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emazur
04-21-2010, 07:47 PM
YouTube - Geico voice actor fired for insulting Tea Party members (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH1VqTLZe_M)

PBrady
04-21-2010, 07:51 PM
lol

...at least it wasn't the gecko.

Flash
04-21-2010, 07:54 PM
And people wonder why liberals are stereotyped as whiney.

"OMG a conservative activist group? THEY'RE GONNA KILL SOMEBODY!"

catdd
04-21-2010, 08:00 PM
They have visions of Deliverance style rednecks with shotguns.

james1906
04-21-2010, 08:02 PM
I hope everyone associated with a Geico commercial gets fired, especially that creepy money stack with the eyes.

PBrady
04-21-2010, 08:04 PM
I hope everyone associated with a Geico commercial gets fired, especially that creepy money stack with the eyes.
But not the asian waiter in that restaurant! That dude is hilarious.

Also, holy shit! This guy actually acknowledges Ron Paul supporters as starting the Tea Party movement (and actually - partially - sides with us)!


December 2007: Ron Paul supporters attempted to rent a blimp with “Google Ron Paul” on the side. It would fly to Washington, DC and then on to Boston, where they would dump tea bags into the Boston Harbor in a symbolic protest against the big-spending of…wait for it… Republicans! It failed due to lack of cash. But at least they knew their facts and where the blame should go.

http://www.myvoiceoverguy.com/voice-over/freedomworks-geico-tortious-interference/

specsaregood
04-21-2010, 08:14 PM
They have visions of Deliverance style rednecks with shotguns.

Just for reference, those were hillbillies in Deliverance not rednecks. They are two distinct groups even though they overlap in some respect.

bkreigh
04-21-2010, 08:26 PM
And I just switched my insurance to these folks last week. go figure

RM918
04-21-2010, 08:33 PM
I am so tired of this goddamn bigot argument.

Pete_00
04-21-2010, 08:37 PM
This is why i have homophobic tendencies and find the whole intertainment industry downright suspicious, call me kooky all you want...i find my theory to be very down to earth and logical, if you are the owner(s) of a media corporation, and you have an agenda, and you have the power to say who gets TV, movie, DVD, book contracts or not...you can raise a vast army of "useful idiots" in no time. Its also worth noting that "artistic" people tend to have very liberal/hippie tendencies (among other tendencies that make them even more liberal than your average liberal).

Call me all you want, someone close to me worked in New York and LA show business and those institutions are completly overrun by ultra-liberal homosexuals, they are beyond all hope. Entire armies of "useful idiots" spreading cultural filth designed to break down society.

And whats with this liberals and "IQ" insults? Morons are obssesed with the "you are dumb" type of insults.

Reason
04-21-2010, 08:43 PM
It would be great if Pete_00 could keep his bullshit restricted to threads that have even the slightest bit to do with his pet topic.

Reason
04-21-2010, 08:43 PM
I hope everyone associated with a Geico commercial gets fired, especially that creepy money stack with the eyes.

http://www.adrants.com/images/geico_kash_roofers.jpg

JeNNiF00F00
04-21-2010, 08:58 PM
This is why i have homophobic tendencies and find the whole intertainment industry downright suspicious, call me kooky all you want...i find my theory to be very down to earth and logical, if you are the owner(s) of a media corporation, and you have an agenda, and you have the power to say who gets TV, movie, DVD, book contracts or not...you can raise a vast army of "useful idiots" in no time. Its also worth noting that "artistic" people tend to have very liberal/hippie tendencies (among other tendencies that make them even more liberal than your average liberal).

Call me all you want, someone close to me worked in New York and LA show business and those institutions are completly overrun by ultra-liberal homosexuals, they are beyond all hope. Entire armies of "useful idiots" spreading cultural filth designed to break down society.

And whats with this liberals and "IQ" insults? Morons are obssesed with the "you are dumb" type of insults.

collectivist much? :)

Light
04-21-2010, 09:02 PM
collectivist much? :)

I hate the term collectivist. Its like the libertarian version of liberal insults like "racist" or "homophobe". Detesting homosexual behavior is natural and exists in almost every culture. The only culture that preaches "acceptance" of it is coincendentally is the suicidal dying West.

nate895
04-21-2010, 09:04 PM
The funniest thing to me is that the anchorman is local.

