Apr 13, 2006

A Dismissive Word

by Liberty and Power

The Associated Press has a story about an Esquire article concerning comedian Dave Chappelle's choice to leave his highly successful television series. The move caused quite a bit of controversy and "his decision to leave the Comedy Central series last May led fans and industry executives to question his motives, and his sanity."

This is not the first time Chappelle has spoken on this topic. Two weeks ago I saw him on the program Inside the Actors Studio. During the interview he said something I thought to be very profound. Chappelle asserted that, "The worst thing you can do to someone is to call them crazy because it is so dismissive."

More Comments:

Anthony Gregory - 4/13/2006

Don't worry, Lisa. When the libertarian revolution comes, we'll all be flying around in outerspace on our winged mechanical monkey clones, far too excited by the return of Elvis Presley to concern ourselves with their misdirected insults.

Lisa Casanova - 4/13/2006

Good quote. When people start criticizing libertarians, I think the words that make me cringe the most are "crazy" and "utopian" (which seems to be a fancy, high-minded way of saying crazy most of the time).