Comments on: Michael Richards. Now, seriously. Come on now. http://atenaoyadidani.blog.friendster.com/2006/11/michael-richards-now-seriously-come-on-now/ Motherhood grows the mind. Radical parenting can save our species. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:00:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mary http://atenaoyadidani.blog.friendster.com/2006/11/michael-richards-now-seriously-come-on-now/#comment-16 Mary Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:52:53 +0000 http://atenaoyadidani.blog.friendster.com/2006/11/michael-richards-now-seriously-come-on-now/#comment-16 I'm on a livejournal community that discussed this in depth, and the most memorable comment, which I keep repeating to people when they bring this up, went something like this: "Oh, he's really not a racist? In what sort of world would a non-racist person say something like that?" The other thing I keep thinking of is something that was brought up on NPR the other day: There was no media presence there. The reason people know about this is because someone was recording his performance and posted it on the internet. I wonder if his actions would have been different had he known MILLIONS OF PEOPLE would hear what he said. I’m on a livejournal community that discussed this in depth, and the most memorable comment, which I keep repeating to people when they bring this up, went something like this:

“Oh, he’s really not a racist? In what sort of world would a non-racist person say something like that?”

The other thing I keep thinking of is something that was brought up on NPR the other day: There was no media presence there. The reason people know about this is because someone was recording his performance and posted it on the internet. I wonder if his actions would have been different had he known MILLIONS OF PEOPLE would hear what he said.

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