Opie And Anthony Host Goes On Racist Tirade On Twitter After Alleged Attack
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Angelus Errare
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Dude this guy. Wouldn't even feel bad if he faded from life.
soundscream
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For appearances maybe, but he hates them and they hate him.
dem
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Good lord.
Jimmy doesn't come off great their either.
O&A sounds like white power radio these days.
Anthony's world views in general scream of someone who has a huge chip on his shoulder. Any time he talks about politics it's blatantly obvious he gets all his infro from a Fox news ticker. He thinks he contributes more to society than 'those people' yet forgets what he does for a living. Sits in a chair and talks into a microphone.
Any proof this actually happened? Not him being a gross racist fuck, but him getting harassed. Anthony is the type of guy that would pull his gun out and "stand his ground," which is why I find this story kinda doubtful.
If it did happen, I'm sure he was taking creep shots. Dude is scum.
If it did happen, I'm sure he was taking creep shots. Dude is scum.
Does it matter if it happened? Also New York is not a stand your ground state so he would be a criminal if he did that. He said he didn't pull his gun because his life wasn't in danger.
Angelus Errare
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I dunno that that's true. Howard is in a completely different world from these guys. Lots if his fans don't like that actually.
entremet
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I remember when the beef was strong. I guess when they came on Sirius it died down on air.
But Howard is a bit old for beefs of late. At least on air. I think he just doesn't have the energy for them. His Mancow beef was still the best.
Their bosses told them to not talk shit about Howard, especially after he tried to sue the company. Then again when Sirius XM held a huge blowout party for Howard and of course Opie and Anthony weren't invited. The beef didn't really die, Opie and Anthony were just not allowed to criticize him on the air.
LOL @ them defending the white 911 operator that got fired from her job after posting a racist rant against black people on Facebook.
Foreshadowing much?
vas_a_morir
Banned
He most assuredly was taking creep shots. Ant has best been described as a 'ghoul.'
IMO, show needed a merciful death at this point. All the good comic regulars all either got too famous or died years ago.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Goodbye Aintfunny.
soundscream
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Oh hes not in old form where he would take it on air, but you know he had a shit eating grin when he heard the news.
Why? He's not pressing charges. He didn't get fired because he was "attacked". He got fired because he lost his mind on twitter. It's irrelevant whether it actually happened as he described. He'd still have been fired if there was HD video of the whole event.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Of course he isn't pressing charges, probably because the shit really didn't happen.
But it matters because people have been arguing like idiots whether or not he was justified. If the incident didn't really happen then it only furthers the argument he wasn't justified. In my personal opinion he's just shit-scum so whether it happened or not, I'm happy he got fired.
But it matters because people have been arguing like idiots whether or not he was justified. If the incident didn't really happen then it only furthers the argument he wasn't justified. In my personal opinion he's just shit-scum so whether it happened or not, I'm happy he got fired.
Yeah, I agree.
vas_a_morir
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He is worth a huge amount of money. He'll probably just do a podcast like Joe Rogan does. (They have said 'we're gonna just say fuck it and do a podcast' for years.)
20 years of professional radio work, a reoccurring guest on Fox News, friends with well-known comedians (including Louie CK, Joe Rogan, Bill Burr, Collin Quin), rich as hell. He'll be fine.
Not really surprised by this outcome, from the little i've heard from them.
As i said, when they didn't have a funny guest on (Patrice or Louis CK etc) it was a pretty insufferable show filled with absurd rants
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Regarding the Patrice discussion in the pages back, i think Patrice was a comedic genius, with some funny and interesting opinions, as well as some pretty ignorant and shitty ones.
I love his comedy, but i don't get why he needs to be made out to be a life guru or something.
i mean this goes for many other great comedians, from George Carlin, to Bill Hicks, to Doug Stanhope, to Louis CK.
As i said, when they didn't have a funny guest on (Patrice or Louis CK etc) it was a pretty insufferable show filled with absurd rants
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Regarding the Patrice discussion in the pages back, i think Patrice was a comedic genius, with some funny and interesting opinions, as well as some pretty ignorant and shitty ones.
I love his comedy, but i don't get why he needs to be made out to be a life guru or something.
i mean this goes for many other great comedians, from George Carlin, to Bill Hicks, to Doug Stanhope, to Louis CK.
