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| Navy Veteran Rep.-Elect Dan Crenshaw: 'Stop Looking for Reasons to Be Offended' |
| 2018-11-13 |
| [reason - Free Minds and Free Markets] Navy SEAL veteran and congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw (R‐Texas), whose eyepatch was the subject of a much-maligned joke earlier this month, says people need to stop getting offended so easily. First, some background. On November 3, Saturday Night Live comedian Pete Davidson made a joke about the eyepatch, which Crenshaw started wearing after losing an eye in Afghanistan. "You may be surprised to hear he's a congressional candidate from Texas and not a hit man in a porno movie," Davidson said. "I'm sorry, I know he lost his eye in war or whatever." Davidson was roundly criticized for the bad-taste joke. And then, this past Saturday, the comic apologized on the air to Crenshaw, who by then had won his election. Crenshaw showed up to accept the apology in person. It made for an entertaining segment, as Crenshaw got a bit of revenge with some jabs of his own. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 stop looking for reasons to be offended. OR we Normals will give you plenty. Your choice |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-11-13 19:33 |
| #6 The late great Wayne Dyer said in one of his self help happiness books that one key to happiness is as Rep. Crenshaw said, to stop looking for reasons to be offended. Makes perfect sense to me. Some people spend their entire life trying to control the uncontrollable and make themselves and everyone around them MISERABLE. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-11-13 17:52 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-11-13 17:14 |
| #4 Yes, being offended is the only marketable skill many have these days. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-11-13 11:12 |
| #3 Or maybe we need to apply the Left's rules to the Left. Crenshaw's attitude is admirable, but naive. |
| Posted by: charger 2018-11-13 08:05 |
| #2 Hey Dan, lighten up. What are You are trying to do? Take away one of the crutches of the Perpetually Pissed-Off Party? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-11-13 07:44 |
| #1 But, but, but personal offense and victimization are the mother's milk of the entitlement sector. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-11-13 01:46 |