Ariana grande being sexually assaulted at Aretha Franklin's funeral

Aftervirtue · Sep 1, 2018

Nathan_Drake said:
Between this and Bill looking like she is a snack the whole thing is terrible. Robinson calling her out for a dress. Mike tweeting that.

She was just trying to live her life and pay some respect at a funeral dudes. Be better.

I hope Pete Davidson destroys them on SNL or via stand up.

On a side note, Pete Davidson bombed so badly when he opened for Dave Cheppelle and Jon Stewart this summer.

His comedy was absolutely disgusting, offensive, as morbid as Doug Stanhope and certainly not funny at all. Dude didn't even come back out for the post show chat they all did. I get comedy and having no boundaries but man that dude has some issues. Makes Louie CK, Bill Burr and Cheppelle stand up look like Saints in comparison.

Redfox088 · Sep 1, 2018

Volimar said:
He's basically saying that the pastor had a shot and he took it with regards to grabbing her breast. Zero fucks should need no explanation. The emojis too.

That's not what he's saying. "Shoot your shot" is a euphemism for slyly showing a lady your interested. He was laughing at how idiotic and overtly the pastor was. Saying he didn't even try to be subtle or respectful. I don't even like Luke cage. But don't give definitions if you really don't know what's being conveyed.

EDIT: do not respond with some so random "urban dictionary" post either unless "shoot my shot" is in your everyday vernacular I'm not very interested in a debate.

Tfritz · Sep 1, 2018

Marion Cobretti said:
Was the defenders a total bust or something? I didn't bother watch any of the Netflix shows.

You know how Disney is starting their own streaming service and taking all their stuff from Netflix? They're letting Netflix keep the Defenders streaming universe.

Dalek · Sep 1, 2018

Man the comments I'm seeing on Facebook and Twitter are just gross about this.

Royalan · Sep 1, 2018

Redfox088 said:
That's not what he's saying. "Shoot your shot" is a euphemism for slyly showing a lady your interested. He was laughing at how idiotic and overtly the pastor was. Saying he didn't even try to be subtle or respectful. I don't even like Luke cage. But don't give definitions if you really don't know what's being conveyed.

I fail to see how this explanation make's Colter's tweet any better.

Inugami · Sep 1, 2018

Monkey D. said:
so there is nothing wrong with the dress but its inappropriate? ^^

Maybe inappropriate to wear at a funeral because it's very attention attracting, but it's a discussion completely divorced from this topic. All it does is distract from the issue which is what the pastor did is 100% wrong and disgusting and that there are people anywhere that somehow believe that what he did was okay or even something to "shoot for"

Jindrax · Sep 1, 2018

Monkey D. said:
so there is nothing wrong with the dress but its inappropriate? ^^

T'Chakku said:
...what? He literally just repeated what you said.

*sigh*

On the off chance that you two aren't trolling, since I find it hard to believe two adults have this much of an issue reading a basic sentence, I'll try to explain what he meant.

The dress is fine, not inappropriate as such.
However, he considered the choice of dress not to be appropriate for a funeral.

Volimar · Sep 1, 2018

Redfox088 said:
That's not what he's saying. "Shoot your shot" is a euphemism for slyly showing a lady your interested. He was laughing at how idiotic and overtly the pastor was. Saying he didn't even try to be subtle or respectful. I don't even like Luke cage. But don't give definitions if you really don't know what's being conveyed.

EDIT: do not respond with some so random "urban dictionary" post either unless "shoot my shot" is in your everyday vernacular I'm not very interested in a debate.

LOL that edit. That's what happens when you look up the definition after you've already posted. Look I'm not interested in arguing over terminology but you're going to find most people don't share your take of it meaning "slyly" anything.

Redfox088 · Sep 1, 2018

Royalan said:
I fail to see how this explanation make's Colter's tweet any better.

Well it was an attempt at comedy albeit not a very good one. I wasn't defending the comment, I was criticizing someone giving a completely false interpretation of a phrase I use daily.

JDSN · Sep 1, 2018

Marion Cobretti said:
Daaaamn, what a piece of shit .

Hopefully Marvel doesn't bust out any double standards and he gets fired like Gunn did .

