Comments on: Video: Outrageously outrageous abortion humor outrage

By: Kensington

Kensington — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:20:36 +0000

Weird thing is, there are people who think she’s funny, and there are even people who think she’s nice looking.

Guilty on both counts, but it wasn’t until this episode that I saw her own strain of PC assert itself, and that makes her less attractive in my eyes. I always thought she was braver than that.

By: Kensington

Kensington — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:18:46 +0000

She is an equal opportunity offender, generally, but the bottom line in this show was that, although her “character” is a vapid narcissist, all of the so-called normal other regulars were all depicted as sensibly pro-choice, whereas every anti-abortion character was depicted as a lunatic, without exception.

She may have a lot of balls, but at the end of the day, she’s not really going to challenge the Church of Liberalism’s most sacred sacrament.

If she were really going to be daring, she wouldn’t have pulled back from the cliff, but lefty’s need constant reassurance for their superiority, so there you go.

By: The Therapist

The Therapist — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:51:43 +0000

And even if she is pro-choice very few people are OK with the idea of using abortion as birth control.

Are we living on the same planet? That is precisely the point of abortion. What else is it? An audit?

Also, I watched the clip, and quite frankly, I think it will far more annoy her pro-choicer buddies. Since I can’t very well ban the procedure, I didn’t kill any babies laughing at it.

And as far as her having “balls” as it were, I’ll believe that when she does an album called Mumhammed Is
Magic.

-T

By: Darth Executor

Darth Executor — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:55:40 +0000

RedWinged Blackbird on October 4, 2007 at 8:34 PM

You mean Animal Planet.

By: MNDavenotPC

MNDavenotPC — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:29:11 +0000

albo on October 4, 2007 at 8:30 PM

Hey, I like starched shirts! BTW she’s not funny.

By: Esthier

Esthier — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:56:22 +0000

I’m sure she’s pro-choice but it’s easy to read this clip, which appears to satirize the casualness of serial aborters, the other way.

I agree. And even if she is pro-choice very few people are OK with the idea of using abortion as birth control.

By: SouthernDem

SouthernDem — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:31:58 +0000

Jaibones on October 5, 2007 at 9:59 AM

Hottttt!

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:59:29 +0000

Weird thing is, there are people who think she’s funny, and there are even people who think she’s nice looking.

By: Cuffy Meigs

Cuffy Meigs — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:23:36 +0000

I watched the whole show, and this early montage was a yawner. I’m not rabidly pro-life, but there was a scene later where she saves the day by using the fetus sucker vacuum thingy (she calls it “old friend”) to remove an arrowhead from the rectum of her gay friend.

No, that is not *my* joke—that’s what happened.

I have a very high tolerance for sick humor, but that was twinge inducing. Find a clip of that scene if you want to turbocharge the outrage-o-meter.

By: saved

saved — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:57:04 +0000

Dead culture coming up for air. The headstone: AMERICANS LAUGHING AT CRUSHING BABY SKULLS.

By: mrfixit

mrfixit — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:33:27 +0000

I’m sorry, I dont find her particularly funny or attractive.
Was one of her abortions there after her one nighter with
God??

By: yggdrasil

yggdrasil — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:59:45 +0000

Hmmm, I’m pro-choice, (though I think it should be the last choice) and I didn’t think it was funny…. I’ve been saying that a lot lately, I wonder if my sense of humor is broken.
4shoes on October 4, 2007 at 9:28 PM

I’ve been having the same thing, 4shoes, and I don’t think my sense of humor is broken. Some things just aren’t funny and much of the comedy I see coming out these days, is just that. Not funny.

The only other thing I can think to say is this was mild compared to the few other things I’ve seen S. Silverman do. Can’t say I care for her but I suppose she’s better than Rosie. LOL, we need a scale of obnoxiousness.

By: urbancenturion

urbancenturion — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:59:46 +0000

Or maybe she just gets off on slaughtering sacred cows

My guess is that she got some positive comments from conservatives for her first season, since it wasn’t bad at all. And all her lefty friends vilified her for being entertaining to the “enemy.” So she figured this was how she could be as offensive as she possibly could to precisely those people.

By: MadisonConservative

MadisonConservative — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:41:05 +0000

Being pro-choice but against abortion, is like being anti-crime, but against law enforcement.

That’s silly. I am anti-cigarettes but I don’t want them to be illegal. I consider it to be a bit hypocritical to be against government control of weapons and health and then be for it restricting another choice people make.

By: jjjen

jjjen — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:23:31 +0000

Actually, I’m pretty much the opposite. I’m only pro-choice because I believe less women would get hurt than if it were illegal……
MadisonConservative on October 4, 2007 at 11:17 PM

Actually there are lots of women being hurt legally. Getting ripped to shreds and vacuumed up. Young ones, I’ll admit.

Being pro-choice but against abortion, is like being anti-crime, but against law enforcement.

By: Splunge

Splunge — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:52:11 +0000

I don’t think she’s particularly cute, at least in the sense of attractive. But I find her very very funny. She does that archly self-deprecating thing so well. But there’s no explaining what seems funny to one person. Either it works for you or it doesn’t. This piece worked for me partly because it takes abortion seriously precisely by portraying a character who views it casually, and making fun of her.

By: SouthernDem

SouthernDem — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:49:42 +0000

Thanks, Sarah Silverman, for you enlightening social commentary.
terryannonline on October 4, 2007 at 10:21 PM

I’m pretty sure that’s actually the opposite of what she’s trying to do.

By: MadisonConservative

MadisonConservative — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:17:54 +0000

I am sorry I am VERY Pro life, But I laughed … I laughed
Scary…

Actually, I’m pretty much the opposite. I’m only pro-choice because I believe less women would get hurt than if it were illegal, and I believe in government allowing people to make their own choices (which include whether they want to carry a gun, be a prostitute, smoke in a bar, etc).

However, I am firmly against people having abortions, in the same way I would advise people not to start smoking. I want them to have the freedom to choose to do so, but I have the freedom, if they are someone I know, to try to convince them not to. Therefore, the portrayal of what I know to be normally a traumatizing experience is sickening. Then again, other than South Park, I haven’t seen anything worth half a crap on Comedy Central in years.

Not funny, Sarah. Get a real job. You suck at this one.

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:10:53 +0000

If she weren’t cute, no one would listen to anything she said.

Or at least pretend to.

What did she say?

By: batperez

batperez — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:09:14 +0000

If I remember correctly, her boyfriend is Jimmy Kimmel, with the late night show on ABC.
Although, he seems to be an equal opportunity offender.

By: Its Tommy

Its Tommy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:02:44 +0000

I don’t know what’s so outrageous about this. She’s poking more fun at herself if anything.

By: Its Tommy

Its Tommy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:57:35 +0000

Does anyone else think she’s really hot?

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:53:47 +0000

Just curious, AP-does Sarah S. drive more traffic than posts on Fred(!) or Harry Reid? I won’t ask if she’s getting more clicks than Michelle or MKH.

By: terryannonline

terryannonline — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:53:38 +0000

km on October 4, 2007 at 10:46 PM

Maybe she used birth control during Bush I.

By: km

km — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:46:39 +0000

Did she keep the baby she had during Bush I?