who was crying about jokes at a " comedy club", so they could talk bad about him but was not able to get ahold of the actual comedian to get a comment first. I'm sure he has a publicist. A manager. Someone they could have got ahold of. Even someone from his tv show. If I'm nit mistaken, he did not say he didn't like guys. He has even played sum guy skits and comedy roles. He said he would want his son to come tell him. He didn't say he would stop loving him. Find another damn story.
Ok, I'll be the one to put a dose of reality into this heap of dung:
"“Hateful remarks that mock youth suicides and the very real emotional and sometimes physical bullying LGBT kids face on a daily basis have no place in a comedy routine,”
Should read:
"Any person involved with any LGBT organization has no place in a comedy routine"
Sorry, but comedy is just like cartoons. Nothing that a comic says on stage should have any bearing on how someone feels about themselves. If every person who ever did not agree with a comic were to be put into the news, it would take us until the end of this century just to read the list of names. People in the real world need to learn that what is said on stage is for comedy purposes only. Comics are trying to make money. They will say anything that makes people laugh, because that is what effects their bottom line. If you were offended by his show, then you know in the future to never attend one. Case closed. There doesn't need to be a news article about it, and their certainly doesn't need to be an organization coming out about it. Yep, I said "coming out" as a pun. If it offends you, can you please write up a news article about me and have your organization publicly speak out about me? I'll gladly go in front of a camera and apologize that people like you exist. Thank you.
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yup. if you're a sissy, and you act like a sissy, you're going to laughed at because you're a sissy. if you're lgbt, and you act like a sissy, you're being laughed at cause you're a sissy. sissies are fun to laugh at. if you don't want to be laughed at, don't be a sissy. likewise, if you're a sissy and can't take a joke – put earplugs on. for the love of god don't go all-out sissy and cry about lgbt hate. this isn't about you. lgbt sissy activists don't belong in any comedic organizations – because sissies can't take a joke. don't wanna be discriminated against? quit being sissies – and quit dressing up all butch-like, with armpit hair and men's haircuts, ladies. you'll be laughed-at too. it's really not about lgbt it's about being laughed at because you're carrying on in public like freaks.
He is funny. That's why he's making millions. Duh.
Also, black commedians make fun of white people, white commedians make fun of black people, and everyone makes fun of Asains and Mexicans. That's what makes commedians funny: they say what everyone else is thinking! And you don't complain about all the racist jokes!
Difference is, you are born black, white, tan, etc-it's not a conscious decision you make. Get over it-you chose the life you live! And FYI-your complaining isn't going to stop those jokes from coming.
"and everyone makes fun of Asians and Mexicans"
Yes, because Asian and Mexican comedians don't exist in the United States.
Pull your head out of your rear, por favor.
Yes, they do, and they make fun of themselves. A truely funny person knows how to make fun of themself. So pull your head out of your rear, please, and speak english. This IS America.
Tracy's character is the only one that I never liked on 30 Rock. Possibly, because it was so close to the truth of who he actually is. I will no longer watch or support anything with which he is associated.
Yeah, he's over. He and Weiner and Gingrich will all be having a drink down at the Loser's Club tonight.
To all of the people comparing this to the Michael Richards incident: Tracy Morgan DID NOT scream out "the F Word pertaining to gays" at a person in the audience at the top of his lungs. So it is NOT the same thing. He did not say he would stab his son because he was gay. The comment he made was "if he doesn't talk like a man (making high pitched mocking noises), I would stab him". Obviously a joke. Maybe a very tasteless joke, but an OBVIOUS JOKE. You can't compare what Tracy Morgan did to what either Mel Gibson or Michael Richards did, because the issue is NOT THE SAME.
He is not funny in any context. Seems like the thing nowadays is just to spew a lot of venom, and then say "Sorry". That seems to make it all better! There is absolutely no accountability in today's world for anyone's action! Say what you want, hurt whom you want.....and then say sorry!
Disgusting...I wouldn't spend a minute watching him or a dollar to see him. I can only hope others feel the same.
I get a kick out of these people who do stuff like this and then think an apology will correct it. Bull to that! I don't think the man is funny either and needs to get another profession.
