Move over Mel Gibson and Michael Richards... here comes Rosie O'Donnell

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<p>tempest–meet teapot. Not the same as Richards.</p>

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<p>Actually the teapot is Rosie who was certainly creating a tempest when she ‘ripped’ Kelly Ripa for making what ROSIE deemed was a homophobic comment to Clay Aiken. </p>

<p>After Clay put his hand over Ripa’s mouth to keep her from talking, Ripa said…“oh no…that’s a no-no honey…I don’t know where that hand has been.” Ripa was clearly not referencing Clay’s ‘gayness’ at all, but Rosie was all over the media condemning her as being anti-gay. So NOW, it’s okay for Rosie make disrespectful, demeaning imitations of Asians? I don’t think so. </p>

<p>Michael Richards was wrong; so was Rosie.</p>

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<p>When a person says “Ching Chong” to an person of Asian descent (remember, this is done to ALL Asians - not just those of Chinese descent), they are not merely making fun of the language, but instead, are making fun of, and demeaning the person, for BEING Asian.</p>

<p>While not quite up to the level of Richards, at least he seemed genuine in his apology/remorse - Rosie (and her cohorts), otoh, were quite flip about the “uproar” (w/ Rosie continuing to say that she still thought the “joke” was funny - and for those who aren’t clear, the joke was not about DeVito.).</p>

<p>In light of her grilling Ripa for a comment that could have seemed homophobic (of you really, really tried), Rosie comes across as a hypocrite (would Rosie not take offense at jokes about gays/lesbians? - After all, they are just “jokes”.).</p>

<p>Btw, Ripa is a hypocrite as well since she did the exact same thing to Regis (how does he know where her hands have been?).</p>

<p>Just shows you that supposedly “liberal” people are often nothing but a bunch of phonies (and yes - so are conservatives as well - i.e. - Rush and his drug problem/bashing drug addicts).</p>