Civility Is DONE, People. Get Ready For What Comes Next

I really hope a lot of people got a good look at last night's Oscar situation for what it is, and not for all the memes and other bullshit.

I've sat here and watched a lot of invective get fired -- whether it's "Brandon", Putin and the Ukraine; Lia Thomas; abortion; or even more trivial matters as...  sports!!!

But I really hope last night got something across:  The time and place for civility and for "acceptance" and "tolerance" and coexistence...  All that is OVER.

It's time for the rights of the aggrieved, disabled, etc. to be enforced on Real American Man (reg tm -- defined as White, cis-male, straight, Christian, conservative landowner!), lest we end up going back 250-300 years at minimum.

Let me make no mistake:  One or both of Chris Rock's and Will Smith's Hollywood careers ENDED last night.  The Academy has it under review, Rock won't press charges, Smith has finally apologized to Rock.

But the fact is, the damage to the institution is real and done and cannot be undone.  The question, now, is what to be done about it.

First, we are going to have to redefine what is "comedy" and "funny" in this country.

The start of this was a joke Rock made about Will Smith's wife Jada.  Jada is bald.  Now, you don't often know this, because of wigs and the like.  Jada has a condition called alopecia.  It is an immune condition in which the hair follicles are attacked and neutralized incorrectly by the body, leading to baldness.  Jada is not unique in entertainment with the condition -- voice actress Georgia van Cuylenberg, Vanille in the Final Fantasy XIII series -- also has the condition and works for awareness of women with said condition.

It looked very initially like Will was fine with it, but Jada was fuming.

What happened next will be replayed for the remaining (probably short) time the Oscars have left:

That's the entire incident.

The fact is, "comedy", as we've known it, is done.  If this is the kind of stuff which has to be done to be "funny" these days (and, trust me, the youth of our country make a lot of societal "bank" on "Prank, Bro!" and "U Mad???"), then maybe Rock and Kathy Griffin and the like need to be out of business -- and that's nothing to say of open bigots like Dave Chappelle.  Maybe, Kathy, with people like that shithead Oreo around, maybe some of you need to be looking over your shoulder...

I think a lot of people who watch the likes of BUZZR and Pluto's The Price is Right: The Barker Era channel know this better than many.  So much of what WAS funny and accepted is no longer even close.  It's actually a small wonder many vintage-based channels are allowed on the air at all, it would appear, because of the cultural differences between then and now.

We also need to get rid of the concept of needing comedy like that if we're going to take The Oscars as seriously as I would think the Academy wants it to.

But the fact is, this gets down to a very simple concept:  There's too much societal "bank" being made on those who are not White, Straight, Cis-Male, Christian, Conservative Landowners.

It has become the proverbial "pile", as it were.

You're a woman?  You're a baby machine, meant to pop out boys.

You're not a landowner?  Waste of food.

Not Christian?  Going to Hell.

Not Cis or Straight??  Just ask the whole Lia Thomas situation...

Not Conservative?  Done in this country, probably within 1-3 years.

Etc.

The Constitution was taught as a function of the rights many felt God gave human beings.

The problem being what you are seeing today in the "America First" crowd:  Women were never meant to be seen as human by the Far Right, Blacks were little more than slaves/farm equipment, and let's not talk about how they view the "others"...

So we had a war -- a war many states in this country still call "The American War of Northern Aggression" to this day.

And in 1868, the "Northern Aggression", who won, dictated terms -- including granting of human rights to all homo sapiens in the country.

In short, to prevent another Civil War (and many parts of this were still fought in the American South over the next 100+ years!), the Constitution had to become a document in which rights were enforced AGAINST the likes of the "What about MY RIGHT not to have to see or live with [women/LGBTQ's/the homeless/the disabled...]?"

Well, guess what the last six years have done, since Orange Man Bad came down the escalator?

We're going back, people.

We already have sitting US Senators openly discussing the repeal of Loving v. Virginia.

We have the wife of a sitting US Supreme Court justice who's all but an enemy of the United States (and, given that said Justice is Clarence Thomas, it's all but certain he is one as well!).

We have a significant portion of the Republican voter base who openly supports Vladimir Putin (and his stands on LGBTQ rights is a major reason why!).

We have at least one state which has now, THREE TIMES, considered making abortion a death-penalty offense.

We've now had two major killing situations (one in NYC and Washington, DC, the other in Seattle where a 24-year old Hispanic man mowed down a homeless encampment, killing four), where people may be finally beginning to make good on that "I'm going to come and start exterminating the homeless..." threats which have permeated major cities for at least 25 years now...

Civility is gone, people -- and I would not be surprised in the least if the finishing up of the Final Four is the last major sporting event allowed to conclude before it completely goes up.

Life is becoming an absolute pressure-cooker at this point -- and, if you don't believe me -- to literally have "Fuck Around And Find Out" or "Talk Shit, Get Hit" at the freaking Oscars should be a full indication that civility is done.

And I hope this is the end of the thought of one Karl Denninger, who believes civil society requires 99% consent.  This is complete foolishness, or he better get his gun out of his anus and start Molon Labe-ing those he views irresponsible.

It's gone, motherfucker.  What are you going to do about it?