Ass-Hat of the Week – Ted Rall
I’ve decided to create a new category called the Ass-Hat of the Week. Some deserving jerk will be given this lofty title for making a public statement or writing an article that deserves nothing but contempt.
Our very first Ass-Hat of the Week title goes to Ted Rall for his completely brain-dead and cluesless editorial Why We Fight.
Congratuations, Ted. Now go shoot yourself in the head or something equally constructive.
November 19th, 2003 at 1:43 pm
I just wondered if you had a good definition of what Ass-Hat means exactly. It is one of my favorite things to call people! But when questioned about the meaning of Ass-Hat, I am unfortunately speechless. Any fun-and-sarcasm-filled reply would be appreciated!!
November 20th, 2003 at 6:33 pm
Wow, I think Rossz managed to find a logical explanation to this very exciting linguistic question! Hats off, Rossz! LOL
Seriously, the official dictionary entry goes like this:
ass·hat
n. slang
1. A thoroughly contemptible, detestable person.
2. Tight fitting underwear
[sny: asshole, asshead, assclown, asswad, asshot, assface, prick, faggot, whitey tighties]
Now, if you really are so inclined to learn more on this delicate subject, let me recommend this site: http://www.confusednation.com/asshat/
where you can find the most in-depth analysis available as of yet.
See, e.g. “the term ‘asshat’ was first used in the large European country of Sweden as an alternative for the word ‘asshole.’ From Sweden, by way of both train and ship, the word found it’s way to the shores of western France, where it was used by a software coder named Louis (LOO-ee) in a telephone conversation with his second cousin in Newfoundland. This great man was responsible for sending this fashionable European word to North America for all children to enjoy!”
” Asshat is new! Asshat is hip! Asshat is now! We all strive to create a new word for a generation, and this is it, folks! Asshat is something that everyone can come together and celebrate!”
November 26th, 2004 at 5:51 am
I am one of the special needs parents that wrote in about the cartoon making fun of kids and mainstreaming by Ted Rall. I was feeling a little bad about him being fired UNTIL I did further investigating and found out that he is not beyond using racist comments as well. See this site below for one of the cartoons he did regarding Condeleeza Rice, where he exaggerated her African American features and even resorted to using the “n” word to get a laugh. Look how far she has come, and what she must have endured to achieve so much, just to be belittled by this scum.
It is laughable that this guy actually thinks he speaks for everyday Americans, and that this country will be less without his opinions. It is views such as he expresses that Lead democrats to the Right. Can France PLEASE take him off our hands? Pretty please, with sugar on top?
The apology fell as flat as his cartoons did to me. There is no point in apologizing and defending in the same breath.
Here’s the disgusting link about Dr. Rice http://www.ucomics.com/rallcom/2004/07/05/
As far as you people who are against mainstreaming, what would you have us do with our children? Make a school just for them, so no appropriate behavior can be modeled? What about the class clowns, druggies, and sluts in class? Should we also have special schools for them? They are a distraction in class afterall. Come to think of it Jerome’s dred locks are somewhat of a distraction, and Shanequa’s brown skin looks different from the other students. Maybe they should go to a special school. Funny, some of the arguments given against mainstreaming sound painfully close to the arguments for keeping segregation.
Does anyone actually believe that mainstreaming is what’s wrong with our school systems???? One of the biggest problems that our special needs kids have with mainstreaming is trying to avoid being bullied and beat up by the sociopaths you intolerant people have bred and unleashed upon society.
Say what you will, but at last report nearly 1 in 166 kids are now being diagnosed with Autism, not to mention all the other catagories that fall under special needs. It is likey that these numbers will continue to grow, as well as the number of parents who aren’t taking any crap off of you jerks who wish to take away our children’s Civil Rights.
As parents we have been to hell and back dealing with unimaginable challenges that none of us were prepared for. Our kids have overcome and achieved more than anyone imagined they could. If you think we are going to stand by and allow you to shut our kids out of the opportunity to continue to learn and grow in a school atmosphere, you are in for one hell of a battle. The last thing we need to deal with is our kids being ostracized, because your little darling is a mite bit uncomfortable. Get over it. (Or don’t)
Kim
Mom who will take off the gloves when it comes to my kid
November 19th, 2003 at 2:05 pm
When you have your head up your ass, you are wearing your ass as a hat, thus “ass-hat”.