More Gervais hate on the way..

[The Curmudgeon]

Seriously, has Twitter ever generated anything BUT negativity? Whenever a Twitter comment is repeated or discussed in the media or on the net or whatever, it's NEVER good stuff. And Gervais is the latest to fall victim to the hysterical masses. And all because of a word. And not the "N" word. Rather, the "M" word.

That word being the very British term... Mong.

Gervais stepped away from Twitter about a year ago, calling it pointless. He came back onto the, uh, "scene" (is Twitter a scene?) a few weeks ago, and I'm sure he's so glad of that decision. Basically, one of his favourite insults is "mong." Even back on his (amazing, inspired, hilarious) podcasts, he used the word, and even explained it had nothing to do with insulting the disabled or those with Down's Syndrome.

He's still attracted all kinds of negative publicity for using it on Twitter (he calls his Twitter followers "Twongs"). Although, admittedly, posting THIS photo probably didn't help him..

i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/19/article-2050854-0E70972700000578-831_468x457.jpg

He actually brought this up on his last stand up DVD, mimicking the complaints made about him. "Oh! Oh no! He said MONG! You can't say that!" Actually I can.. it's REALLY easy to say. In fact.. even actual mongs can say it!)

Anyway, this is one of the MANY articles discussing the subject, and of the few that Gervais actually responded to.

www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2011/oct/19/ricky-gervais-mong-twitter?newsfeed=true

So what do we think? Is the word unacceptable in any form? Should the fact Gervais has explained (and indeed, proven) the word doesn't necessarily mean disabled count? If we're SO offended by him, shouldn't we just, you know, un-follow him on Twitter and not watch him on TV? Or should Gervais be allowed to use this sort of language in his comedy, as he's "re-claimed" the word to simply mean stupid and idiotic?

This is getting more complicated than the N word.

[trashcanman]

"Cunt doesn't bother me, but using the word "mong" does, because of its references to Down's syndrome."

So misogyny is okay since women are only good for one thing and should be referred to as the genitalia that makes them good for it, but making fun of people with brain damage is out of bounds? If you say so, douchebag.

Yeah, we've been over this. Sticks and stones. I call my wife a dyke as a joke. It's funny because she is straight. If I said it to a gay woman as a deliberate insult, then it's unacceptable. If Gervais was calling an actual mentally disabled person a "mong" (which is America is actually a racial epithet for Asians), then fuck him. But referring to somebody who is not mentally disabled, but acts like they are is funny. Dig? These celebutards and media pricks trying to tell people what they are allowed to say and not say can eat a bowl of dicks. Like that Glee lady appearing in a commercial with her arm around a mentally disabled person. That does not make you look compassionate, it makes you look like a pretentious, fake bitch. "Oh look, I actually touched one! Now you KNOW I'm serious!" FUCK YOU! My aunt is retarded. Has been my entire life. I don't need a video camera on me to give her a hug, and it's not a political statement. She's a person the same as anyone else and not some special cause for me to take up to make myself seem important. I'd have a really hard time trying to explain to her why she should give a fuck if somebody else calls somebody who's not her "retard" or "mong" or whatever other regional words there are. Trust me, somebody with Down's Syndrome or anything like that has other things to worry about than some insult comedian's choice of vocabulary.

[Mrs_C]

I just think his face in that picture is hysterical.