I think his wife is a talent executive at Netflix, which kinda explains how a wack actor ended up playing Luke Cage.

AnotherDayAnotherDollar · Sep 1, 2018

Redfox088 said:
That's not what he's saying. "Shoot your shot" is a euphemism for slyly showing a lady your interested. He was laughing at how idiotic and overtly the pastor was. Saying he didn't even try to be subtle or respectful. I don't even like Luke cage. But don't give definitions if you really don't know what's being conveyed.

EDIT: do not respond with some so random "urban dictionary" post either unless "shoot my shot" is in your everyday vernacular I'm not very interested in a debate.

Sure that's why he deleted his tweet....

And I'm glad you looked up what shoot my shot actually means after going through the mental gymnastics of trying to explain - and failing - what Colter was trying to say.

Luchashaq · Sep 1, 2018

IDGAF if she's naked you don't just fucking grope someone's side titty fucking christ.

neon_dream · Sep 1, 2018

Groping
At a funeral
On television
Blaming the victim
Taco Bell-level racism
C-list actor normalizes misogyny

Everytime I think the story won't get worse, it does.

Marion Cobretti · Sep 1, 2018

neon_dream said:
Groping
At a funeral
On television
Blaming the victim
Taco Bell-level racism
C-list actor normalizes misogyny

Everytime I think the story won't get worse, it does.

What a shit show.

Redfox088 · Sep 1, 2018

Volimar said:
LOL that edit. That's what happens when you look up the definition after you've already posted. Look I'm not interested in arguing over terminology but you're going to find most people don't share your take of it meaning "slyly" anything.

Let me give you a scenario.

Girl: "OMG. I think I lost my phone!"

Me: "Have you tried calling it?"

Girl: " Yes, but I think it was turned off"

Me: "well, here's my phone why don't you try calling it again. Maybe, it was turned on?"

Girl: " No, thanks. I'll just use my friends phone"

This is a prime example of me shooting my shot. Using a totally unrelated situation to try and get in good with someone I'm interested in, but I'll grant you that there may be different forms of interpretation. I'm just very certain this was the form of it MC was referencing.

Redfox088 · Sep 1, 2018

AnotherDayAnotherDollar said:
Sure that's why he deleted his tweet....

And I'm glad you looked up what shoot my shot actually means after going through the mental gymnastics of trying to explain - and failing - what Colter was trying to say.

I never looked it up.

EDIT: you got it though. I'm off this.

Just_a_Mouse · Sep 1, 2018

Redfox088 said:
That's not what he's saying. "Shoot your shot" is a euphemism for slyly showing a lady your interested. He was laughing at how idiotic and overtly the pastor was. Saying he didn't even try to be subtle or respectful. I don't even like Luke cage. But don't give definitions if you really don't know what's being conveyed.

EDIT: do not respond with some so random "urban dictionary" post either unless "shoot my shot" is in your everyday vernacular I'm not very interested in a debate.

Nothing sly about this.

Deleted member 6230 · Sep 1, 2018

Wasn't Mike Colter saying some dumb transphobic shit a few months ago

Airing of Grievances · Sep 1, 2018

It's possible, maybe even likely, that Mike Colter was being sarcastic, but it's still pretty poor of him to make light of something like this.

Squarehard · Sep 1, 2018

Jindrax said:
*sigh*

On the off chance that you two aren't trolling, since I find it hard to believe two adults have this much of an issue reading a basic sentence, I'll try to explain what he meant.

The dress is fine, not inappropriate as such.

However, he considered the choice of dress not to be appropriate for a funeral.

Of which of those two things, really has nothing to do with the main topic of discussion, which is he only thing that we should be talking about.

Bringing up appearances in a discussion like this is detracting from the actual discussion, and the underlying issues related to such an action.

The fact you have to "sigh", and feel compelled to defend that sentiment, just shows you're still not understanding what their issues are, and the issue is in this situation, so your response isn't actually addressing their concerns.

