Leave the Kids Alone: ‘Tonight Show’ Seats Crude Sarah Palin Hater Next to Her Daughter
by John NolteUPDATE: Gawker also wonders if Jay Leno was in on the “joke”:
After Louis C.K.’s drunken ‘twitter rampage’ in which he called Sarah Palin a “C*nt-Face Jazzy Wonder Girl”, we were surprised at the little amount of fanfare that erupted when Louis and Bristol Palin appeared together on the Tonight Show Friday.
Personally I like to imagine Leno was in the know and he’s just far more of a sociopath than anyone expected—making then perform together for his own sadistic pleasures[.]
It’s no secret in show business comedy circles or to anyone with access to Twitter that comedian and television star Louis C.K. is crudely and sexually obsessed with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin — so much so that he sends her direct tweets calling her the vilest of names [NSFW screen shot below]. The star of the FX series “Louie” not only savages the former Governor in such a way that I’m forced to publish the evidence below the fold with a strong warning, but his breathtakingly vicious attack on Trig Palin is quite popular on YouTube.
Louis C.K.
So infamous is Louis C.K. for this cruel and misogynistic (a word I don’t use lightly) behavior towards all things Palin, that a good number of his fans didn’t miss the “joke” when he appeared with Bristol Palin on Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show” last week. Gawker sure enjoyed it. Therefore, there’s little doubt in my mind that the decision to book Louis C.K. and Bristol Palin — to have them sit next to each other on the “Tonight Show,” was an intentionally smug inside joke in order to allow a bunch of elitist show-biz and journo types to chuckle behind Bristol’s back as she was unknowingly humiliated on national television in front of all of Hollywood.
If we’ve learned anything about some show-bizzers since Governor Palin stepped into the national spotlight, it’s that they are a bottomless pit of dark-hearted hate and cruelty. To intentionally humiliate a politician’s family, especially her children, is so far beyond the pale… But to go after a child with Down Syndrome. I’m simply speechless.
And never did I think I’d see the day — but here we have Johnny Carson’s storied “Tonight Show” brought to an all-time low where, apparently, it’s in on the joke:
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WARNING: What you’re about to read and watch below would win the Gold Medal at the Degenerate Olympics. Also, although Twitter hasn’t verified Louis C.K.’s account, we have done so through two separate sources — both of whom love his Palin-hate.
Poor Andrew Dice Clay. He might still be a superstar had Sarah Palin been around in his day to turn what he said into a Hollywood Resume’ Enhancer.
Without further comment:
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Most of the complaints by the left about the right (including their charges of being driven by hatred, contempt for the poor, racism, and so on) are generally a matter of projection, where those on the left assume that people on the right have the same dark pit of hatred and anger in their souls that people on the left have.
Louis CK is famous for what now ?
Sounds like another liberal with a 10 year olds mentality , unfortunately the democratic party's
cupboards are stocked full of them…
Rush is RIGHT , Liberalism is a mental dis-order …
This certainly knocked my respect for Jay Leno down a few notches, though. I thought he was far better than the loser Letterman.
Disgusting and not funny in the slightest.
The more I see of Bristol Palin, the more I am convinced she is the distaff version of Levi, not a bad person, just a young, misguided one who is desperate for the spotlight.
I had no idea he was inflicted with the derangement syndrome. You'd think with two daughters he'd be less vile against women whose only sin was having a different world view than his. I mean how do you explain that to your kids?
This is why more and more the big black eye in the living room is not connected to a source of electricity but sits dark and silent like a tombstone on what was "Hollywood".
Holy s**t, where the f*** are the feminists? I heard of Louis CK as if he were the greatest comedian since Carlin, but this guy is reprehinsable and I'll say it EVIL. what the hell did Sarah Palin do to get this vitriol from this a-hole. wait I have it Sarah Palin must remind him of all the hot girls in high school that told his dorky ass to get lost. Since the feminists of NOW are cowards and abortion junkies I guess this is acceptable. I have no words to discribe the disgust I feel toward this second rate hack.
ONE SICK PUPPY…..MAKES IT EASY TO DISLIKE THE LEFT.
I wonder if comics can be sued for malpractice. This isn't from the Degenerate Olympics but the Degenerate Special Olympics (said with a loving nod to our Comic-in-Chief).
