'F--- Sister Jean'

Yeah I saw that when it came out. I also love the idea they bring up in that of what it would be like if Seinfeld had a killer N-word bit like Louis CK has/had. Minds would be blown.

 

You should hear the awful deaths I have wished upon the saint of all saints, Tim Tebow, in the past. Thankfully Twitter wasn't a thing at the time.

I agree, this is much ado about nothing. There is a line for this kind of stuff, but I definitely don't think McClure crossed it. If he had said something like "Sister Jean can just go ahead and die," there would be more of a grounds for the uproar. This was clearly just upset, in-the-moment fanboi-ism.

 

I don't think he meant it as the insult Twitterati saw it as.

I've said what he said -- "Fuck (insert person or thing)!" -- and in that very moment it was funny, mostly to me.

I didn't say it to get a rise or start a war of words but for the audacity of being able to say "Fuck (insert person or thing)!"

On a small perverted level, what he said is funny because ... fuck that 98-year-old nun cheering on Loyola hoops!

If Louie C.K. incorporated a bit on stage where the punchline is "Yeah, well, FUCK that 98-year-old nun!" people would be yukking it up.

As always, context matters.

 

Louis CK had a bit about fucking dead kids, so there's that.

 

What do you think the ratio is of people who think they’re being funny on Twitter to people who are actually funny on Twitter?

A million to one?

 

And it was the worst part of the show. Not because it was offensive. But because it was going for the HOLY SHIT CAN YOU BELIEVE HE JUST SAID THIS OUTRAGEOUS THING laugh.

 

Anytime you can combine necrophilia and pedophilia into a bit, you've hit the jackpot, I s'pose.

 

You give people way too much credit.

 

I think it's possible, though, for it to be unfunny (i.e. not particularly original, etc.) while at the same time not triggering the entire city of Chicago to the point that it merits a shaming phone call and column.

I thought the end of the Haugh column was kind of laying it on thick. He writes that he hung up, sighed, and shook his head. It didn't seem to be that McClure said anything particularly outrageous during the phone call. He just didn't give Haugh the apology he was seeking. He explained that it was intended as a joke. He even said that Sister Jean was rightfully admired. Short of McClure pledging to resign, I'm not sure what would have been satisfactory.

 

When Loyola loses, I would hope that the first thing that an opposing player says is they just beat God's team.

 

He did those things like the Northern Illinois shooter looked in the mirror.

 

Hannibal Buress will be stealing that for his next set at Loyola.