Post by The Curmudgeon on Feb 23, 2013 21:20:21 GMT 2
Hoo boy, where to start with this one? I may not have to go into much details because, chances are, if you own a computer, you may have heard about this already.
It involves this man;
WWE wrestler Jack Swagger. And this man
Wrestling veteran Dutch Mantell, now known as Zeb Coulter. And those fine, upstanding American's at Fox News, specifically THIS douchebag;
Why he would pose as Mr Burns I don't know, but they've take a severe dislike to the WWE over the last few weeks, because of little clips like these;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuI2uag0lsI
and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyeKqYgw9Rc
All part of a storyline, of course, (the champion is a Latino, Jack faces him at Wrestlemania) but it's certainly upset the likes of Glenn Beck, who saw it as Vince McMahon's direct attack at the Tea Party Movement (Zeb Coulter is a reference to conservative, sorry, misprint, racist columnist Ann Coulter).
The above video's made headlines on Fox News website and was mentioned on their TV and radio shows. Glenn Beck dismissed them as "stupid wrestling people" and then said "“You’re making a villain out of what?” Beck asked. "Probably 80 percent of your audience who’s tired as it is of being miscast? They’re tired of this…I’m sick and tired of being miscast. I am sick and tired of it. It is lazy at best. And I certainly am not going to give any more time or my money to any organization that is miscasting, is making it harder for me and my family to stand up for what I believe in.”
Which then lead to this, still partly in character but now far more real life response from Jack and Zeb;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfHJjS_o0Co&feature=player_embedded#!
There were further "racist" video's on American TV, but they were cut from the UK version (shown by Sky Sports.. owned by Rupert Murdoch.. hmmm).
So, in short, wrestling is controversial again, poking all the right targets and getting all kinds of people who don't normally watch taking note.
It involves this man;
WWE wrestler Jack Swagger. And this man
Wrestling veteran Dutch Mantell, now known as Zeb Coulter. And those fine, upstanding American's at Fox News, specifically THIS douchebag;
Why he would pose as Mr Burns I don't know, but they've take a severe dislike to the WWE over the last few weeks, because of little clips like these;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuI2uag0lsI
and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyeKqYgw9Rc
All part of a storyline, of course, (the champion is a Latino, Jack faces him at Wrestlemania) but it's certainly upset the likes of Glenn Beck, who saw it as Vince McMahon's direct attack at the Tea Party Movement (Zeb Coulter is a reference to conservative, sorry, misprint, racist columnist Ann Coulter).
The above video's made headlines on Fox News website and was mentioned on their TV and radio shows. Glenn Beck dismissed them as "stupid wrestling people" and then said "“You’re making a villain out of what?” Beck asked. "Probably 80 percent of your audience who’s tired as it is of being miscast? They’re tired of this…I’m sick and tired of being miscast. I am sick and tired of it. It is lazy at best. And I certainly am not going to give any more time or my money to any organization that is miscasting, is making it harder for me and my family to stand up for what I believe in.”
Which then lead to this, still partly in character but now far more real life response from Jack and Zeb;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfHJjS_o0Co&feature=player_embedded#!
There were further "racist" video's on American TV, but they were cut from the UK version (shown by Sky Sports.. owned by Rupert Murdoch.. hmmm).
So, in short, wrestling is controversial again, poking all the right targets and getting all kinds of people who don't normally watch taking note.
