Self-described comedienne and left-wing political commentator Samantha Bee just insulted a man with brain cancer.
On her TBS show Full Frontal, Bee sent her correspondent, Mike Rubens, to CPAC to find out what a conservative is “these days,” because she has “no f***ing clue what conservatism means.” Duly noted.
The video of Rubens’ time there is nothing more than mocking everything he sees with a sarcastic voiceover. They called the clip, “Whither Conservatism: ein film für Full Frontal.” That’s so they could compare conservatives to Nazis, of course.
As was declared by The Washington Post last year, a favorite hipster haircut for celebs and skinny-jeaned latte sippers — shaved sides, and a pile of gelled hair on top — now means you’re a white nationalist. Not everyone got that "memo" so, the style is still popular and Rubens noticed several CPAC attendees sporting it. He remarked:
“Just last year, CPAC was dominated by Ted Cruz supporters and chirpy little sh*ts with bow ties… This year, the bow ties were gone, replaced with nazi hair. Nazi hair, Nazi hair, f*** off.”
Something good came out of Samantha Bee’s show this week. Kyle Coddington, who was mocked in a segment about CPAC and described as having “Nazi hair,” has received tens of thousands of dollars to support his treatment for brain cancer.
In case you missed this yesterday, Bee’s show Full Frontal did a segment on CPAC which included images of several attendees who were mocked as having “Nazi hair.” One of those people was cancer patient named Kyle Coddington. Kyle’s friends sent him a screenshot of the broadcast and he passed it along to his family. Kyle’s sister was a bit annoyed by the show calling her brother a Nazi and tweeted about it Thursday morning:
Megan Coddington@meg_kelly16
When @iamsambee makes fun of your brother for having "Nazi hair." He actually has stage 4 brain cancer, but whatever floats your boat.
There is good news that came out of Bee's disaster:
It wasn’t much as apologies go for calling someone a Nazi on television, but the show did do something right. It donated $1,000 to Kyle’s GoFundMe page where he was seeking help for treatment of stage 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer he was diagnosed with in December. Kyle’s original fundraising goal was just $2,500 and when I looked at the page midday yesterday he had received around $5,000.
But thanks to that tweet from Kyle’s sister, his story went viral yesterday. Today he appeared on Fox News (video below) where he agreed Bee’s apology was a bit weak but thanked her sincerely for the donation to his GoFundMe page. And that’s the good news here. Since yesterday, Kyle’s GoFunMe page has received donations that are now in excess of $81,000.
Incidentally, Kyle also revealed on Fox News that he’s actually a registered Democrat who is politically moderate. He also said his diagnosis is very serious as there is no cure for the type of brain cancer he has, but he is relying on his faith and trying to stay positive.
There’s no doubt that Samantha Bee and her staff entered Kyle’s life intending to do nothing but mock his appearance and insinuate CPAC has been overrun by Nazis. But the result of Bee’s attack has been pretty positive despite that. A chain of people starting with Kyle’s friends, his mother and sister all reacted to the attack on him and now lots of people now know about Kyle’s situation and many have donated.
And it’s not just money he’s receiving. There are people chiming in on his GoFundMe page who are living with glioblastoma or have relatives who are. Some of those messages reference a verse from Genesis 50 which seems pretty appropriate in this situation: “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.”
On her TBS show Full Frontal, Bee sent her correspondent, Mike Rubens, to CPAC to find out what a conservative is “these days,” because she has “no f***ing clue what conservatism means.” Duly noted.
The video of Rubens’ time there is nothing more than mocking everything he sees with a sarcastic voiceover. They called the clip, “Whither Conservatism: ein film für Full Frontal.” That’s so they could compare conservatives to Nazis, of course.
As was declared by The Washington Post last year, a favorite hipster haircut for celebs and skinny-jeaned latte sippers — shaved sides, and a pile of gelled hair on top — now means you’re a white nationalist. Not everyone got that "memo" so, the style is still popular and Rubens noticed several CPAC attendees sporting it. He remarked:
“Just last year, CPAC was dominated by Ted Cruz supporters and chirpy little sh*ts with bow ties… This year, the bow ties were gone, replaced with nazi hair. Nazi hair, Nazi hair, f*** off.”
Something good came out of Samantha Bee’s show this week. Kyle Coddington, who was mocked in a segment about CPAC and described as having “Nazi hair,” has received tens of thousands of dollars to support his treatment for brain cancer.
In case you missed this yesterday, Bee’s show Full Frontal did a segment on CPAC which included images of several attendees who were mocked as having “Nazi hair.” One of those people was cancer patient named Kyle Coddington. Kyle’s friends sent him a screenshot of the broadcast and he passed it along to his family. Kyle’s sister was a bit annoyed by the show calling her brother a Nazi and tweeted about it Thursday morning:
Megan Coddington@meg_kelly16
When @iamsambee makes fun of your brother for having "Nazi hair." He actually has stage 4 brain cancer, but whatever floats your boat.
There is good news that came out of Bee's disaster:
It wasn’t much as apologies go for calling someone a Nazi on television, but the show did do something right. It donated $1,000 to Kyle’s GoFundMe page where he was seeking help for treatment of stage 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer he was diagnosed with in December. Kyle’s original fundraising goal was just $2,500 and when I looked at the page midday yesterday he had received around $5,000.
But thanks to that tweet from Kyle’s sister, his story went viral yesterday. Today he appeared on Fox News (video below) where he agreed Bee’s apology was a bit weak but thanked her sincerely for the donation to his GoFundMe page. And that’s the good news here. Since yesterday, Kyle’s GoFunMe page has received donations that are now in excess of $81,000.
Incidentally, Kyle also revealed on Fox News that he’s actually a registered Democrat who is politically moderate. He also said his diagnosis is very serious as there is no cure for the type of brain cancer he has, but he is relying on his faith and trying to stay positive.
There’s no doubt that Samantha Bee and her staff entered Kyle’s life intending to do nothing but mock his appearance and insinuate CPAC has been overrun by Nazis. But the result of Bee’s attack has been pretty positive despite that. A chain of people starting with Kyle’s friends, his mother and sister all reacted to the attack on him and now lots of people now know about Kyle’s situation and many have donated.
And it’s not just money he’s receiving. There are people chiming in on his GoFundMe page who are living with glioblastoma or have relatives who are. Some of those messages reference a verse from Genesis 50 which seems pretty appropriate in this situation: “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.”
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