I'm rarely appalled when reading Big Hollywood, even by the blatant bias of Hollywood. Mostly I chuckle it off as the lazy ramblings of idiots pining for acceptance of their peers at the expense of me and my political kind. This however, is sickening. What a vile person. And what a dirty, low down trick the Tonight Show played. I don't even think Lefty Johnny Carson would have pulled a stunt like that. You have to wonder if Louis CK was working on a new hunt and the flesh of the daughter replaced the desire for the flesh of the mother. Sick individual there.
I would love to see Sarah put her fist in this scumbag's face.
Don't you know? This is the good kind of hate.
This man has the mentality of a 10-year old. A little man who would run like a scared rabbet if confrounted.
Yeah, I was thinking that Jay was becoming "aware" of what was going on in this country but this totally blows away any positive perception I had of him. Sorry, Jay, never watching you again unless you publicly apologize for what happened.
Careful. It's not nice to smear ten year olds like that.
Sadly that would just play into the narrative of the hateful left that WE are the hatemongers…
Louis C.K. is to humor what Barack Obama is to leadership: we hear wonderful things about both, with no evidence to be found. So ridiculous that Palin is looked down upon as a simpleton, but the folks who criticize her loudest are cheered for being filthy idiots.
This is why Beck is right; we have to restore Honor and Integrity to this Country first; we have to get people to say "Wait a minute… What IS this?" and stand up against the vitriol that is hurled around like we're all living in Kindergarten Playground-land. We won't win until this happens.
For crying out loud!
Has this country sunk this low?
When are we going to reclaim the moral high ground from the "entertainment" industry and return this country to civility, a minimum understanding of appropriateness, courtesy, decent manners, and common sense morals?
For far too long we've allowed "celebrities" to become the role models for our youngsters and you see what results have materialized.
Shame does not work on them; the only thing that will is to hit them where their morals really are – their wallets.
I'd say a boycott of any program/movie/publication that doesn't subscribe to minimum standards of decent behavior is in order.
That's OK I don't think Jay Leno will be around much longer.
Ok, I'm done with Leno. I thought he was at least better than Letterman. The bar cannot get lower now.
I used to hang out with comics like him at the Improv and Laugh Factory in L.A.. They are all a bunch of cynical, ignorant, selfish, and mean spirited people. I've never been around a greater group of unlikable people. I was just there for the free Heineken back stage.
That is plain vile and disgusting. Only someone with an evil soul would say such things or applaud it. I never watch anything but Christian and family shows. Let people like Leno stew in their own filth.
Slime balls! This is why we should be allowed to hunt and stuff liberals!
There's a special place in hell reserved for these two. It boggles the mind to listen to these two gleefully wallow in their filth.
This is one disturbed individual. What sort of wierdo wants to rub his "father's" cock over someone's tits? Normal men wouldn't fantacize about handling their father's cock.
As you can see from this : http://www.funnyordie.com/images/ba1656a66e/louis... Louis wrote those tweets while drunk on the flight to LA for his Tonight Show appearance. Based on that alone, its clear he KNEW Palin's daughter was going to be on the show and those tweets were intentionally used to set up his appearance on the show — and his appearance on the show was, as Nolte writes was an " intentionally smug inside joke in order to allow a bunch of elitist show-biz and journo types to chuckle behind Bristol’s back as she was unknowingly humiliated on national television in front of all of Hollywood."
Sadly– but not surprisingly —- LouisK is one of the hottest comedians today — and he's the father of two kids.
I have to wonder if a conservative comic spewed out similar vike "jokes" about Louis' kids the way he did about Trig – a helpless downs syndrome child – what those on the left would say. Lets call this imaginary comic "RightCon" Anyone want to bet that RightCon's "free speech" rights would be trampled on, while they left tried to censor him for what they deemed " hate filled incendiary" verbal attacks on "innocent children'. Or if RightCon tweeted how he'd like to rub his dad's c**k all over LouisCK's ex wife's fat tits — You can bet Gloria Steinhem and her pathetic bunch of feminazi's would be screeching MYSOGNIST all over the place.
The left has a well documented history of being racist, bigots, mysognists, liars, haters, and corruptocrats both politically and in business —it's an ugly inconvenient truth that they can't dare acknowledge, so they project it onto Republicans.
