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"I'm Not a Racist" -- Really?

There's a moment in Michael Richards' apology on Dave's show that you just gotta see. Richards, who went on an unbelievable racial tirade (and it was all caught on a tape exclusively obtained by TMZ), said "I'm not a racist. That's what's so insane about this."

Richards said his diatribe was the result of "free association," adding, "It fired out of me."

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571. PLease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why do we have a Miss Black America pageant and not a White or Hispanic one? Why do we have the United Negro College Fund and not a white one. Racism is no longer a problem.......reverse-racism is. It just turns my stomach...... FREEDOM of speech PEOPLE

Posted at 1:43PM on Dec 28th 2006 by Lee

572. We are all racist, and anyone who says they are not are "LIARS". Some of us just keep to ourselves.....and then there's some of us who shout it for all to hear.

Posted at 2:23PM on Dec 28th 2006 by Pam Barany

573. well fuck you mrs.smith I hope the way you feel carries you far into a ditch bitch their is no I over team you fucking idiot

Posted at 3:15PM on Dec 29th 2006 by sheena

574. bradley 26 don't dare compare trash to martin luther king he fought for his people kramer is shouting sh*t because he is mad.It would be different if he was trying to make peace.

Posted at 2:17PM on Dec 29th 2006 by sheena

575. listen jennifer people choose to do what ever and people stealing from you don't get it twisted bitch every body's money is in it

Posted at 3:15PM on Dec 29th 2006 by sheena

576. that jerk is a racist and he needs to stop hatin on black people i am so sick of jealous white people hatin on black people.............. Although i dont agree with anything that racist bigot bitch said those people should have been quite

Posted at 11:16PM on Dec 29th 2006 by JIMMY QUAIL

577. i read some of the stuff Jeff wrote and you are a freakin idiot i know for a fact you didnt go around black people and say the n word cause if they were really n*ggas you would not be alive to tell the story..... And mad black girl i love a girl who can fight holla at cha boy!

Posted at 1:28PM on Dec 30th 2006 by JIMMY QUAIL

578. M. Richards:
Yes you are. Why is it that the people with loads of money and fame think they can say or do anything and suffer no consequence? The only reason OJ wasn't convicted is because what he did wasn't "caught" on tape!
Gloria Akron, Ohio

Posted at 2:29PM on Jan 1st 2007 by Gloria Jankowski

579. For those of you who sympathize with the man and excuse Richards for calling "a few ignorant audience members these names because he was angry", you are just as guilty as he is. It is not the audience members who are guilty; racists are the only ones who are truly ignorant. Richards has been a comedian for how many decades? The excuse that he didn't know how to respond to hecklers is completely pathetic. Comedians, just like Richards, are heckled all the time. It is irrational to think that an experienced comedian wouldn't know how to handle himself around hecklers.

Richards didn't spew hatred because he was flustered, he said those things because (unfortunately) that's how he truly feels.

He isn't sorry for making those comments, he's sorry because he was caught. He's sorry that his secret turned into a media frenzy and he's sorry that he is now an American embarrassment.

Posted at 2:16AM on Jan 2nd 2007 by Tina

580.
For those of you who sympathize with the man, I completely do not understand your reasoning. So you say he just responded badly to hecklers... Hmmm... Richards has been a comedian for how many decades? Get REAL! Comedians, just like him, are heckled all the time. It comes with the job, and if he hasn't learned to handle it by now, then he shouldn't be in the business. Using this lame ass excuse is only a pitiful attempt to excuse your own racists thoughts. BTW, many of MR supporters seem to be racists themselves... to you MR supporting idiots, if you don't think you're a racist then I don't wanna meet the scary ass people you do consider racists.

Yes, we're all flawed and just about everyone has there own inner prejudice... but rest assured, there's a fine (and distinct) line between the average imperfect human to a jackass SOB.

He isn't sorry for spewing hatred, he's merely sorry that he was caught. He's sorry that his secret turned into a media frenzy and he's sorry for becoming an American embarrassment.

Posted at 2:41AM on Jan 2nd 2007 by Tina

581. Lets face it, Kramer has never acted on these words. The guys in the audience had a reputation for being assholes. They should have left the show if they didn,t think he was funny.
Black comedians acts are always based on race, whitey this and Mexican this. I have never seen a black comedian once come out and do and act like,say Sienfeld who never mentions race in his act. And there are others that cannot do an act without cursing every sentence.
It was anger that created Kramer's response, he may have to rethink doing standup. If your sensitive to the fools in the audience that shout out remarks, you shouldn,t be doing it in the first place.
I believe Richards need to go quietly and retire now. He had his 15 minutes and got paid handsomely for it.

Posted at 12:04PM on Jan 2nd 2007 by Gmax

582. I really used to loved Michael Richards acting on Seinfeld but behavior like this just proves that even the so called liberal whites and jews like Jerry Seinfeld for coming to Kramers aid after this racist rant are racist or sympatizers .All these racist say im not against you people but support a man who is.Its like when you get drunk and you say ow i love you man or im your best friend. Thats shit you really feel and alcohol realeases those inhabitions.If you say he didnt mean it you are just like him or members of the klan who wear hoods to conceal their identity you people feel this way but you are scared what somebody will do to you or the support you would lose.And how the hell you gone compare goofy ass kramer to martin luther king.And to any idiot who says look at the black comedians you dont know what the hell you are talking about.The black comedian makes equal derogatory remarks about everbody.White people Jewish and nonjewish run everything in america so what the fuck is a racist redneck mad about.If lazy white settlers didnt bring us here and oppress us after they left england to escape the kings oppression we would not be here and the early racist who made up the n word wouldnt have had any use for it.This is the real world you cant say or do crazy shit you goota use your brain and mouth at the same time.You can be gay racist or into s&m just keep that shit to yourself unless you are ready to deal with the repurcussions.

Posted at 6:34PM on Jan 2nd 2007 by AMadafrican

583. Mrs Smith is a dog f***er. yeah WHITE POWER SMELLS.

Posted at 9:09AM on Jan 4th 2007 by Jones

584. Its unfortunate that the same racists bigots who are trying so hard to convince everyone that racism doesn't exist are the same ones trying to convince everyone that it is okay to say something so horrible because you're upset. We all know he's a racist and you guys are just mad because he busted on himself. I you stand for what he said then you're one as well.

Posted at 9:07AM on Jan 5th 2007 by DETROIT

585. First of all he is a racist. If I as a black women would have said that Hitler was a great man to cook the Jews until they was fork tender. i would be anit-semtic. You do not make fun of the plihgt of a people. My former family members were hung from a tree and had their private parts cut off. What is a mistake about that? He said because he always thought it. He is not sorry just stupid! I am tired of Americans looking at the problems of my people as something we should brush off. Yeah white power rules that is why the country is messed up now. I cant wait until America gets what it deserves because it is the biggest bully in the world.

Posted at 3:29PM on Jan 8th 2007 by Harlem126

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