The Outrage machine's newest target: Amy Poehler

[Dick Whitman]

Amy Poehler has a new show.

On the show, a character made an off-color joke on Twitter that she can't wait for Beyoncé's toddler to grow up so that R. Kelly can "**** on her."

In the show, the joke triggers outrage.

In real life, as well, the joke has now triggered ... OUTRAGE!!!

Twitter slams Amy Poehler for R. Kelly/Blue Ivy abuse joke: “How do you have a site dedicated to girls, and OK that line?” - Salon.com

 

[MisterCreosote]

I'm outraged that she's being a third-rate Dave Chappelle knockoff. Again.

Edit: I thought it said Amy Schumer. Sorry. Fact remains this joke is a decade old, at least.

 

[Iron_chet]

Haters wanna hate
Lovers wanna love
I don't even want
None of the above
I want to **** on you....

I thought the joke was funny but maybe just not sensitive to the race issues that the Twitter crowd is.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

They got mad at Bill Burr last week because he dared have a differing view on Brucelin.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Haters wanna hate
Lovers wanna love
I don't even want
None of the above
I want to **** on you....

I thought the joke was funny but maybe just not sensitive to the race issues that the Twitter crowd is.

I don't think that Malcolm X was as sensitive to race issues as the Twitter crowd is.

 

[Songbird]

Publicity's a helluva drug.

 

[MisterCreosote]

I don't think that Malcolm X was as sensitive to race issues as the Twitter crowd is.

Maybe it's time for some people to stop treating it like it's such a significant and essential communications tool.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Maybe it's time for some people to stop treating it like it's such a significant and essential communications tool.

I certainly think we are long past the point where newspapers should stop treating social media posts as somehow accurately capturing public opinion. I've been beating that drum on year for a decade.

 

[Songbird]

Are you kidding? Newspapers are no longer the gatekeeper. They'll keep chasing that social media *whatever it is* to incorporate into their game.

Newspapers couldn't quit social media posts if they tried.

 

[SpeedTchr]

Who?

 

[DanOregon]

I think anyone using tweets to substantiate a "story" should be required to directly interview said tweeter to make sure they weren't just popping off. Hell, when tweets are treated like votes on a national referendum, it's pretty said.

 

[da man]

I'm outraged by all the outrage out there.

 

[User 11148]

So let me get this right ... A tweet that is a piece of fiction is at the heart of all this?

 

[Donny in his element]

Is North West off limits as well?

 

[Dick Whitman]

So let me get this right ... A tweet that is a piece of fiction is at the heart of all this?

Yes. And it would have passed the old Code in Hollywood - the perpetrator was shamed and paid a consequence.

 

[Vombatus]

I really don't understand the point of watersports. Big mess. Unless maybe you are in a hotel room or cornfield.

 

[Riptide]

This decade is quickly becoming more embarrassing than the 1980s.

 

[Donny in his element]

I really don't understand the point of watersports. Big mess. Unless maybe you are in a hotel room or cornfield.

To extend the Chappelle references...

Is the appeal the same as with dog food? It tastes just like it smells. Delicious.

 

[Ace]

I certainly think we are long past the point where newspapers should stop treating social media posts as somehow accurately capturing public opinion. I've been beating that drum on year for a decade.

On social media.

Can we get an irony ruling on that?

 

[Jake_Taylor]

This decade is quickly becoming more embarrassing than the 1980s.

Particularly when you consider Flock of Seagulls haircuts are coming back into style.