I'm offended by the gay-marriage proposal. Where's my apology?
Were he a white comedian who made similarly offensive comments about blacks, his career implosion could be measured with an egg timer. See: Michael Richards.
Opinions are like buttholes everybody got one.......Now you given him what he wanted....People should be able to say whatever they want.....dont listen dont watch!
Doesn't "tolerance" iclude being tolerant of people who may br intolerant of something YOU are tolerant of??
Bottom line, everyone needs a thinner skin, we will never have a global "kum-by-ah" moment (don't nail me on spelling!) and people should be feel to love or hate jews, protestants, blacks, whites, Catholics, gays, straights, yellows, cyans, magentas, and any combination thereof!
Get a life!!
That's weird, because Tracy Morgan is really swishy. He's the gayest-acting straight man I ever saw. He gets on my nerves.
I am tired of hearing the whining in America, everyone is offended by everything someone else says. One thing to note, we have the right in this country to say whatever we like, when we like, to whomever we like...as upheld by this nations courts regarding the fanatics from the church that protests at funerals. So, you can protest at a funeral about a particular ethnic group, but all hell breaks loose when you say it as an individual in a public forum. Here's what I was always told growing up, if you don't like it, turn around and walk away. I guess we have forgotten how to do that as a people. Instead, we would rather cry and whine to the nation on the news and on social media that we have been assaulted as a group, and we want our struggles known, and we want everyone in the world to accept us and apologize to us. Well let's see reality, I have my own opinions, beliefs and stand on every issue, if I choose to make that known, it is my right, if it offends you...waaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!
When you make your living telling jokes, you better be funny. This isn't funny, and he won't be making any more movies. Remember when that guy who played Kramer committed suicide?
I HAVE NEVER FOUND TRACY MORGAN TO BE FUNNY! I SAW ONE OF HIS STAND-UP ROUTINES ON HBO RECENTLY, AND HE IS NOT FUNNY AT ALL. HIS COMEDY IS BRASH AND RUDE, BUT NOT FUNNY! I HAVEN'T HEARD THIS LATEST RANT, BUT IF IT'S AS SOMEONE HERE MENTIONED THAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT KILLING HIS OWN SON IF HE WAS GAY, THAT'S TOTALLY OVER THE TOP. HOW CAN ANYONE THINK THAT WOULD BE FUNNY AND BELONG ON A COMEDY ROUTINE. I THOUGHT HE WASN'T FUNNY ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK HE'S FUNNY ON 3RD ROCK, AND ANYONE COULD REPLACE HIM IN A FLASH. WHAT A JERK!!!!!!
YOU MUST BE A REAL HOOT TO HANG OUT WITH!!!!!
why apologize? HE WAS absolutely RIGHT!!!!!!!!
Either say it, meant it, and OWN IT...or don't say it at all. These back-peddling clowns are pathetic. If you feel that way, that is your choice, I personally disagree 100 fold, but at least have the stones to own it.
Hyperbole (play /haɪˈpɜrbəliː/ hy-pur-bə-lee;[1] Greek: ὑπερβολή, 'exaggeration') is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.
Every joke is at someone's expense. Stop being so creative about things to be "offended" about. Grow a friggin' pair, whiners!
"Every joke is at someone's expense" that's what your mom said last night.
It was joking. He is a comedian. Gays need to get over it. If they want equal treatment they should just shut up and laugh like the rest of us. Whites, blacks, asians, mexicans, and anyone else get made fun of by comedians, thats there jobs. If you don't like it then im pretty sure they wouldn't care if you came to the show or not, ecspecially Tracy Morgan. Keep doing what you do.
Note how he says he's sorry people were offended, not that he's sorry for saying what he said. Big difference. Sounds like an apology, but he's actually doing the opposite of apologizing.