KojiKnight said:
Maybe inappropriate to wear at a funeral because it's very attention attracting, but it's a discussion completely divorced from this topic. All it does is distract from the issue which is what the pastor did is 100% wrong and disgusting and that there are people anywhere that somehow believe that what he did was okay or even something to "shoot for"

^

Redfox088 · Sep 1, 2018

Just_a_Mouse said:
Nothing sly about this.

That was the joke......he didn't do a good job at shooting his shot. Like I said bad comedy.

Deleted member 42055 · Sep 1, 2018

neon_dream said:
Groping
At a funeral
On television
Blaming the victim
Taco Bell-level racism
C-list actor normalizes misogyny

Everytime I think the story won't get worse, it does.

I was going to ask for a tl;dr since I'm barely catching up to this but ... WOW...that is something

Redfox088 · Sep 1, 2018

Airing of Grievances said:
It's possible, maybe even likely, that Mike Colter was being sarcastic, but it's still pretty poor of him to make light of something like this.

This I can agree with. Bad joke. Bad timing. Highly inconsiderate.

Strafer · Sep 1, 2018

Kenzodielocke said:

Not like this Mike, not like this. Dammit.

Nathan_Drake · Sep 1, 2018

Redfox088 said:
That was the joke......he didn't do a good job at shooting his shot. Like I said bad comedy.

Shooting your shot is flirting not groping. He literally linked the pic of him grabbing her.

Jindrax · Sep 1, 2018

Squarehard said:
Of which of those two things, really has nothing to do with the main topic of discussion, which is he only thing that we should be talking about.

Bringing up appearances in a discussion like this is detracting from the actual discussion, and the underlying issues related to such an action.

The fact you have to "sigh", and feel compelled to defend that sentiment, just shows you're still not understanding what their issues are, and the issue is in this situation, so your response isn't actually addressing their concerns.

^

Why is it people on this forum have such a hard time reading?
I mean you spend so much time on here reading threads and posting you'd think you'd be better at it.

I'm not even going to argue with you, if that's the conclusion you come to reading the four posts which amount to maybe 7 sentences or something. It's just depressing.

sonnyboy · Sep 1, 2018

Just watched this, pretty blatant and disgusting.

Santiako · Sep 1, 2018

Kenzodielocke said:

So Luke Cage canceled I guess. What a moronic pig.

Royalan · Sep 1, 2018

Redfox088 said:
This I can agree with. Bad joke. Bad timing. Highly inconsiderate.

Yeah, I'm not seeing the joke angle here. This flies outside of how most people use the term.

I think the most that can be said is that Colter was laughing at the pastor's audacity, but that's still pretty shitty. He's basically saying "WHOA WAY TO GO BRO!" using different words.

Dirtyshubb · Sep 1, 2018

The thing that makes me especially upset about that Mike tweet is that let's say he was making a joke about it, is that really needed right now?

Every gif and clip I have seen have shown her in obvious distress yet he thinks a joke that sounds like he is playing off the pastors actions as a failed attempt at a pick up technique should in now way be what your first reaction is.

It's especially bad since it looks like he only tweets once a day and apparently this was the thing he wanted to say to the world.

Strafer · Sep 1, 2018

Yeah, this won't fly with them, Luke Cage is a goner.

Man fuck, I enjoyed him and the show too.

Inugami · Sep 1, 2018

(edit) Not worth continuing this point as it only further distracts from the topic.

Carolina Reaper · Sep 1, 2018

Royalan said:
Yeah, I'm not seeing the joke angle here. This flies outside of how most people use the term.

I think the most that can be said was the Colter was laughing at the pastor's audacity, but that's still pretty shitty. He's basically saying "WHOA WAY TO GO BRO!" using different words.

Right, at best Mike chose to make light of a guy sexually harassing a woman instead of coming to the defense of the woman being sexually harassed. When that's the best case scenario, and you're famous, you might want to start running all your tweets by an image consultant first. Or GTFO twitter.

Iadien · Sep 1, 2018

I can't believe that so many people are trying to blame her because of the fucking dress she's wearing. What in the actual fuck, people are morons.

Deleted member 42055 · Sep 1, 2018

That tweet is embarrassing and disgusting. He has a daughter too wtf??

