The king of all podcasts is feeling the heat from GLAAD.
Comedian Adam Carolla recently let loose with some corrosive comments after hearing a group wanted to see “Sesame Street” regulars Bert and Ernie get married on a future installment of the kiddie show.
“When did everybody get lumped in with the f–king gays?” said Carolla, according to The Daily News.
“When did we start giving a s–t about [transgender] people?” Carolla said, adding “pre-op, transgender, transneutral, trans fat” population needs to “shut up.”
That drew the ire of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Carolla responded with a half-hearted apology via Twitter, noting he was a comedian, not a politician.
Will that be enough to stop potential fallout from the comments? Or will Carolla voluntarily submit to the sort of re-education comic Tracy Morgan endured after saying he would stab his son if he turned out to be gay during a stand-up routine?
The First Amendment meshes well with a free market.
If Adam Carolla says something GLAAD doesn’t like (which is his right), they can choose not to participate in his economy (which is their option). They can also protest or boycott his advertisers, or whatever else, but he still gets to say what he wants, so long as his employer is willing to keep him. =^[.]^=
I’m not precisely certain what Carolla will say in public but I feel safe in asserting that his private response will consist of two words, one of which will be “off.”