Guy needs to be killed. Stoned by a crowd of "moderate" muslims. Can't we make this happen?
And where are the Shrivers? Why aren't they having an effing cow over this treatment of a special kid? Jesus.
I know he's going after Sarah here, but Christ on a stick…I've never met a Down's kid who wasn't just really sweet.
I really feel for Todd Palin; I don't know how he restrains himself.
This is just beyond words.
There was a time when if a man insulted someone's wife like this he'd pay with his teeth.
Time for Todd Palin to have a chat with this pu$$y.
It's no wonder Sarah Palin went off her prepared speech and said, "They talk about me like a dog."
/ sarc
When you have to orchestrate seating arrangements for ratings, you know your show has become as irrelevant as "Ed's, I'm going to torch this place" is.
Todd. And someone should film it, because it would be funny as hell to see this creep soil himself and cry as soon as he saw Todd walking towards him.
I keep saying it, but people need to be held accountable. If a physical act (burning a flag) can be defined as a first amendment issue by the supreme court, than surely me expressing my freedom of speech by punching some a-hole is also covered?
Who?
Gag me. I had no idea, although I took it for granted that this guy, being a Hollywood comedian, would hate Sarah Palin. Still…Either Bristol is a lot more level-headed than I am, or she really wants to be on TV, because I don't think I could have appeared with someone who called my mother that.
Incidentally, I think this guy has a show called "Louie" on FX. If I'm right, then everyone feel free not to see that.
That's truly sickening. You have to wonder if Leno is so out of it that he didn't even know what his producers were orchestrating.
Lefty or not, Johnny knew entertainment, and Mr. CK is not entertainment.
I actually think it says as much about how pathetic our country has become that Bristol Palin is on Leno at all. I'm as nauseated by the left's obsession with the Palin family as anyone, but the daughter is fair game for bad taste ridicule like every other celebretard when she starts doing Reality TV and appearances on late night shows.
You assume he is explaining anything to his kids. My guess is the guy is quite busy churning out female clones of himself… that is, when he actually sees them via his joint custody deal.
What's going on? Is something weird happening to the Bigs?
And how did I get thumbed down for saying the same things other people are saying? You guys kill me sometimes.
If I want excrement thrown at me, I can go to the primate house at the local zoo. The creatures there are otherwise fairly entertaining.
Wow, can you imagine ANYTHING like this being said about Michelle Obama? Come on louie, how bout the flotus, got any material? Disgusting. Tonight show and Mr. Leno, really?
Exactly, it's not wrong to hate the haters. It's their moral duty!
- I've never heard of Louis C.K., but for some people a foul mouth is their golden ticket to successes because for some people listening to a foul mouth is entertainment …
you should hear what he says about them
I'd never heard of him until Gutfeld dropped his name the other night, and then I thought he meant Andrew WK.
Leno went down the tubes when he had barneys dumbazz on his show
It is obvious from those Twitter posts that Mr. C.K. is an intellectual colossus and a comedic force to be reckoned with.
Here's to you Louis C.K. for being the Baby Ruth floating in the pool of society.
It figures Gawker would get a kick out of this.
Those snarky douchebags trash the Palins on an almost daily basis. If the Palin family vanished from public life tomorrow, half of their writing staff would be laid off.
I'll admit, I enjoy some of Louis CK's standup, but those tweets are frightening. The guy has some serious issues with women.
Louie Who-he??? No Class, no talent, no big deal….
Or her shotgun in his crotch. Wetting himself would be so much more hilarious than a simple black eye.
What's being nice get us? It's past time to start making them afraid to say things like this.
The joke could've been on him. He just sat there with his arms crossed the entire time, he was never really on camera until they stood up to dance and then he looked like a scolded schoolboy. But that's just how I saw it. Bristol for her part, (if she knew who he was) handled the situation with the kind of class that would do her parents proud.
As for Louis CK's notoriety, had John not said otherwise, I would've thought he was Bonaduce (a down on his luck, time has really caught up with him Bonaduce).
