Not Cool: NewsBusters Calls Cleese, Chan “Celebutards” and “Idiots”

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Filed Under (Outrage) by Ben Grivno on 21-04-2009

Warner Todd Huston of NewsBusters apparently thinks that it’s A-OK to make use of the invectives “celebutard” and “idiot” when making the case against the ignorant rants of Jackie Chan and John Cleese. Though Huston does call Cleese and Chan “useful idiots,” he does not use “celebutard” in the text of his post. His post does, however, have a graphic that uses the word:
Not Cool

Not Cool

Using such words goes beyond civil discourse, especially “celebutard.” This is beneath the talent of Huston; there are more effective and clever ways of highlighting the foolishness of celebrities like Chan and Cleese. I implore Huston and NewsBusters to issue an apology and take the next fork to the high road.