While it's true that as Americans we all enjoy freedom of speech there is such a thing as class and tact. Clearly he lacks both of those qualities. I personally enjoy comedians that push the boundaries of the "PC social norm" but that was beyond the pale. If you took the "gay" out of that act and used "ni**er" then we'd be hearing Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson howling on every media outlet that is willing to listen. The fact that there are so many people saying that gay people need to just shut up and take a joke is tantamount to telling Rosa Parks to shut up and get her black a** to the back of the bus where she belongs. Until you've been treated like a second class citizen you have no right to tell gay people how to feel about being discriminated against. People like Tracy Morgan are free to believe what ever they want, but why is it still so acceptable to make anti gay comments like that? This is exactly why so many gay youth commit suicide and their blood will forever be on the hands of people like Tracy Morgan. May it haunt his dreams at night.
I understand what your saying, but how can blame gay jokes as the reason young gay people are killing themselves. With all the advancements we have made in America, it's still hard being a young, educated black man in American. Does that mean black people should be justified to kill themselves because they get turned down for jobs, loans, ETC and get stereotyped everywhere they go EVERYDAY.
And I'm tired of whining maggots who blame everyone and everything for their shortcomings. In a cruel, over-populated world, nature finds a way to kull it's weakest and most useless – suicide.
I bet his son IS gay.
I am so sick of hearing about how bullying and anti-gay comments cause suicide. The person that commits suicide caused their death, and nobody else. By definition suicide is self inflicted. I was bullied both physically and verbally, as a teen for being different. I was called many of the same slurs that gay teens are called, and was even expelled from High School for defending myself against it. I never once considered suicide. It is a cowards escape, and there is not a single person to blame except the coward. Just because the media has gone into crusade mode on the subject, doesn't mean they are correct. Like most people who are bullied, I focused on what made me different, and learned to use it to my advantage. Now I am able to make a decent living as an artist. If there had been all this hyper sensitivity in the 1980's when I went through it, I doubt I would have felt so strongly about success being the best revenge. I could have just blamed my bullies for making me feel inadequate and applied for disability for my "depression".
Wow! Just read the comments. Instead of seeing a backlash on Morgan's anti-gay slurs, all I see is derogatory remarks on his race. I suppose people are more annoyed that he is black than the fact that he made an anti-gay remark.
Oh c'mon people – grow a thicker hide will you? It was a COMEDY club. PC and comedy very rarely are in the same room together. Look at shows like South Park or Family Guy – funny stuff but highly offensive to just about every group. Americans have always had the great ability to laugh at themselves and each other, let's not toss that aside in some sort of lame sensitivity exercise.
If that was comedy, it was a clear fail. When nobody laughs, your career is over; time to open that car dealership in Fresno.
Whats the different between a comedian blurting out gay or racist remarks and a carefully planned out movie script blurting gay and racist remarks???? We can watch a movie that is full of them and give it "two thumbs up " and "five stars" , but a comedian can't speak off the top of his head about it. I guess pre-meditated discrimination is the only form that is acceptable. Everybody on here that had some negative, ignorant and racist are the real bad guys on here.
At some point in the last 15 years or so, something really important was taken from all of us. Freedom of speech. We have all become so angry all the time that people literally look to start a fight or a racial issue every chance they can. The reality is that Tracy Morgan shouldn't have to apologize. If he really thinks that way that he is 100% allowed to. You, me, anyone doesn't have to like, but he doesn't have to qualify that to us. Black people can hate whites and vice versa, etc. etc. The real issue is people cannot learn to mind their own business and turn the other cheek so to speak. If it offends you than dont listen. If its offensive to watch than turn the channel or turn off the tv. No one brings up that people want to be offended and want to pick fights over it. That is the real issue. Let people be what they want to be as long as they are not breaking the law
"Freedom of speech" Get back to me when he gets arrested for doing 'comedy.' Boy, I bet you're fun with a few drinks in you. You are free to say anything you want, and I'm free to whip you down the street for saying it. If I hire you to do comedy and you are tragic instead, I'm free to fire you and order you off the stage. Go stand in the park and rant about 'libruls' all day if you want, it's a free country. But you can't come to my house or get in my face and talk smack to me without losing blood.
GMG, great post. Busta, you're a moron.
"If my son was gay, I'd stab him".. OMG, funny! That's almost as good as "If my son was black, I'd stab him" Tracy Morgan, you really are one hell of a joke!
I'd stab his son to death if he said he was as ugly as Tracy Morgan.