This guy kinda reminds me of these kids I used to go to school with. They would just lay into you with their petty put downs, making fun of the way you look or walk or laugh or whatever they thought they could make fun of. Then, when they could tell that they'd gotten to you, they would come up to you and start giving you this shpeel of "hey man, I'm just playing around… I don't mean nothing by it. We cool?" Then you'd shake their hand or give them a high five, or whatever send off was cool at the time… and as soon as you turn your back to walk away they're snickering to themselves and laughing at you as you walk away.
There's two ways you can deal with people like that. You can either ignore them, making them irrelevent… or you can break baseball bats over their heads.
Or stick 'em in a double jock lock and leave them on the field for cheerleader practice.
When Sarah Palin gets sworn in as our next POTUS, this (I hate to call him a man) & about 30% of our population will go Jonestown. Get your popcorn ready.
Hollywood cannot recognize this man as a disturbed individual? Yes he has the right to free speech like everyone else but as I was explaining the other day to someone, we need to treat our rights with respect. The ironic thing is this Liberal idiot doesn't realize that if the Socialists take over, ummmm he will no longer have the right to free speech. He is a self-loathing, no self esteem, uncouth mentally deranged man. To do this to anyone is wrong, even to people you hate. I cannot stand Michelle Obama, I despise her more than BO but I would never do anything like this. His words, thoughts and actions are vile. I actually feel sorry for him because he is so clueless.
Louis co-wrote Chris Rock's "I Think I Love My Wife", and his inability to go for wit over crudity sank that movie. I mean, it ends with a musical number where Chris and his wife (Gina Torres, way hotter than the mistress character which is the other fatal flaw) sing to each other "we should be f***ing!" Now, after reading this, I don't think I'll ever be able to watch Louis C.K. … in fact, I'll have a hard time watching his episodes of Dr. Katz!
Really 'edgy' there Louie, to tweet up a screed on Sarah Palin. Gosh, nobody in the entertainment industry's ever done that before.
But if you really want to get ahead of the comedy curve, start angrily tweeting about John Boehner — Obama's started to go after him, and if you really want to get the movers and shakers to recognize you and forget about that HBO disaster, cursing out the future House Majority Leader before anyone else in Hollywood does (and we all know Jeanane Garafalo is going to figure this Boehner guy out any minute now) is bound to win you some brownie points in 2011.
I totally agree …WHO? But may is expound …it's not cupboards, it's File Cabinets …lots of them.
And it was Michael Savage who coined the phrase "Liberalism is a mental disorder" …Great book, too.
If my balding head looked like a condor's ass, I'd be bitter too.
Ya know what would be really funny for next time Leno? Invite this piece of crap on and seat him next to Todd Palin. This douchebag would sh*t his pants and probably run and hide. That I would pay to see!
What we need to see is Palin's husband punch this guy in the face. No one would say this about anyone in my family.
And Leno wonders why his ratings are tanking? The idiots will never understand the basis of business success, rather than fulfilling the wants and needs of the majority of your potential customers, they continually cater to the 20% that mocks your potential customers. America is a center right nation, every polling company has verified that fact for the last 40 years. With the advent of the alternate media, cable, internet and blogs, people are able to gather facts that were previously hidden from them. The melt-down of tinsle town and the make believe media is on display, yet they refuse to see.
Someone must pay for this outrage. And pay hard.
Down with Louis C.K.!
Down with Jay Leno!
Down with that lumbering, falling antique – THE TONIGHT SHOW
Down with the person who orchestrated this insult.
I'm sexually (but, I hope, non-crudely) obsessed with Sarah Palin, too. Hot , gun-toting babe with a "naughty librarian vibe."* The difference is I'm PRO-liberty–unlike these show-biz party-line-following State-fellators.
*Craig Ferguson
It looks like Jay may have enough talent to stay on TV after his show is canceled by participating in the dance show!
Roving trolls.
The Palin Family grows EVER STRONGER…..while "Louis C.K." DIES from DISEASED MIND & SOUL….
Sarah Palin exposes the Liberal Democrats for the COWARDS they are. They are soooo careful not to insult Mexican illegals or Islamic terrorists but when it comes to Sarah, her family, and even her Down syndrome baby, they bravely lash out.
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE VULGAR, ANTI-AMERICAN, ANTI-FAMILY COWARDS!
I don't need to defend Sarah, she seems quite able to take care of herself. It's just that these morons never seem to learn, they attack and she gives them a bloody nose. When they pick Sarah Palin as their target, she just smiles and hits back… and she has a knack for hitting very accurately!
