Michael Richards (Kramer of Seinfeld) -- Racist Tirade On Stage

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When it's your immediate, fight or flight response to say "He's a n**ger!, he's a n*gger! Kick him out of here!" and "50 years ago you'd be hanging from a tree with a [censored] fork up your ass!" I'd say the probability of him not being a racist is insanely minimal. That's not to say he runs around calling people racial slurs all the time - in fact I'm sure he doesn't - under normal circumstances people are great at hiding it. But anyone who has the capacity to lose it like this is undoubtedly a racist.

James

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He did not say anything about "hanging from a tree". The correct quote is "50 years ago we'd have you upside down with a [censored] fork up your ass".

[ononimo]

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Now what do I do with this $16 poster I just bought and put on my wall:



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you can replace it with this:

[krazyace5]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men who say they were insulted by actor-comedian Michael Richards during his racist rant at a comedy club want a personal apology and maybe some money, one of the men and their lawyer said Friday.

Frank McBride and Kyle Doss said they were part of a group of about 20 people who had gathered at West Hollywood's Laugh Factory to celebrate a friend's birthday. According to their attorney, Gloria Allred, they were ordering drinks when Richards berated them for interrupting his act.

When one of their group replied that he wasn't funny, Richards launched into a string of obscenities and repeatedly used the n-word. A video cell phone captured the outburst.

Richards, who played Jerry Seinfeld's wacky neighbor Kramer on the TV sitcom "Seinfeld," made a nationally televised apology on the "Late Show with David Letterman" earlier this week. He has since apologized to the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, both civil rights leaders.

But Doss, 26, said Friday he wanted a "face-to-face apology."

"To have him do what he did to me ... I can't even explain it," Doss said. "I was humiliated, even scared at one point."

Richards' publicist said his client wants to apologize to both men, who are black, but hasn't been able to locate them.

Allred, speaking by phone from Colorado, said Richards should meet McBride and Doss in front of a retired judge to "acknowledge his behavior and to apologize to them" and allow the judge to decide on monetary compensation.

"It's not enough to say 'I'm sorry' on 'David Letterman,'" she said.

She did not mention a specific figure, but pitched the idea as a way for the comic to avoid a lawsuit.

"Our clients were vulnerable," Allred said. "He went after them. He singled them out and he taunted them, and he did it in a closed room where they were captive."

The video of Richards' outburst shows several people getting up and walking out as he shouts at the audience.

Richards' publicist said the comic wasn't considering any demand for payment. "He's not dealing with that," Howard Rubenstein said. "He wants to apologize to them directly and then see what happens."

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"Our clients were vulnerable," Allred said. "He went after them. He singled them out and he taunted them, and he did it in a closed room where they were captive."

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Of course. No chance the audience or bouncers or management would've stopped Kramer if he started beating his microphone on the guy's head. And of course, no chance the other guy would intervene either. That's almost as ridiculous as the scalded-by-McDonald's-coffee broad.

P.S. Usually when I beat someone over the head with something that hard and firm she's begging for it.

[bwana devil]

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That's almost as ridiculous as the scalded-by-McDonald's-coffee broad.


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that's what's called a nonsequitor.

unless youre nth leveling me w/ a reference to the kramer episode in which he sues starbucks because his coffee was too hot. although i dont think you are.

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That's almost as ridiculous as the scalded-by-McDonald's-coffee broad.


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that's what's called a nonsequitor.

unless youre nth leveling me w/ a reference to the kramer episode in which he sues starbucks because his coffee was too hot. although i dont think you are.

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No, I wasn't. How is that a non sequitur? They're both ridiculous.

[krazyace5]

and he did it in a closed room where they were captive."

This part is the most ridiculous.

[The Stranger]

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and he did it in a closed room where they were captive."

This part is the most ridiculous.

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especially given the next sentence:

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The video of Richards' outburst shows several people getting up and walking out as he shouts at the audience.

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[TIEdup14]

They want an apology?

Definitely.

They want money?

Sickening.

[Quanah Parker]

Ha Ha

K.K.Kramer sabotaged his amazing disappearing career and will cost himself all the Seinfeld actors plenty of $$$ in royalities.

What comes around goes around.