Columnist: Applause for mom who took stand againt DS jokes
April 11th, 2010Writing in the [UK] Sunday Times, columnist India Knight hails a mother of a 5-year-old with Down syndrome who challenged Scottish standup comedian Frankie Boyle over a comedy routine. Boyle, who is known for his crude humor, referred to “Mongoloids” who have bowl haircuts and are “destined for an early death”. He recently piloted a television show in Britain called “Deal with this, Retards.”
Boyle, Knight says,
… isn’t even enough of a man to offer up an apology. Sharon Smith, on the other hand, is a heroine – for standing up for her daughter and, by extension, for the growing number of children with Down’s, for pointing out to Mr Hilarious that the verbal equivalent of kicking the spastic around the playground won’t do any more.
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