I, too, can repeat myself ad nauseum about many different topics. But, I can't use a puppet to save my life. Frankly, puppets freak me out. Two strikes, Mr. Dunham. The third strike comes in the form of a skeletonized terrorist puppet named Achmed. This 1:51 video plays into nothing more than simple stereotypes and common misinformation referring to Middle Easterners in general. I figure (as well as my manager), that Jeff Dunham is actually not a racist. He is, however, well aware of who rents and buys his DVDs. From my own experience at Blockbuster, they are generally unkempt, with poor dental hygeine and had to drive no less that 45 minutes out of the hills to come to our store. I once had a lady rent two of his DVDs with rolled coins as payment. These people have been caught up in the fear mongering and Jeff Dunham knows that they that "A-rabs are terr'rist sunsabitches". So, he plays into it and all his redneck fans dig his stuff even harder. Below, endure 10:47 of ignorance.
Wow. Painful, no? What I found equally disturbing and simultaneously a great business strategy was this little gem from Dane Cook. It's (believe me) about atheists, he wanders off on random shit the entire time. But, basically, he denounces an atheist as being ridiculous and speaks about how ridiculous his views are. Well, that's what the atheist doing and it was unacceptable. Hm? American double standard at work. Dane Cook is not funny anyways, but this is just retarded. My ex-girlfriend's friend was watching it and everyone was having a good laugh. Her friend is actually also 19, with a kid, married to a marine that treats her like shit. Idyllic little Eden they have. Here's Dane Shitbreath McCook's atheist joke:
He talks about going to heaven, but he's already out, man. In a big way. St. Peter will not allow him in because of this shit:
So, an alarming percentage of Americans eat this shit up because they get it. It's easy to understand. Jeff Dunham's name has the word Ham in it. *Check*. Terrorists are bad. *Check* Atheists are going to burn in hell. *Check*. Throw some deeper meaning into stand up comedy, and people don't get it. Steven Wright is a perfect example (warning: not awesome sound) as is Mitch Hedberg:
So, to summarize, I'm not really upset at Dunham and Cook, they have their own kind of humor. I'm upset that too many Americans enjoy that sort of inane bullshit and instead of actively working on any number of problems, they watch morons talk about it via stereotypes and generalizations.