Deleted member 5359 · Sep 1, 2018

AnotherDayAnotherDollar said:
With all this gross behavior, I missed something. Pastor made this joke:

http://www./news/article-6120621/Ar...exchange-pastor-Aretha-Franklins-funeral.html

Imagine that Trump said that for a second. If that immediately gets you upset, then the pastor saying it should get you upset too. That joke was in bad taste that is being thrown aside because of the sexual assault.

Not to mention he was presiding over a service for a musical legend attended by a former president and a lot of important people. Maybe it's worth taking a few minutes to learn who will be speaking or performing so he doesn't look like an ignorant ass.

Aretha literally sang about respect. This pastor disrespected her memory, her family, and Ariana Grande in several ways.

cognizant · Sep 1, 2018

neon_dream said:
Groping
At a funeral
On television
Blaming the victim
Taco Bell-level racism
C-list actor normalizes misogyny

Everytime I think the story won't get worse, it does.

Seriously, I dread clicking on this thread. So much fuckery. I hope Ariana speaks up, and Mike shuts the fuck up.

Burrman · Sep 1, 2018

Airing of Grievances said:
It's possible, maybe even likely, that Mike Colter was being sarcastic, but it's still pretty poor of him to make light of something like this.

Ya I think your right.

TechnicPuppet · Sep 1, 2018

I can't believe the dress is even being mentioned. Like WTF.

I don't mean just here, there are articles about it in UK newspapers.

louisacommie · Sep 1, 2018

People are not at fault for being sexual assaulted for their clothing. Can people stop victim blaming.

ToTheMoon · Sep 1, 2018

I don't envy being in Ariana's position right now. She clearly feels that she was groped (if it was all a misunderstanding, then she would have said that). But if she speaks out against the pastor, then she'll only be adding fuel to the anger and controversy. I imagine that she wants nothing more than for it to go away, for it to have never happened.

She'll probably be asked about it and address it at some point, but I understand why she wants to create some distance from the incident first.

NoKisum · Sep 1, 2018

Iorv3th said:
I'm sure she's seen them. She probably knows the guy better than anyone else and know if he does that frequently etc. Might just defend him though.

Aw, she trash too then.

spindashing · Sep 1, 2018

Real Hero · Sep 1, 2018

Dalek said:
Man the comments I'm seeing on Facebook and Twitter are just gross about this.

A statement that could apply to literally every event in human history since the inception of those platforms

T'Chakku · Sep 1, 2018

Jindrax said:
*sigh*

On the off chance that you two aren't trolling, since I find it hard to believe two adults have this much of an issue reading a basic sentence, I'll try to explain what he meant.

The dress is fine, not inappropriate as such.
However, he considered the choice of dress not to be appropriate for a funeral.

Jindrax said:
Why is it people on this forum have such a hard time reading?
I mean you spend so much time on here reading threads and posting you'd think you'd be better at it.

I'm not even going to argue with you, if that's the conclusion you come to reading the four posts which amount to maybe 7 sentences or something. It's just depressing.

Your condescending and prickish attitude just makes you look like an asshole.

'Her dress is fine, not appropriate as such but inapproriate for a funeral' is nonsense. And bringing up how appropriate you think her dress is at all is totally irrelevant to the discussion.

Firima · Sep 1, 2018

Rando is definitely checking for lumps. At that age, and with his unflinching willingness to wrap his arm around like that, he's done this before, probably lots of times.

Probably had to restrain himself from saying HONK HONK out loud.

TheGreatDirector · Sep 1, 2018

neon_dream said:
Groping
At a funeral
On television
Blaming the victim
Taco Bell-level racism
C-list actor normalizes misogyny

Everytime I think the story won't get worse, it does.

It's disgusting.

Demolition_Human · Sep 1, 2018

spindashing said:

Yep. Mike better shut the hell up before he gone like Roseanne.

Mondy · Sep 1, 2018

Saya said:
Turns out,this pastor is also accused of stealing money from a dead member of his church...

I'm not the best at lip reading but is she mouthing "fuck you"?

Samurai_Heart · Sep 1, 2018

infinite said:
Wasn't Mike Colter saying some dumb transphobic shit a few months ago

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