PBrady
04-21-2010, 09:05 PM
So I've been looking around his website, and watching a few videos, and this guy is actually hilarious.

nate895
04-21-2010, 09:07 PM
I hate the term collectivist. Its like the libertarian version of liberal insults like "racist" or "homophobe".

That and "statist," those terms are so overused on RPF especially that I simply assume when they are brought out that whoever is using them is out of points.

Pete_00
04-21-2010, 09:10 PM
It would be great if Pete_00 could keep his bullshit restricted to threads that have even the slightest bit to do with his pet topic.

It has EVERYTHING to do with the topic. He is clearly another hyper-liberal homosexual, another "useful idiot" that one day may find his gay rights being crushed by the same commie boot he is serving and he is clearly another example of how the show business is highly destructive to the cause of freedom.

It has EVERYTHING to do with the topic period.

angelatc
04-21-2010, 09:10 PM
I am so tired of this goddamn bigot argument.

I'm tired of the violence argument. We've got the purple shirts on tape beating people up, armed Black Panthers intimidating voters, and thin-skinned homosexuals leaving harassing messages, but we're the crazy, violent ones.

specsaregood
04-21-2010, 09:11 PM
Agree with the guy or not, what the freedomworks crew did here is downright wrong.

Light
04-21-2010, 09:13 PM
Agree with the guy or not, what the freedomworks crew did here is downright wrong.

You can also look at the Freedomworks leaking the vitriolic message by the voice actor was a case of blowback. ;)

BlackTerrel
04-21-2010, 09:24 PM
Just for reference, those were hillbillies in Deliverance not rednecks. They are two distinct groups even though they overlap in some respect.

Hahahaha. Funniest post I have read in a while.


This is why i have homophobic tendencies and find the whole intertainment industry downright suspicious, call me kooky all you want...i find my theory to be very down to earth and logical, if you are the owner(s) of a media corporation, and you have an agenda, and you have the power to say who gets TV, movie, DVD, book contracts or not...you can raise a vast army of "useful idiots" in no time. Its also worth noting that "artistic" people tend to have very liberal/hippie tendencies (among other tendencies that make them even more liberal than your average liberal).

Call me all you want, someone close to me worked in New York and LA show business and those institutions are completly overrun by ultra-liberal homosexuals, they are beyond all hope. Entire armies of "useful idiots" spreading cultural filth designed to break down society.

And whats with this liberals and "IQ" insults? Morons are obssesed with the "you are dumb" type of insults.

And suddenly a new contender :D

Pete please stop. You are making all us homophobes look bad.

angelatc
04-21-2010, 09:30 PM
Agree with the guy or not, what the freedomworks crew did here is downright wrong.

How so?

The allegations giving him the vapors aren't even real. The gay slurs and the racial comments at 2 members of Congress....the tapes of that happening are now worth $100,000 in reward money, because despite the presence of all kinds of cameras, nobody captured any of that.

The Republican Black Caucus is pulling a Tawana Brawley.

catdd
04-21-2010, 09:37 PM
Just for reference, those were hillbillies in Deliverance not rednecks. They are two distinct groups even though they overlap in some respect.

I hope this is sarcasm.

pcosmar
04-21-2010, 09:38 PM
Good.
The twit should have kept his stupid mouth shut.

I'm all for freedom of speach, but sometimes it has consequences. ;)

specsaregood
04-21-2010, 10:05 PM
I hope this is sarcasm.
It was not sarcasm.

catdd
04-21-2010, 10:08 PM
It was not sarcasm.

Well then it was a total waste of time and bandwidth splitting hairs over such a trivial thing.

JeNNiF00F00
04-21-2010, 10:08 PM
I hate the term collectivist. Its like the libertarian version of liberal insults like "racist" or "homophobe". Detesting homosexual behavior is natural and exists in almost every culture. The only culture that preaches "acceptance" of it is coincendentally is the suicidal dying West.

Grouping people into sections is just as bad. Individuals people. Individuals.

specsaregood
04-21-2010, 10:14 PM
How so?

The allegations giving him the vapors aren't even real. The gay slurs and the racial comments at 2 members of Congress....the tapes of that happening are now worth $100,000 in reward money, because despite the presence of all kinds of cameras, nobody captured any of that.

The Republican Black Caucus is pulling a Tawana Brawley.

