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Rape joke backfires on Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard has never been accused of playing it safe, but this time she went too far.
A women’s shelter cut her from its annual benefit after she said Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin would be gang-raped if she ever visited New York. Bernhard made the remarks in August during her one-woman show in Washington before Palin visited New York to campaign. Bernhard said Palin would be “gang-raped by my big black brothers” during a diatribe in which she also criticized Palin for opposing abortion rights.
Many guests at Rosie’s Place, a Boston shelter, have been victims of violence, public relations director Leemarie Mosca said. “In light of our mission, we don’t think violence against women is a laughing matter,” she said.
In a statement on her Web site, Bernhard said the gang-rape comment was part of a larger piece from her show about “racism, freedom, women’s rights, and the extreme views of Gov. Sarah Palin — a woman who doesn’t believe that other women should have the right to choose.”
Whatever. Kudos to the shelter. Good call.
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