Angelus Errare
Banned
I felt people were bringing up Patrice because he fucks with Opie & Anthony, so its really a variation of "they have black friends" argument; that and Patrice says some pretty questionable shit at times, so it's also the "black spokesperson for black people everywhere" fallacy.
robotzombie
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you should be fired from your job for this post
I'm quite eager to see if he addresses this on next week's podcast.
So, I listened to most of that, and boy was it rough (I gave up when he started ranting about black-on-white crime going unaddressed by the media).
But I wouldn't say it was worse. He was mostly ranting about white people not being able to say shitty things. In that twitter rant he's actually saying those shitty things.
Yeah i get why people bring him up in this context (erroneously, since you can't really spin Anthony's racism and general insanity) but i was more responding to the discussion about Patrice himself that had spawned.
vas_a_morir
Banned
Yeah, Patrice said racially offensive things about other races all the time. He was assuredly a racist himself. I don't think anybody should make him a spokesperson for anybody.
I also believe anybody who would believe Patrice being on the show proves Ant isn't racist would be out of their minds. Furthermore, anybody who would interpret comments from fans longing to hear Patrice muse about the whole situation as trying to cover for Anthony probably never heard them on the show together. Hard to explain, they both had opposite viewpoints on everything, but they both took everything in stride and could laugh when the other got a good line in. That was the beauty of the show... you got to hear your favorite comedians have long-form discussions with other funny people.
I personally think from a racial standpoint, it was worse. I heard this and said 'how can you be this untouchable in this day and age?" People get fired for way less. Hell, people get fired when they don't even mean what they say to be racist, much less go on a rant like this in national media.
Racial humor launched his career, IIRC. He did a video for a song he wrote about OJ Simpson where he dress in blackface, and Opie thought it was funny and started inviting him on his show. 20 years later, this is where they are. Needless to say, I'm shocked he lasted this long, and kinda shocked how so many comedians know and respect him as much as they do.
entremet
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Not really. Patrice absolutely agreed that Anthony was a racist. He mentioned it several times on air.
vas_a_morir
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The quote: "My black friends ask me all the time, 'so, is Anthony really a racist...' and I go 'yeah, it's real.'" Patrice was on the show because he was friends with Jim Norton and it got him $500+ a day for 2 hours of work.
Honestly, I don't find Jim Norton's stand-up funny at all. It's kinda like Bob Saget-style shock humor.
shadyspace
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Patrice said some really awful stuff about Asians.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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cant wait to hear stern talk about this in october when he gets off vacation
entremet
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Patrice was an interesting dude. It would seem he would prefer someone like Anthony that wore his racism on sleeve than covert racism. He always talked about hating fakes.
Patrice was wacky. He was also was not a paragon of moral virtue. I think people are missing that. Patrice also got the mysogynist label all the time and wore it proudly.
Comedians are a weird bunch. Patrice made me laugh, but I'm not going to live my life on how he lived his.
October?!
Does Howard even work anymore? I hear he only does 3 days a week of shows? I stopped listening to Howard when he went on Sirius.
Patrice was wacky. He was also was not a paragon of moral virtue. I think people are missing that. Patrice also got the mysogynist label all the time and wore it proudly.
Comedians are a weird bunch. Patrice made me laugh, but I'm not going to live my life on how he lived his.
October?!
Does Howard even work anymore? I hear he only does 3 days a week of shows? I stopped listening to Howard when he went on Sirius.
vas_a_morir
Banned
He was reckless. Made bad decisions his whole life, personally and professionally. That kind of lifestyle kept him blacklisted professionally, physically unhealthy, and even got him imprisoned when he was 16 for statutory rape. A brilliant guy, but lacking common sense.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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It was just a joke about how much vacation he takes. He's on vacation all this week for the fourth, so who knows when he's coming back. He usually does take a giant summer vacation.
Honestly, I wish there was an equal effort to find this woman and press charges for assault. Saying racist things is horrible, but so is assaulting a stranger for taking pictures (and I'd argue that physical violence is always worse than words). It's a little disturbing that all the focus is only on one bad act.
Fucking finally.
He was attacked physically and then five men started harassing him, yet he wasn't in danger? He claims to have a picture of the woman that struck him repeatedly and yet doesn't go to the police? Oh right, because he says the women would lie and claim she was sexually assaulted by him. Ya know, like crazy fuckers believe all women would do. Where are the pictures of his person with the damage from the attacks.