I realize that, but that doesn't matter. I don't see how you can approve of this.
The guy got upset, he called their public office and vented and left his contact information so somebody at the office could call back if they wanted to followup. That is it. He didn't blog about it, he didn't make it a public affair, just a private citizen calling a PAC to complain. Freedomworks then took his information, researched his background, then published all his personal information, phone number, contact information, employer information, etc and encouraged people to harass him. They knew full well what would happen, they were trying to ruin his life including his career over a phone call? He didn't publish their employees personal information and encourage a flammable mob to harass them. You can't possible support or defend what they did. I know Dr. Paul wouldn't approve or want to be associated with this group's actions, I know I don't.

specsaregood
04-21-2010, 10:18 PM
Well then it was a total waste of time and bandwidth splitting hairs over such a trivial thing.

What, are you the bandwidth czar now? I didn't realize it was a problem. Are all posts on this site supposed to conform to your standards for important and non-trivial?

catdd
04-21-2010, 10:21 PM
What, are you the bandwidth czar now? I didn't realize it was a problem. Are all posts on this site important and non-trivial?

You just didn't know what you were talking about to begin with. I'm from WVa, and we are all known as hillbillies and no one I knew dressed or acted like the people in Deliverance. I think those guys were in Georgia anyway and they are mostly known as rednecks.
It's ridiculous that you'd pick something so trivial that turns into an argument.

specsaregood
04-21-2010, 10:27 PM
You just didn't know what you were talking about to begin with. I'm from WVa, and we are all known as hillbillies and no one I knew dressed or acted like the people in Deliverance. I think those guys were in Georgia anyway and they are mostly known as rednecks.

Well it is a movie. ;) I grew up a Redneck and nobody I knew dressed or acted like those people in Deliverance. See, two can play that game. I learned the difference between the two groups while living in TN and knew members of both.


It's ridiculous that you'd pick something so trivial that turns into an argument.
I wouldn't really classify it as an argument. It was a simple comment and disagreement. But hey, here we are wasting more bandwidth, I hope the internet czars don't come knocking my door down now.

catdd
04-21-2010, 10:28 PM
Well it is a movie. ;) I grew up a Redneck and nobody I knew dressed or acted like those people in Deliverance. See, two can play that game. I learned the difference between the two groups while living in TN and knew members of both.


I wouldn't really classify it as an argument. It was a simple comment and disagreement. But hey, here we are wasting more bandwidth, I hope the internet czars don't come knocking my door down now.

You never know

BlackTerrel
04-22-2010, 12:55 AM
The rednecks are getting feisty today

angelatc
04-22-2010, 05:28 AM
I realize that, but that doesn't matter. I don't see how you can approve of this.
The guy got upset, he called their public office and vented and left his contact information so somebody at the office could call back if they wanted to followup. That is it. He didn't blog about it, he didn't make it a public affair, just a private citizen calling a PAC to complain. Freedomworks then took his information, researched his background, then published all his personal information, phone number, contact information, employer information, etc and encouraged people to harass him. They knew full well what would happen, they were trying to ruin his life including his career over a phone call? He didn't publish their employees personal information and encourage a flammable mob to harass them. You can't possible support or defend what they did. I know Dr. Paul wouldn't approve or want to be associated with this group's actions, I know I don't.

I'm fine with it. I want to see all the socialists afraid to speak their mind for fear of being outcasts. They don't have any problem doing it to us. I'd send them money as a thank you, except they're open border proponents.

angelatc
04-22-2010, 05:29 AM
You just didn't know what you were talking about to begin with. I'm from WVa, and we are all known as hillbillies and no one I knew dressed or acted like the people in Deliverance. I think those guys were in Georgia anyway and they are mostly known as rednecks.
It's ridiculous that you'd pick something so trivial that turns into an argument.

Rednecks worked in the fields. Hence the name. Hillbillies worked in the mines.

catdd
04-22-2010, 06:00 AM
Rednecks worked in the fields. Hence the name. Hillbillies worked in the mines.

Either way I never had a problem with being a hillbilly and I've always resented the negativity associated with it.
Looking back I shouldn't have even used the term redneck when describing the Deliverance rapists I should have just said "retards".
Liberals have a field day slandering people with both those terms and I won't be a part of it anymore.

angelatc
04-22-2010, 06:10 AM
Either way I never had a problem with being a hillbilly and I've always resented the negativity associated with it.
Looking back I shouldn't have even used the term redneck when describing the Deliverance rapists I should have just said "retards".
Liberals have a field day with both those terms and I'm sick of it. I'll never use either word in a negative way anymore.