Hate the sin, not the sinner, Tracy.
Actually, hate the sin, and LOVE the sinner.
Anyone who has ever heard Tracy Morgan speak knows that statement was written by someone else. His self-written statement would have been along the lines of; "Ahs *&^%$#@! says whats on ma mother*&^%$#@! mind 'n' if yas mother*&^%$#@! dont like it, dont comes to ma mother*&^%$#@! show". Roughly translated, of course.
It's ok Tracy, no apology necessary. You're black.
WOW !! Lot of "tolerance" on display from the Human Rights Campaign (all sarcasm intended) ! Especially for a group seeking tolerance for themselves !! So much B.S. Just another pressure group like the ACLU or the NAACP, tolerant to them means "agreeing with us," only..... to be different (i.e., Christian or successful and white) and express my beleifs means I am somehow a 'hater' or 'racist'. Can you all not see these organizations DON'T really want there to be complete tolerance or loss of racism in the world, otherwise, they go out of business !
Go, Tracy, go! Lambaste the fairies – and everybody else. And a hearty hello to all you dickless, mirthless bigots out there. Toss my salad – all of you.
I can't believe how this idiot has become a comedian in the first place. As a comedian he is at the bottom of the pack. He was never great on SNL skits. Even now, he has no worth or merit. I hope NBC throws him out of that show. On the top of his mediocre talents, he talks nonsense about a segment of our population. This is not freedom of speech but abuse of speech. Being a black one would think he would be more compassionate and considerate towards social minorities knowing how these people suffered over the years. Shame on you Morgan. You have no place in comedy.
Nobody cares about who's gay or not, it's the 'Queens' that everyone hates. The most blackhearted, back stabbing, jealous creepazoids walking the earth. And we're not supposed to notice this, lest we're bigoted and politically incorrect.
It's not the first time he has done it. He is only apologizing because people are outraged and he fears for his career. He isn't apologizing because he suddenly developed a soul.
My name is Brian Fellows and making angry statements about gay people is the wrong thing to do in this country! Stick to making fun of white males!
He probably is drinking again, actually he should oh been locked up long time ago for his numerous drunk driving episodes
We wonder if Tracy's OWN SON is as offended because dad makes joke about stabbing him to death?
Racists are always seeking to 'shut up' Black people.
And the mentally mixed up racists, the filth-stirrers, are the worse kinds of racists.
Oh, I see. Some of you out there think it's funny and just a joke that he threatened to kill his son if he told him he was gay? And that the gay community should "learn to take a joke?" And that people shouldn't take remarks like that seriously because he's a comedian? Were ya'll this glib when Michael Richards went on a rant about black people a while back?
Ok...let's put that to the test. Take your child/children within hearing range of the first policeman you see. Threaten loudly to kill your kids for doing something, then turn to the cop and tell him "Just joking" See how well that goes over and let us know.
if you translate a joke literally, of course it's not as funny. I hope you don't go out very often, seems like trivial stuff will offend you, god forbid.
The gay community is always whining about some joke in their direction. Newsflash, either all humor is okay or none of it is, grow some thicker skin and except jokes, even if they are crude. I'm so sick of how sensitive our society has become, don't go to see a raunchy comedian if you don't want to hear jokes like that.
*accept jokes
Wah wah wah. You sound a little sensitive yourself, Dom.
So saying you'd kill your child because he's gay is what passes for comedy these days?
Well, no it's not. And if you think this is funny, you should seek help. You are obviously disturbed.
You people are killing me. He is a comedian, they make fun of everyone. Has the gay community become so sensitive that if you look at them cross eyed they cry. Here is a some facts for you most people are tired of the PC police. No I am gone because this whole conversation is GAY
I dnt get what the issue is, because I would do the same thing. And I will not bow dwn to Baal, gay people need to get their self together, who ever attened the show knows what TM is about, just like the other statement says about his other offensive jokes I beleive the person whinning is a closet gay anyway, but yall better get it right even the comments are ugly toward one another a whole lot of people are going to be left behind
The problem with Tracy is that he's not funny. I guess losing all that weight, caused him to lose some brain cells too..
