The saga of Whoopi Golberg’s anti-Semitic commentary continues apace. If you aren’t familiar with the original story, click here for the full details. In short, Goldberg tried to argue on “The View” that the Holocaust was “not about race” and that it was just “white people fighting white people.” That’s a common trope meant to minimize the Holocaust as some kind of lesser form of discrimination.
Goldberg was never the most sharp tool in the shop, so she went along with Stephen Colbert for explanations. That didn’t go well, and she essentially doubled down. That likely represented the breaking point for ABC’s management because the next day, they suspended her for two weeks.
Initial speculation was that Goldberg liked the suspension as it provided her with protection during turbulent times. That doesn’t appear to be the case, though. New reports are emerging that Goldberg is “livid” and is now threatening to quit “The View.”
Whoopi Goldberg ‘Livid’ Over Being Suspended, Is Telling People She’s Going To Quit: Report https://t.co/KrpMFK9oUn pic.twitter.com/uQRsga909b
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The New York Post reported that a source, described as a well-placed insider, told the newspaper that Goldberg is “livid” and feels “humiliated” over the suspension.
“She feels ABC executives mishandled this. They were the ones who acted as her coach. She went on ‘The Late Show With Steven Colbert’ and then apologized again on ‘The View’ the next day,” the source told the Post. “Her ego has been hurt and she’s telling people she’s going to quit. Suspension from ‘The View’ is like getting suspended from Bravo. The bar is very low.”
Did she actually follow the ABC’s playbook? Yes, she went on with Colbert, but I’m pretty sure the ABC executives didn’t want her to reiterate her fallacious belief that the Holocaust was not about race and that it was somehow different than the discrimination suffered by black Americans. Goldberg got so caught up in her intersectal ideology, that she made the exact same error twice. It was because of a strange obsession with comparing one form of discrimination to another.
I can’t say for sure, but I still contend that had Goldberg gone on with Colbert and just profusely apologized and disowned her commentary, she probably wouldn’t have been suspended. ABC needed to move when that second set of viral clips began the circulation. They did it with a relative ease. It’s not like she was fired and ostracized.
Still, Goldberg’s ego has apparently gotten the best of her. It would be a smart move to just take the situation on the chin and acknowledge that she was not at her best. Then, return to work in two weeks with much fanfare. Instead, she’s reportedly throwing a fit and threatening to quit. Given the headaches she’s caused the network over the years, ABC might be apt to take her up on that offer.
For my part, I think Goldberg’s reaction, if it’s true, is silly. What is the use of complaining about someone making a mistake if the punishments are appropriate for the crime? There are actually a lot of people on the right, having learned zero lessons over the last decade, who are insisting Goldberg shouldn’t have been suspended. They think that taking this position will bring goodwill to the left. I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were them, though.
I just don’t see the big deal. Goldberg gets a two week vacation because she took actions that would have made any right-leaning individual fired and excluded from society. She ought to be thankful for this privilege.
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