Keep on smiling Sarah, keep exposing these Liberal Democrat cowards for the mean-spirited hypocrites they are, keep shining the light of truth on these cockroacnes and ON NOVEMBER 2ND… ROACH BOMB!
KEEP THEM ON THE RUN SARAH!
Sarah Palin Playing "Kick the Idiot" http://usataxpayer.org/htm/vids.asp?A=47741922
No wonder Liberals are so angry, It's the Women… http://usataxpayer.org/htm/women.asp
Sarah Palin exposes the Liberal Democrats for the COWARDS they are. They are soooo careful not to insult Mexican illegals or Islamic terrorists but when it comes to Sarah, her family, and even her Down syndrome baby, they bravely lash out.
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE VULGAR, ANTI-AMERICAN, ANTI-FAMILY COWARDS!
I don't need to defend Sarah, she seems quite able to take care of herself. It's just that these morons never seem to learn, they attack and she gives them a bloody nose. When they pick Sarah Palin as their target, she just smiles and hits back… and she has a knack for hitting very accurately!
Keep on smiling Sarah, keep exposing these Liberal Democrat cowards for the mean-spirited hypocrites they are, keep shining the light of truth on these cockroacnes and ON NOVEMBER 2ND… ROACH BOMB!
KEEP THEM ON THE RUN SARAH!
Sarah Palin Playing "Kick the Idiot" http://usataxpayer.org/htm/vids.asp?A=47741922
No wonder Liberals are so angry, It's the Women… http://usataxpayer.org/htm/women.asp
Fist meet face! Wow!
What a nasty little bastard this guy is, I bet he’s real popular with the twelve year old crowd.
Liberalism is the expression of deeply troubled mind and a largely darkened soul.
Two comments:
Kudos to Todd Palin for putting up with this crap from a tenth rate "comedian", if I were him I would pound this guy's face into cornmeal and not look back.
Forgot the second comment, I am so livid. Will get back to that later.
I haven't watched Leno since his return and I guess I won't be watching for a while more. Not a chance in hell that I would ever watch Letterman. Feels like a few years ago when we all got sick and tired of the MSM new anchors. We need a complete change of the old fossils; no more Leno, Letterman, King, Oprah. Time for someone completely new. Gutfeld anyone???
What gets me about those that trash Bristol is that these same people are in the entertainment and TV business and they also are doing everything they can to get into the spotlight, so what is the difference between them and Bristol??? Hypocrites.
Well said and right on the money. Talent and 'original' have been replaced by childish attempts at shock. The sets will remain black most of the time until the current crop of bathroom dwelling writers, producers, and 'comedians' are flushed. There is a large waiting market out here with big screens and nothing worth watching.
Sorry for being crude but Louis CK is a Dick. He thinks if he comes off as a nice guy on talk shows that people will over look his crude hatred of anything not Liberal and the rants he has in his stand up.
Wow, the Opie-Anthony clip….Gutfeld has Anthony Cumia on Red Eye regularly, and I hope he holds him to account over this.
Why is it that most of these leftwing cretins like Louis look like playground trolling perverts?
Post it!
Thanks for the link, Dangergirl….What's with the Jew rants? The guy is one step removed from Mel Gibson.
If Lenny Bruce did it and was a genius for doing it, it must make this guy a genius, too.
yep, that's the word, genius
I vote Louisville Slugger!
First I do not know who this ck guy is but I can tell what he is by the article. He and leno are the same. I have been saying it for years that leno is a no talent liberal pig. He acts and says he gives Rep and Dem the same treatment with jokes but it is a lie as usual. When he makes a joke about a dem he says a funny about something that happened. When it is about rep he insults their appearance, looks, family or anything crude. Anybody can make a good joke but for rep's leno makes vicious jokes. I quit watching him before his big slide down the viewer ladder. He was so crude in 1999 and 2000 that was the end for him. The problem with Hollywood is the dopers, commies, socialists, fags and generally the "haters" now run the publicity scene. I have discussed this tend with people I know and this is the reason we do not do the movies bit and gave up on the major networks shows. Why should I support people not worth even looking at. Any fool can read the words written by someone else. What does an actor do?? Exactly my point. If I want to be entertained I only watch the good people of Hollywood and these liberal POS are not in that group. Besides only a sick POS would send anyone messages like the one shown. I guess when you have zero talent you must be show everyone you are an AH so they know who you are. It probably makes the other POS's in the fag Hollywood crowd happy.
