I watched the 20 minute segment of Michelle Wolf at the White House Correspondents dinner. I have to admit, 2 jokes crossed the line for me. One is, I don’t think abortion is funny. I’m politically to the left of Bernie Sanders and pro-choice, but I think trying to make a joke out of this issue is extremely bad taste. The other one had to do with fat-shaming. Sarah Sanders deserved all the other criticism she received — especially about defending the lies with a straight face, but crossing over into fat-shaming for that event wasn’t cool.
Having said that, the other 19:40 of the routine was pretty funny and in the spirit of the first amendment — well deserved counter-punching. No administration in my lifetime is more deserving.
The debate about this issue on Twitter is epic. I think a discussion about just how raunchy we want the event to be is a worthy topic of discussion. But here’s the rub for me. Trump supporters — you do not get to participate in the discussion. I’m sorry, but your outrage is selective. Here’s a link that provides a fairly comprehensive summary of Trump insults. You like a guy who speaks his mind, I get that. But there are dozens of references where he crosses the line of decency and …. crickets.
Had any of the Trump supporters shown outrage at any of the insults from the reference link, then they should be welcomed to the conversation. But since they remained silent, they are not invited. Go find something else to do.