NOW THAT WAS FUNNY!
I bet the offened gay guy was lol when tracy was making jokes about white stright guys or throwing the N word around.. It's a comedy club and he is going to say stuff. It's his act.. If you go there expecting anything else you are a fool (black, white, or gay).. Get over it....
Man you must be in the 3rd grade to come up with that statement.
Please stay in school, or go back to school.
Wow no kidding you went to a comedy club and got offended? Here's an idea...DON'T GO.
That is the idea. The articles about his tirade has been posted all over social media, there's a movement to boycott his shows, many people have contacted NBC, he's apologized very quickly as a result (forced to, I"m sure), and I am sure Tina Fey will be having a word or two with him. So "don't go" is exactly right; that is what people in droves are going to do when Tracy Morgan performs. It's called the power of the purse.
I didn't care about Tracy Morgan when he was a Tim Meadows-wannabe on SNL; and now that he's been in a few worthless, unfunny movies I care about him even less.
The irony – Tim Meadows is gay.
I was totally believing this story and all behind Mr. Rogers and his anger until he made the outrageous claim that Tracy Morgan is a comedian. Nice try, Mr. Rogers. Nice try.
Get over it. If this man took the stage and started eating watermelon, while dancing the "jiggaboo" you idiots would have probably wet your pants. I love how each group wants special treatment, but turns a blind eye when the joke isn't on them. YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL!!
In a fair world, Tracy Morgan would be treated just like Mel Gibson and Michael Richards, who blasted Jews and blacks respectively (the latter even did it as part of a stand-up act, just like Tracy Morgan). However, this is not a fair world, and I doubt Mr. Morgan will experience even a tenth of the career destruction that Mr. Gibson and Mr. Richards did.
Judging from your responses it seems as though you have had some less than pleasant experiences with African Americans. Your perceptions are wrong about our community, but that is something you will need to work out for yourself. I do have a correction though. What Michael Richards said to the Black patron was not a part of a routine. The man heckled Richards on stage, Richards got upset and called him the 'N' word several times. He then painted a scenerio in which the man was lynched for speaking disrespectfully to a White man. Again this was not part of the routine.
I have never been a fan of Tracy Morgan and what he said was horrible. Hollywood is extremely liberal and Morgan will pay for his remarks. The industry does not favor Blacks like you think it does.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Uh...comedian? The guy's about as funny as a holocaust joke.
What an a ss this guys it. Aside from the ignorant trash he's spewing – people paid to see a comedy show. This is just hate speech. And how do we know it's wrong? Change 'gay' to 'black', accent, music... and watch TJ turn purple!
So, it's OK to bully blacks? If the country's majority thinks gay is a wrong, frivolous choice, it's OK for us to hate for not speaking like the majority, or listening to country music...
I guess I don't understand why this guy is funny, or why someone would pay to see him (at the Ryman???). I've only seen him on 30 rock, and he really stops the show – and not in a good way!
One would certainly think that as a member of the Black community that has suffered discrimination, he would be sensitive to making comments that are considered discriminatory to others. Apparently that was not the case here and many are rightfully upset!
It seems like every comment wall you go to if the topic involves someone black some racist has to leave a racist comment. Still to this day blacks compared to whites rarely ever make racial comments toward whites.
Really? What a joke!
Ed what kind of reclusive life are you living?
People can make anti gay jokes, retarded jokes. and other ignorant people think its funny. Its not. When other comedians make "racial" jokes, its not funny why? Words can hurt. think before you talk!
When – good thing they never come after me for all the joking i do
Whew, rather
It is not just a gay joke!! He said he would stab his son!! No humor in it at all! weather his son was gay or not....lets say he said he would stab his son if he married a white woman...would that be funny?
@JJ kinda...
woot for the gays not having a sense of humor.
What is gay humor about stabing your son?
We have a great sense of humor. The issue is that teen suicide for Gay Teenagers is already high enough. There is a lot of fear in coming out and being literally cut out of your family. It may or may not have been a joke – but if it was – it was the line where comedy goes too far. It should more be likened to a German comedian making jokes about the Holocaust that reflect it as a "positive" event. Stabbing your gay son, hits the edge where satire and comedy are no longer the right words and you've gone to insensitive and hurtful statements.
