Comments on: Good Shabbes Chaim Potter.

By: Rabbi Yonah

Rabbi Yonah — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:15:29 +0000

Thanks for the link DK, I still fail to find this guy remotely funny and just plain racist.

By: DK

DK — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:55:50 +0000

Gawker fights back against the Forward and the “Heeboisie.” gawker.com/new...

By: Sara (not Silverman)

Sara (not Silverman) — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:53:09 +0000

Really, Gawker does have something in common with terrorists, and tantrum-throwing three-year-olds, and bullies of all ages, and the ‘Mean Girls’ teen archetype: they are all encouraged and perpetuated by, and more or less exist only by virtue of, attention – media, parental, and otherwise. Take away the analysis and the endless reporting, the coddling and acquiescing to violent mood swings and dysfunctional behavior, and they will all just stifle in their own irrational rage. Aaah, but what’s a blog to do? What – – are bored journalists / fasting writers / society-conscious college students / Jewish avengers / Silverman fans / devout bloggers / etc… meant to simply ignore ranting toddlers like Gawker? What a concept.

By: ramon marcos

ramon marcos — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:07:03 +0000

Well, I’m pretty sure Gawker doesn’t want to get blown up. In fact I’m pretty sure it’s in their mission statement:

“We will avoid any reference to any ethnic, religious or social group that may be deemed offensive so that we won’t get blown up.”

Well, at least that’s my theory. Or at least I suspect that that’s my theory. It’s either that or they’re actually members of the Muslim Brotherhood in disguise. I suspect the latter.

So far Silverman has earned the right to use her Don Rickles Exemption. But she should know I’ve got my eye on her. Like most guys I know.

By: ofri

ofri — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:50:14 +0000

“All of the so-called “Jewish” staffers are from intermarried families and weren’t raised Jewish. They pretend to be Jewish so they can get away with anti-semitic crap. This is the destruction that intermarriage has created.”

Wow. Now, who would want to make fun of someone who says stuff like that? For someone so concerned with anti-semites, Gawkersucks, you’re right up there with the most formidable contenders for head of the Department of Assinine Conspiracy Theories.

By: ck

ck — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:08:02 +0000

Well, he’s clearly not as funny as Silverman, but I don’t think his intent was to fuel Antisemitism.

By: Tori

Tori — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:53:34 +0000

The difference is Sarah Silverman IS funny while this guy Balk is not funny at all. I mean did anyone find his posts funny at all?

By: ck

ck — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:47:27 +0000

Good grief. I like to take the piss out of Gawker too, but you need to relax! When Sarah Silverman used the word "chink" on a late night talk show, we understood immediately that she wasn't racist and making fun of Asians and Chinese people, but that she was in fact making fun of racists. It's called irony. I'm pretty sure that while Gawker was pushing envelopes here, their intent was to be sort of ironic. As for the commenters, I am not friends with anyone at Gawker, nor am I related to anyone there either. Yet I am a commenter. That having been said, I will admit that my comments are usually idiotic...

By: Gawkersucks

Gawkersucks — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:41:07 +0000

Gawker is definately not a Jewish blog. All of the so-called “Jewish” staffers are from intermarried families and weren’t raised Jewish. They pretend to be Jewish so they can get away with anti-semitic crap. This is the destruction that intermarriage has created.
Gawker would never make fun of Arabs or Muslims because they’re scared of the backlash and don’t want to be blown up. Or maybe because they hate Israel and support Arab terrorists. I suspect it’s the latter.
Gawker has be one of the worst blogs ever. It’s not in the least bit funny and all commentators are staffers, their friends or relatives. You actually have to be approved to comment on their stupid blog. That is why all the idiotic comments are similiar. It figures that facism and anti-semitism are what defines Gawker.

By: ramon marcos

ramon marcos — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:07:16 +0000

Becca – well put. Why should we care what Gawker thinks… unless we’re looking for work there. My non-Jewish friends envy us.

When ck brought up Tisha B’av the first thing that came to mind was Lev Raphael’s collection of short stories “Dancing on Tisha B’av”. (Which I found in a bookstore in the train station in Amsterdam while searching for English-language reading material to get through some long European travels.) To me those stories help sum up our internal conflicts. And remind me that we are a beautifully wacky people. And sometimes obnoxious and vulgar. For example, Jewish guys have a universal crush on Sarah Silverman. They jealously chide her for being in love with a frumpy non-Jewish guy. And some of them are gay.