As a European, I'm at a remove from American politics but I think what's being done to Kathy Griffin is a shockingly disproportionate response to what amounts to a not very clever, not very funny joke.
Can someone explain to me why she's being nailed to the wall like this? Because she's a woman? Because Donald Trump is deeply insecure? Because beheadings have become associated with Islamic extremists? Is this a Republican strategy to distract American citizens from the more serious issues that are dogging the Trump administration? Everybody I've spoken to here has been incredulous that a comedian, of all people, could be subjected to this kind of treatment by both the media and the government.
What really pains me about all of this is how even the majority of the liberal American media have disassociated themselves from Kathy. In these very reactionary times, is now not the time for unity?
Can someone explain to me why she's being nailed to the wall like this? Because she's a woman? Because Donald Trump is deeply insecure? Because beheadings have become associated with Islamic extremists? Is this a Republican strategy to distract American citizens from the more serious issues that are dogging the Trump administration? Everybody I've spoken to here has been incredulous that a comedian, of all people, could be subjected to this kind of treatment by both the media and the government.
What really pains me about all of this is how even the majority of the liberal American media have disassociated themselves from Kathy. In these very reactionary times, is now not the time for unity?