Exactly when did threatening to stab one's child become "humor"?
So, he haphazardly apologized under pressure, but what about NBC Universal? We have yet to hear their apology/condemnation of what he said as the Human Rights Campaign has called for.
Why apologize? Free speech means anyone is free to be an idiot!
What ever happened to "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me"?
That turned out to be a load of hogwash.
you all thstop it. I sthought ith wasth funny. He'sth all such a cutie pie too. Usth gaysth muthst juthst learn to live with these comedy routines. I wish he was wearing white shorts so i could look at that licorice stick he's packing
What the hell?!?!
hes just failing horribly at mimicking a stereotypical gay mans voice
If you did not hear this portion of the comedy skit, don't make a comment. Once you listen to the skit you can then at least make an objective statement about the context of what he said. That is all.
No one has heard the skit. Every media report goes back to one blog post. He was uncomfortable during that part of the show, but he still has no way of knowing if this is what Morgan really believes.
Watching him in the Longest Yard, it's hard to say he has much hate in him.
He's only sorry until the next time it happens. And the time after that. Etc.
Bingo!
Bad choice of words. I hope the apology is true reflection of his heart.
Were up here talking about a anti-gay joke by Tracy Morgan that was discrimination to the gay community and then Paul Wilson has to go as far as calling the man an ape. A racial slur that is offensive to blacks. That shows he has no class or integrity as well. I swear racism is just as bad as it was only difference today is there is no segregation and ppl keep their racist comments to themselves unless of course their on the internet. Cowardly!
Do you need a hug?
stange coming from a guy with a drag queen name.
I actually laughed at this one. Too true, too true. :p
LOL OMG Dave I never thought about that!! Tracy??? When was the last time you heard of a macho man named Tracy??
Dick Tracy!!!
firstly, Its' against the law to hate something or someone. At this moment, the government can't control what we think. So, if you don't like something, it's ok. It's called thinking on your own people!!!!!!!!! don't let groups like that try to scare you out of thinking for yourself!!
I guess the 'C' doesn't stand for "coherent".
Morgan wrote the jokes and doesn't deny it. But for all we know his demeanor could have been the beginnings of hypoglycemia.
If only people would think for themselves, instead of buying into culture war hyperbole. They might conclude that as long as actual gay teenagers are killing themselves, every single, day due to comments like this, it really isn't a laughing matter.
Strange guy. Morgan seems to have a well of anger in him. Many comedians do, but they channel it into humor. Morgan, Michael Richards, Roseanne and others have suddenly "let go" on stage in the middle of their acts with very unfunny rants that had the audience squirming in their seats. I guess people like this just lose touch after a while, and think that they can just spew this garbage and people will think that it is entertaining. Not entertaining. Not funny. Not profound. Not anything but raw anger. I don't need to pay $65 to see raw anger.
He apologizes to his fans and the gay & lesbian community it says above. Why is it people always apologize to the specific group as if they would be the only ones offneded. He should be apologizing to all people. Its offensive , period.
Awesome. Spot on.
You are my new best friend, Tracy. Well said.
boo booo booo tracy you suck
so the @Phil gay guy posting above owes all Christians and everyone else who is offended an apology for his use of our Lord's name the way he has? That is offensive, as is many other comments towards all groups. Everyone draws a different line as to what is offensive. It was a comedy routine, albeit not a funny one. No room for bigotry in any forum but it seems to run rampant on these blogs even by those who claim to be a victim themselves.
I think someone who is gay was the one who complain and post it on his facebook. I guess CNN did a story on it and had the guy from facebook on their show I am assuming this is how the story got out. Otherwise, it would have been a non issues.
He should apologize to NO ONE! All you whiners need to get your blankies and climb up in your Mama's laps. The rest of us are moving on!
Tracy MORON.
I guess freedom of speech doesn't count if you say something that offends ANYONE. PC out of control.
