David Cross's open letter to Larry the Cable Guy

carnicerodegiles

I got this from a myspace bulletin, so some of you might have read this already. The bulletin talked about the pretty bad shows like "Mind of Mencia" and "Blue Collar TV" still being on the air but Chappelle's show being cancelled. That really wasn't the important part of the bulletin, but it included a link which was a letter from David Cross to Larry the Cable Guy. I though it was really good, so here it is:

http://bobanddavid.com/david.asp?artId=183

I was going to put this in the free-for-all links thread, but I think this deserves its own seperate discussion.

elchrist

carnicerodegiles · Posted: 12 Dec 2005 01:19 PM Post subject:

I'm not very good at summarizing, but here's one of the best parts of the letter, and it gives a good idea on what the whole letter is about:

Okay, here's what I said in the RS interview: "He's good at what he does. It's a lot of anti-gay, racist humor -- which people like in America - all couched in 'I'm telling it like it is.' He's in the right place at the right time for that gee-shucks, proud-to-be-a-redneck, I'm-just-a-straight-shooter-multimillionaire-in-cutoff-flannel, selling-ring tones-act. That's where we are as a nation now. We're in a state of vague American values and anti-intellectual pride."

You took umbrage at my calling a lot of your act anti-gay and racist and said that "...according to Cross and the politically correct police, any white comedians who mention the word 'black' or say something humorous but faintly negative about any race are racists."

Well, first of all, your act is racist. Maybe not all the time, but it certainly can be. Here, let me quote you back, word for word, some of your "faintly negative" humor and I'll let people judge for themselves.

Re: Abu Ghraib Torture -

"Let me ask some of these commie rag head carpet flying wicker basket on the head balancing scumbags something!"

Re: Having a Muslim cleric give the opening prayer at the Republican Convention -

"What the hell is this the cartoon network? The Republicans had a muslim give the opening prayer at there (sic) convention! What the hell's going on around here! Is Muslim now the official religion of the United States!... First these peckerheads ( Ironically, "peckerhead" was a derogatory word slaves and their offspring used to describe white people) fly planes into towers and now theys (sic) prayin' before conventions! People say not all of em did that and I say who gives a rats fat ass! That's a fricken slap in the face to New York city by having some muslim sum-bitch give the invocation at the republican convention! This country pretty much bans the Christian religion (the religion of George Washington and John Wayne) virtually from anything public and then they got us watchin' this muslim BS!! Ya wanna pray to allah then drag yer flea infested ass over to where they pray to allah at!" End Quote. So... yeah. There you go. This quote goes on and on but my favorite part is when you say towards the end, "...now look, I love all people (except terrorist countries that want to kill us)..."

hellsieduster · Posted: 17 Dec 2005 03:04 PM Post subject:

david cross is such a dreamboat.