You will soon discover that your PC view has a reward you don't expect. I'll tip you this, tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. That evil will commit a crime as it always does when it usurps an entire nation. Millions will die. I'd not just punch this man out I'd assure the human race the lesson would not need repeating.
Louis C.K. is not a man but a bloody coward – the mere shadow of some slime ridden creature who craves the spotlight by attacking his betters. I thought Jay was better than that. I quess I was wrong. Leno you are worse than Louis C.K. because you arranged for it to happen.
What happened to the days when men protected women and children? Out to make some ratings you sacrifice your dignity and manhood on the altar of leftist hollywood. Good luck looking in a mirror.
There is nothing more disgusting and vile than a person who wants to live in a world of negativity.
These people are worthless.
stupid is as stupid does
Thank you, Mrs. Gump!
There is nothing more disgusting and vile than a person who wants to live in a world of negativity.
In the Leno video, it's class vs. trash. The other videos are just beyond words.
This LouisK loser must have a very small penis. Doctors say those afflicted with little dicks tend hate real women. Perhaps his wife used a turkey baster to get the two sad kids she has…if they're his. One can only imagine the embarrassment he must feel, and most likely from every women he has 'been with'. Imagine the laughter, the shame, the laughter! I bet all the women that have seen the penis of this creepy comedian wantabe thought…"Now that's funny!"
The fact that this nancy has a tv show is proof that talent is dead in Hollywood and producers there create in the bathroom.
As for Leno…Johnny Carson was always a winner and would not have done this. I thought Leno was a better man than this. After hearing about this stunt, it will get easier to miss his show…see ya Jay.
Yep– you'll notice that every once in awhile some trolls come through and thumb everyone down. Of course they know they can't defend the swill we're commenting on here, so they childishly play with the buttons on the screen. Must be nice to be a liberal. No critical thinking skills required.
This kind of vocal disrespect is reprehensible. I thought Jay was above it but clearly not in booking that not funny CK whatever with Bristol. Then CK with Opie and Anthony capped it off. I'll not watch Leno anymore and not sure I've heard of the other two radio dudes but they clearly have issues.
I can honestly say I had never even heard of this Louis guy before now.
What a disgusting waste of humanity.
No…Louis C.K. is not a Baby Ruth…he's the real thing.
This guy is so vile. People with Palin Derangement Syndrome creep me out anyway, but this guy brings something out in me.
I also heard this filth say some of the most homophobic stuff I've ever heard. I voted against gay marriage in Ohio, but I think I've built an intellectually honest opinion about it. I would never even think of some of the things this guy said.
But since he's an aggressive Palin hater, he seems to get a pass with the leftist crowd.
If there's division in this country, the left is driving it.
OMG, yes you do notice things with a baby. Has that man ever held a baby in his arms ever? If you know your baby is Down's Syndrome, you can see the tell-tale signals and physical characteristics. Louis CK or whatever his name is has got to be one of the most hateful sounding people I have ever heard. And as for his syco-fanatic crew–did they honestly think any of that was funny?
Really, it's funny making fun of a mother with a Down's Syndrome baby? That constitutes humor in the 21st Century? No wonder I rarely watch TV.
As for Bristol Palin–she is beautiful, isn't she? What a stunner. Wow.
I thought Bristol handled the show with class. I would think she is aware of Louis CK and things he has said, but maybe she isn't aware. If we assume she is, then she is pretty classy IMO. She even asked him to get up and try the dance moves. "Kill 'em with kindness".
Also, do we assume Leno knew of all the things Louis said regarding Sarah Palin? Again, we could probably assume yes. If that's true, Leno is certainly a scumbag as well. His remark about her getting pregnant shows him as an a$$ IMO as well.
You know Louis, if you really had any balls you’d tweet that bird-brained intellect at some real targets of liberal progressive derision. Send your snarky comments to some of the more radical elements belonging to your local mosque.
Come on guy—do it! Show us what you’re made of. Show all of us on the right you’re made of something other than fermenting dog excrement.
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