Where's the freedom of speech issue? He exercised his speech, and the HRC did the same by calling him out on it. Freedom of speech doesn't mean we sit by silently when someone is causing harm. And if you don't think there's harm in those remarks, I can't say that I care much.
tdr,
You just don't understand freedom of speech. I am amazed how many times this argument is used.
He is free to speak his hateful ideas. Ethical people are free to denounce him and boycott him.
Freedom of Speech means no one should stop you from saying what you want to say – it doesn't mean you are immune from the consequences of saying it. Other people are free to respond to what he said with their own opinions and actions – like not buying tickets to his show, or not watching his TV program.
The fact that he feels a need to apologize for his remarks is indicative of the chilling effect that political correctness has on the idea of Free Speech. Because we are afraid of the social consequences of saying certain words or using certain phrases that are deemed "offensive" by specific groups, we are less likely to utter those words or phrases, which is tragic.
It is a dangerous road to travel on because the definition of "offensive" becomes fluid as society changes. Many references to the African-American Civil Rights Movement and its relationship to the LGBT Equal Rights Movement have been used in this very thread. And trust me, the two are very much related as they are BOTH about the unequal treatment under the law of human beings within a society. The treatment of LBGT's may not appear to be as horrific, but I suspect that has much more to do with the access to media than anything.
BTW, I don't find Tracy Morgan's "comedy" even remotely funny. It's uninspired and is nothing more than shock comedy. I also find the remarks he made at the Ryman Auditorium, according to article, to be offensive and distasteful. However, I would not demand an apology from him for making them. He can spew his hate all he wants behind closed doors.
"Because we are afraid of the social consequences of saying certain words or using certain phrases that are deemed "offensive" by specific groups, we are less likely to utter those words or phrases, which is tragic."
Welcome to the history of how language and society interact. This isn't new. People get all up in arms about things being "too PC." Society has always tried to govern communication based on values. You just don't like these values.
America should amend their 1st amendment because it is flawed. There is freedom of speech and then there is hate speech. Hate speech produces only hate and violence and debases human beings – that's why you America and so screwed up and will never recover from that black pit they find yourselves in – they are way too willing to hate on each other because 'they have the right to do so' – well go ahead -hate yourselves to death why don't you. But please close your borders and don't come out ever again. The NAZIS were pure hate speech and look where it got them – EXTINCT! (I can just imagine what kind of response I am going to get from some of them now that I have stirred the bee's nest with my stick).
What he said IS free speech and it is what our country is about. He wasn't calling for action by anyone else to go harm people.
If you LIKE someone just because they are gay, black, Irish, Jewish, whatever you are just as stupid as someone who dislikes someone for that reason. But you have the right(apparently) to like someone for no real reason- but now people don't have the right to dislike someone for no real reason.
Great.
TDR, you have a few fundamental misconceptions.
First, your notion of PC is: "I don't want to obey the laws of the land and I seek to disparage the rights of others through the exercise of my own rights."
Sorry, it doesn't work that way. Go look up the ninth amendment.
That said, freedom of speech as an amendment only speaks to GOVERNMENT, not private functions, such as at a comedy club. There are also limits to that right. You may NOT actively discuss plans to overthrow the government of the United States, that is sedition. Treason would be committed when one initiates the act, previously, it's sedition.
Subversion is also illegal and is speech based.
You can't come onto my property and say whatever you wish, I can shut you up and eject you from my property, in some states, by main force and force of arms.
Learn a little about your own nation and its laws.
VinceP,
If you believe what you say, you don't cave to the political correctness. If you feel the influence of political correctness and alter your speech, you are a coward. You should say what you believe and stand by it. In this case, Morgan completely deserves the reaming that he is getting because he is/was a fool. If he was saying it for the shock factor, then he doubly deserves the reaction he's getting. But if he truly believes it, I fully support his right to keep saying it. Of course, I also fully support the rights of others to call him a bigot idiot and rip him a new one.
Basically what I'm saying is the "chilling effect" is the reaction of a coward. If the majority of the world reacts poorly to something you say and that bothers you, then you need to examine the fact that you might be wrong. If it doesn't bother you and you still believe it, then more power to you and keep saying and believing it.
Freedom of speech doesn't mean there aren't consequences for what you say. Don't get them confused.
