I’m a pretty diverse individual. My membership on the Caucasian team has often been questioned. I usually take sides with minorities when it comes to controversy. Today, I saw a tweet that made my pale skin flush with anger. One of my sorors re-tweeted this into my timeline:
Now I’ve been watching this Charlie Sheen story all day. I’ve seen his interviews. My issue with this tweet is that this guy is playing the race card and not ONE of his facts is correct. First of all, Martin Lawrence’s show was not cancelled when he had a breakdown. According to his Wiki page, the Martin show ended naturally, even though Tisha Campbell was claiming sexual harassment, verbal and physical abuse. Also, Martin Lawrence was pulling guns on people. Violence towards others is a bit more serious than partying and getting high.
Secondly, Sheen’s show was cancelled. That is why he is on tv “spazzing out”. So I decide to argue the facts with this guy. His comebacks include, “Sheen has done this 5 times, Martin only once; and Sheen beat up his girlfriend.” Sir, none of that is accurate either. Ugh, I hate arguing with idiots. I wanted to scream in my Dave Chappelle/Rick James voice, “they shoulda neva gave you Twitter!!”
I could have easily ignored the original tweet, but for some reason I could not. I think Charlie Sheen’s self-inflicted abuse is sad. I’ve watched someone I love struggle with addiction and think they can heal themselves. Sheen claims that the show was cancelled because the producers/writers haven’t completed the remaining episodes and that they are blaming it on his personal issues as a smoke screen. This may or may not be true. No one from CBS called in to the Piers Morgan show to argue this point.
After I educated this guy on the err of his tweets, he posted this:
So, I’m a hoe taking twitter “to serious”. Last time I checked, jokes are funniest when they are accurate. Anywho.
The stream of quotes that Charlie Sheen’s interviews have produced is staggering. When it was suggested that he has mental issues and could be bi-polar, Sheen retorted,
“Wow, what does that mean? What’s the cure? Medicine? Make me like them? Not going to happen. I’m bi-winning. I win here and I win there. Now what?”
He actually said,
“I have a 10,000 year old brain and the boogers of a 7 year old.”
My favorite was,
“because I’m a winner, and their lives look like they’re ruled by losers….”
Watch the Today Show interview below.
