“ ‘We must be careful about what we pretend to be.’ […] That lesson springs to mind every time a comedian whose shtick relies on hoaxes and audience-baiting—or a political pundit who traffics in shock and hyperbole—gets hauled in front of the court of public opinion for pushing the act too far. Why can’t people just say what they mean? It’s a question Don Imus and Michael Richards—and maybe someday Ann Coulter—must ask themselves on their many sleepless nights.
- First quote by Kurt Vonnegut, second from The AV Club in “15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Has or Will,” written shortly after Vonnegut’s death last year.
[via Romeo Juliet Sierra]