Reply #36: All the time, like most people.

[Jed Dilligan]

As far as Kramer goes, I am actually willing to believe he is on our side of the bigotry median. How could a freeper have worked with Larry David all those years? Larry David is an avatar on DU and one of the most generous Democrats in Hollywood.

One thing Larry does well in his own show is make humor out of race relations, especially the discomfort of white liberals around black people. He seems to poke equal fun at his own ham-handed attempts at sensitivity and the hyper-sensitivity of his black friends. Just by pointing to these things in a public forum, he does much more to advance the cause of racial understanding than people who scream, "Michael Richards is a BIGOT!"

I think Michael Richards was trying to do what Larry David does--edgy comedy about race--but he was not smart enough, too enraged to think clearly, and probably higher than a fucking kite. I doubt that he has been a great supporter of any black causes in the past; he is probably been too wrapped up in his addictions and weird status as a coattail-riding star, much richer than people much less talented. I mostly feel sad for the guy. He's a schmuck of the first water, and not much of a liberal, but I doubt he's exactly Cornfed Schneider either.