When Kathy Griffin saw how many Americans were
offended by the severed Trump head, she acknowledged that she went way over
the line. Americans from both sides of the political spectrum agreed. As
Melania Trump commented, it was very disturbing. Griffin posted an apology
which seemed sincere. Nevertheless, there were consequences. Griffin was
fired by CNN for the annual New Year’s Eve gig. Al Franken cancelled appearances with her.
With some of the commentary that has gone back
and forth prior to the last election and since then, the line between decency and vulgarity seems to have disappeared. Profanity has become
very common and the insults hurled between the right and the left are limited
only by the imaginations of the people speaking them.