Knowing the origin of the term "redneck" makes it fairly simple to turn it back on them. They're insulting the very class of people they claim to represent.

Mini-Me
04-22-2010, 06:25 AM
Argh...releasing someone's personal information like that over an ignorant and vitriolic message isn't very cool or classy, no matter how big of a douche bag they are. Plus, that kind of behavior loses sympathy from people on the fence. Any movement that wants to gain wide support would probably do well to rise above it...even if the opposition makes it their recreational pastime.

angelatc
04-22-2010, 06:44 AM
Argh...releasing someone's personal information like that over an ignorant and vitriolic message isn't very cool or classy, no matter how big of a douche bag they are. Plus, that kind of behavior loses sympathy from people on the fence. Any movement that wants to gain wide support would probably do well to rise above it...even if the opposition makes it their recreational pastime.

Right - that's why the socialists have gained such strong footing in this country. By always acting with dignity and grace.

specsaregood
04-22-2010, 06:47 AM
Right - that's why the socialists have gained such strong footing in this country. By always acting with dignity and grace.

So what you are saying is that if YOU disagree with a "socialist" organization you would support them researching your background, getting your private information and publishing your name, address, phone number, employer, etc to a large group of leftists to harrass you and your employer?

Well how about it, lets go publish your info on the huffington post article. Put your info where your mouth is.

Mini-Me
04-22-2010, 06:50 AM
Right - that's why the socialists have gained such strong footing in this country. By always acting with dignity and grace.

Of course not, but posting someone's personal info like that so they can be harassed is stooping all the way down to 4chan's level...and that kind of thing doesn't exactly win people over. The socialists gained such a strong footing through sneaky-ass Fabian gradualism, building upon previous "successes" to roll faster down the slippery slope. If they came out with public intimidation tactics right out of the gate, they may not have gotten away with everything they did.

MelissaWV
04-22-2010, 06:57 AM
Are people actually battling over which nasty label they get to be associated with?

People will always think WV is full of backwards hillbilly redneck dumbass retarded country bumpkins that marry their cousins. The basis for it? It's usually that the idiot box told them so, or else they drove through and didn't see cookie-cutter housing developments and a bunch of dirty pavement stretching out to the horizon, broken only by a series of hideous shopping malls. Maybe it's the fact the cost of living is so low, or that people still mine coal, or that fishing, hiking, and camping aren't things you necessarily do while wearing designer versions of utilitarian clothing and gear. Maybe it's that there aren't millions of people jamming the roads to get to a job they commute to 30-60 minutes away.

Let people stay ignorant. It keeps the wide open spaces in this country from being overrun.

https://southernhospitalists.com/images/wv_falls.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNMGcUju8JI/RtOYTZwYmhI/AAAAAAAABK4/2e6zeqRUW08/s1600/riverton-wv.jpg

http://blogs.sungeek.net/unixwiz/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/woodburn.jpg

catdd
04-22-2010, 07:05 AM
WV's blessing is that most of the state is uninhabitable which has kept it safe from Los Angelization.

angelatc
04-22-2010, 07:07 AM
So what you are saying is that if YOU disagree with a "socialist" organization you would support them researching your background, getting your private information and publishing your name, address, phone number, employer, etc to a large group of leftists to harrass you and your employer?

Well how about it, lets go publish your info on the huffington post article. Put your info where your mouth is.

If I were literally dumb enough to go post my personal information in the enemy camp, then I absolutely deserve blowback.

Not to mention expect it. The only thing that surprises me here is that the right finally grew the stones to do such a thing.

Carrie Prejean.

These people are evil. They're spending millions of our tax dollars to keep Obama's college transcripts under wraps, but they're having a conniption because somebody played a tape of a c-grade celebrity making a juvenile, insulting phone call. Fuck 'em.

angelatc
04-22-2010, 07:09 AM
Of course not, but posting someone's personal info like that so they can be harassed is stooping all the way down to 4chan's level...and that kind of thing doesn't exactly win people over. The socialists gained such a strong footing through sneaky-ass Fabian gradualism, building upon previous "successes" to roll faster down the slippery slope. If they came out with public intimidation tactics right out of the gate, they may not have gotten away with everything they did.

