Kurt's Thoughts

Mike Schur (Creator of The Office, Parks & Rec, The Good Place, Brooklyn 99) on the #Rodgers/ #McAfee/ #Kimmel controversy:

“Every year here, a lawyer comes to talk to you to explain ‘this is what you can do, this is what you can’t do’ & not a joke, the #1 example of a thing you CAN’T do is assert someone is a pedophile if they’re not a pedophile. It’s the #1 example the lawyers use.”

There’s a lotta things you can get away with insinuating… BUT YOU CANNOT SAY SOMEONE’S A PEDOPHILE.”

It’s absolutely verboten. And that’s why #Kimmel isn’t making jokes about this: This isn’t a joke. This is essentially the worst thing you can say about someone.

So I don’t care how much “power” #PatMcAfee has, I don’t care how much #AaronRodgers talks about freedom of speech (which, like most things, he doesn’t seem to really understand)…

YOU CAN’T DO THAT.

So this is going to end. I’d be shocked if this had legs from Aaron’s or Pat’s side becauseyou’re exposing yourself to not just legal liability but all sorts of things if you claim what he is claiming.

And I don’t know that they’re going to walk it back necessarily because those two guys aren’t rly in the walk-it-back-business as far as I know…

BUT THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO ANY FURTHER.

Because it would be the height of stupidity to try to turn this into some kind of freedom fight.

And BTW, yeah McAfee could leave… but I don’t think he’d leave & have Rodgers on to talk about this more because then he’s personally liable for whatever happens after that…

… so I think this is going to be over very quickly, not just because of the corporate dynamics at play but because the thing Rodgers did was abiut the STUPIDEST POSSIBLE THING you can do as an individual.

Epilogue: Mike Schur’s theory on Aaron Rodgers:

“My theory is, I think Aaron Rodgers thinks that maybe his career should have gone better & that he should have more Super Bowl victories & he’s just sad it’s ending.

And I honestly think that if Mike McCarthy had been a slightly better coach or if Ted Thompson had been a slightly better GM, none of this would be happening.

Like if Aaron Rodgers had 3 Super Bowl rings, none of this would be happening.”

🔥OMG🔥

#disney #espn #patmcafee #kimmel #aaronrodgers

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