This didn't happen. He was taking creep shots, a woman confronted him, and he created this elaborate story to go off on a tirade on black people and how white people are such victims and can't defend themselves. Also seriously hates women too.
Dude is the worst. Anyone that hires him in the future is scum.
Does it matter? No, but I asked if there was any proof because I'm thinking this was just a completely fabricated story or not. If it actually took place, it doesn't excuse his blatant and vile racism or sexism, I just wanted to know.
Secondly, New York may not be a stand your ground state, but if this had actually transpired, I'm under the belief he'd do it anyway. I used to have to hear O&A all the time (at work) and he's always struck me as one of those high strung nutjobs looking for an excuse to pull and shoot.
This didn't happen. He was taking creep shots, a woman confronted him, and he created this elaborate story to go off on a tirade on black people and how white people are such victims and can't defend themselves. Also seriously hates women too.
Dude is the worst. Anyone that hires him in the future is scum.
Does it matter? No, but I asked if there was any proof because I'm thinking this was just a completely fabricated story or not. If it actually took place, it doesn't excuse his blatant and vile racism or sexism, I just wanted to know.
Secondly, New York may not be a stand your ground state, but if this had actually transpired, I'm under the belief he'd do it anyway. I used to have to hear O&A all the time (at work) and he's always struck me as one of those high strung nutjobs looking for an excuse to pull and shoot.
David H Wong
Banned
The victim didn't report it. There is no evidence it happened whatsoever. The person ranting about it on Twitter it is apparently a fucking psychopath. He isn't being charged with a crime, he's being fired from his job for being a fucking psychopath. The two things are completely separate, there is no "focusing" on one thing or the other.
vas_a_morir
Banned
Let this be a lesson to everyone: If you want to be the victim, don't make yourself the villain. I don't think anybody is moved to sympathy for Ant after that insane garbage he posted. He should have went to the police rather than Twitter, I guess.
They should track down those 5 black guys too, because I'm sure that part of his story is completely accurate too.
David H Wong
Banned
And no, the events of that night have absolutely nothing to do with whether or not he should be fired. If he was assaulted, he should have reported it. Going in public and spending two straight days calling blacks animals and savages and wishing death on the "cunt" who confronted him gets you fired regardless, as it should.
Bobby Roberts
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Maybe he'll start a podcast in his garage you can subscribe to.
He probably will. If only 1/10th (and that's a positive estimate) decided to pay the same amount they'd pay monthly for Sirius to listen to his podcast, he'll be able to draw a decent income on that alone. Let's say at worst, he gets 10,000 people to sign up (which is actually a pretty decent number for an independent podcast at this point, considering how fucking glutted the "market" is) and he charges each of those 10,000 people 5 bucks a month to listen to whatever he does for 5, or 3, or even just 1 day a week. That's 50k a month. Granted, he's going to need to cover bandwidth/server costs and all that shit, but still, that's a decent means of capitalizing on the habitual nature of the hardcore fan. That's not getting into advertising and (overpriced) ticket sales for "live shows" at theaters across the country.
The question is whether his radio-fed ego will manage to accept the downgrade in listener size, regardless how profitable the podcast route might be for someone like him who already has a recognizable name to trade on.
I didn't realize there was a common belief he was lying...
Personally, I don't find his failure to report the incident to the police very compelling evidence (since its pretty common for all sorts of victims of crime to opt out of involving the law). If the only other basis for the assumption he's lying is "he's a bad guy, generally," I can't really jump on board with that either: Regardless of who the possible victim is, assault should be taken seriously and treated seriously.
Personally, I don't find his failure to report the incident to the police very compelling evidence (since its pretty common for all sorts of victims of crime to opt out of involving the law). If the only other basis for the assumption he's lying is "he's a bad guy, generally," I can't really jump on board with that either: Regardless of who the possible victim is, assault should be taken seriously and treated seriously.
Funny how this is even in question, actually.
They are working with the 5 Jewish bankers.
VistraNorrez
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If Ant was assaulted, and I can believe that he woman did hit him, what did he hope to gain from his twitter rant? Did he expect the police to go find her? That everyone would finally see his point of view and agree with him on race issues?
It was bad route to take for him if he wanted sympathy I any kind.
It was bad route to take for him if he wanted sympathy I any kind.
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