So you're saying that because they paid their dues, they're the only side that should be allowed to use intimidation tactics?

specsaregood
04-22-2010, 07:15 AM
These people are evil. They're spending millions of our tax dollars to keep Obama's college transcripts under wraps

This guy has nothing to do with that. He was just a guy that happened to get upset about what he perceived as racism and other prejudices. It happens. He wasn't representing an organization or group of any type. He isn't taking govt money. He isn't a spokesman.



but they're having a conniption because somebody played a tape of a c-grade celebrity making a juvenile, insulting phone call. Fuck 'em.
I have no problem with playing the tape, what I have a problem with is digging up personal information, then making it public and asking a flammable mob of people to harass somebody and their employer because of what appears to be a false accusation.

Would not the better approach be to call the guy back one-on-one and point out how there is no proof of the accusation? That the claims are false? That their organization agrees that racism and prejudices are not something they support?

angelatc
04-22-2010, 10:56 AM
This guy has nothing to do with that. He was just a guy that happened to get upset about what he perceived as racism and other prejudices. It happens. He wasn't representing an organization or group of any type. He isn't taking govt money. He isn't a spokesman.



You realize that FreedomWorks isn't the official TEA Party group, right?

You also realize that neither of his remarks referred to either racism or homosexuality, or even health care, which was the subject of the protest where the unslung slurs were rumored to have happened?


I have no problem with playing the tape, what I have a problem with is digging up personal information, then making it public and asking a flammable mob of people to harass somebody and their employer because of what appears to be a false accusation.


They did call him back. He wouldn't pick up the phone, because he's a sniveling sissy, more voice than spine.


Would not the better approach be to call the guy back one-on-one and point out how there is no proof of the accusation? That the claims are false? That their organization agrees that racism and prejudices are not something they support?

Again, you do realize that his phone call didn't ask anything about that? He called and asked how many retarded people worked there, and if they were making plans for how to spin inevitable murder.

I'm sorry, but to get yourself worked up into such a froth over something that didn't happen to you personally, (and in fact, didn't even happen) is insane.

And he only came up with that "logic" after he was called out on his juvenile behavior. There's nothing in his message to indicate that's really why he was upset. He just made up something that sounded politically correct when he got busted for acting like a twit.

Mini-Me
04-23-2010, 12:40 AM
So you're saying that because they paid their dues, they're the only side that should be allowed to use intimidation tactics?

No. I'm saying that as the establishment, they currently have the "standing" to get away with it, whereas they would not have before...and whereas we don't now.

Also, I'm saying that I'd rather not become what I hate. You know, like, "You're better than those assholes, so why not act like it?"

Promontorium
04-23-2010, 04:54 AM
I hate the term collectivist. Its like the libertarian version of liberal insults like "racist" or "homophobe". Detesting homosexual behavior is natural and exists in almost every culture. The only culture that preaches "acceptance" of it is coincendentally is the suicidal dying West.

I actually think the term collectivist should be used more (at least by me).

It generically references the philosophy of ascribing individual characteristics to groups.

This is much more "honest" than overusing very specific philosophies like "socialism" "communism" or situations like "tyranny" "dictatorship" "police state".

But then you go on to making collectivist statements;


"natural and exists in almost every culture"

We are individuals. We are not cultures. You are literally arguing from a "collectivist" perspective, that some quality of a culture naturally exists in the people.


"The only culture that preaches "acceptance" of it is coincendentally is the suicidal dying West"

There is so much collectivism in this one setence, it is layers upon layers.

"culture that preaches". = Hello. My name is Joshua. I'm not a culture. I'm an individual. And you are wrong for punishing humans for the way they are born, and ignoring science to fit your narrow world view, to further your cause, and to harm fellow humans.

"coincendentally is the suicidal dying West" Notice the capital W in west? That's your collectivism in one letter.

What is the "West"? I suppose modern definitions might include Canada, U.S. western Europe. Basically all the rich capitalistic nations. That list tends to leave out Japan, and Mexico, even though Japan is further west (in progression and "westerniztion" by definition) and more technologically advanced, and Mexico is equally advanced but much more poor and "collectivist".

It really doesn't matter though. My point is, every human from Hamburg to Los Angeles is not a collective mind of gay lovers. You are wrong, and your fallacy is a collective assumption.

I don't even know where to go from here. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all preach against homosexuality, and almost everyone in America is one of those three, so not only are you wrong by categorizing individuals as groups, your statistics are wrong as well.