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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic
My complaint is this: SHS was invited as a guest, sat in full public view without a microphone to defend herself, then insulted to her face for being ugly. To me it's those circumstances that make the joke so cruel, and yes, Michelle Wolf is a comedian, but is that really a carte blanche to say what you like where you like without regard to people's feelings ?
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The roasting is one of the most well-known parts of this event. Stephen Colbert famously eviscerated George W. Bush to his face at one of these and Larry Wilmore dropped the N-word while trashing Obama to his face at another. It's sort of a symbolic celebration of free speech in the face of power. It's too bad for Sanders that her boss is such a baby that he wasn't there for the roasting but she chose to take a job which involves her being his proxy. No one is forcing her to stay in that job and it's not like she'd be the first to resign from the position.