And what if he was white and said "I'd stab my daughter if she came home with a black man"? That is the same and equally horrific.
Id take his apology seriously except for the fact that is how the black community actually feels abot gays. Black gays, anyway.
@Thespar
You can not speak for the black community especially if your white not all black hate gays I have gays in my family it don't bother me at all.
Fool!
Maybe we should all go out and stab to death comedians when they get old, fat, ugly and are no longer funny.
Morgan never was funny. He is just another "in yo face" ignorant piece of garbage. It would be great if the headline read "Tracy Morgan dies from shotgun blast to his big mouth."
penny
Morgan never was funny. He is just another "in yo face" ignorant piece of garbage. It would be great if the headline read "Tracy Morgan dies from shotgun blast to his big mouth."
What you said is no different than Tracy's joke. I wouldn't wish death, cancer or violence upon any one.
i like that,start with tracy
be quiet,
You shouldn't be calling other people ignorant.
Morgan will undoubtably lose many fans, regardless of his apology. Just like a minister sets a date for the 2nd coming of Christ ,and it is -as usual- not kept. I see NO reason for this outburst other than hatred inherent in his heart.
While I'm in no way defending what Morgan said this past week, I can't help but wonder why there was no moral outrage after his girlfriend donated a kidney to him a few months ago (resulting in his absence from "30 Rock") and as soon as the operation was over, he dumped her.
I love "30 Rock", but I can't watch it anymore after that news broke.
As a comedian your going to affend certain portions of an audience. When you make jokes for an hour straight your going say things that some people don't like. ITS COMEDY, get over it.....and if you can't handle it then you probably shouldn't go to a COMEDY show!!!!
O-Kay, "Apology-Schmology," you're right up there with him.
Fn: See Wolfram, English Dialects in America (YOU don't speak "better" English; you're just uneducated.)
Well he lost a few fans but gained many more who feel the same way.
Way to take the high road, guys. Good job.
TM is evil, its called hyperbole, it is frequently used not just in comedy but in life, people get mad and say they wanna kill someone even though they never would, learn the difference.
@Logan: lol, oh wait you're serious let me laugh even harder, LOLOLOL
@markkoenig: I'm pretty sure he actually wants to kill gays. You saw what he said about stabbing his son if he turned gay.
The Mad R@p3r :
Hyperbole ([1] Greek: ὑπερβολή, 'exaggeration') is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.
Please learn the difference, hyperbole is an oft used tool in comedy, even reference to killing...
@markkoenig
I am well aware of hyperboles use in comedy but this time I don't think this is the case. Look at Michael Richards rant. I'd be scared if I were his son and started feeling gay.
*Richardson
High road? whatever. He's seen the last dime he'll see from me.
High road would be a good term. Just look at the way he behaves, he always seems high. But maybe that's what you were going for.
To HELL with pushy, dictatorial gays the meagre 2.3% of the population they REALLY represent.
Er, that should have read, Tracy Morgan is not funny in any context.
Morgan isnt sorry because he made the comments to garner attention to his ever floundering career. This being the case his apology is insincere. One day I hope to see him managing the dish pit at the local Waffle House.
Relax. It did.
In the first one I spelled his name "Tracey" with an "e' when it is actually, Tracy. That kind of mistake can get you crucified on message boards.
Yes, you have the right to spew your hate-filled invective as we have the right to not buy tickets to any more of your so-called stand-up performances in the future. Btw, don't forget how lucky you are to be a part of a successful television series because all good things come to an end eventually.
What a jerk. I loved 30 Rock, but I will never watch that show again!!!
TO B Money
Guess what, I'm straight, and I fully support the movement toward EQUALITY. Pure and simple. These people are not hurting anyone by living their lives however they see fit and are providing help and support to youths that need the guidance to be comfortable with who they are and whatever they choose (or not choose) to be.
You know what you sound like? Exactly like the people that opposed people of color marrying white people. Maybe you are living in a closet, because you definitely seem blinded somehow to what the movement is about.
And to Tracy Morgan, the comment was offensive. Comedy can get offensive, it highlights current and sensitive issues and provokes discourse. What is important is where you stand.