A Call To Action, A Narrative and An Inquisition
A Voice For DogdomÂ
Fan Says: Time for “Laying Low” is OverÂ
Dog the Bounty Hunter has many fans. They find a champion to present their case in the form of Ms. K., the author. DBKP had this and it got caught in our “Dog Lays Low Weekend”.
The weekend’s now over, and we can uncork this story. K. Gilreath lays out every known Dog argument–and a few we hadn’t heard before–as she examines the “Dog Issue” from every conceivable angle.
Part rant, part inquisition, and part legal document in the court of public opinion, it provides a narrative of sorts for the discerning Dog aficionado. We present it largely in it’s original form, to preserve its “flavor”.
It first appeared in Hawaii Reporter.
It now appears here.
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?04352b17-9755-40b2-89b0-790be1acaa7c
Now that the furor’s died down some, I feel more comfortable making some observations about Duane “Dog” Chapman’s situation. Just like puzzling a Rubix Cube, puzzling this one out is frustrating.
Part One.
Let’s start at the start:
The National Enquirer released a 2-minute version of Dog Chapman’s phone convo with his son Tucker. Labeling it a “racist tirade.” Later on, they released a 5-minute or so version of it. I haven’t been treated to the “long” or “full” 8-minute version I’m told is out there, and I don’t want to be. Because it’s yet another version.
Websters Dictionary defines the word version as follows:
Version- n. *1: Translation. *2: An account or description from a particular point of view especially as contrasted with another. *3: A form or variant of a type or original.
I’d say definitions 2 and 3 both apply here to what’s been offered as proof of racism. With definition 1 being reserved for the court of public opinion.
So Dog Chapman apologizes same day and starts down the road to taking his lumps. Starting with A&E pulling his show entirely until further notice. Over a private conversation, labeled with the inflammatory phrase ‘racist tirade’ and released in versions to the public by National Enquirer.
I don’t condone the use of the word “N” word. I’d be a hypocrite to say I’ve never used a slur, or used it in anger. I defy others to claim that they, in the heat of anger or frustration, haven’t used a racial slur, sexist slur, or foul word pertaining to an individual or a group. Whether you realized it or not.
In a court of law, an edited tape, or a ‘version’ wouldn’t get anywhere near a jury. Yet in the court of public opinion, an edited tape plus an inflammatory label is all it takes to pass judgment. Just like the song, this is all some dirty laundry too isn’t it? And the National Enquirer has been dishing the ‘dirt’ by the shovelful. After all, they proved it once right?
And that’s not all.
Read rest of story:
Dog the Bounty Hunter: A Fan’s Call to ActionÂ
Sources:
Dog the Bounty Hunter: A Fan’s Call to Action
Dog the Bounty Hunter: Let’s Get Critical
Mondoreb blogs at Death By 1000 Papercuts. Interested readers can e-mail him at
mondoreb@gmail.com.
6 users commented in " Dog the Bounty Hunter: A Fan’s Call to Action "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackA nonwhite who used the word honky publicly or privately would not be given the scarlet letter of racist.
Chapman was guilty of being white.
i think dog the team did good work every day
they are the best bounty hunter in the u.s.
let keep them they are #1 you know give them
there tv show back we all miss up before like
i did before we are safer when the town you know
what i mean he got good word to say.
I want people too forgive Mr. Chapman as he is like many others,just human. So, if anyone out in the world has never spoken out of his or her mouth something wrong throw the first stone. Tim,California….
Dog was targeted by the Enquirer, and has been for a long time. Who can cast the first stone at him for being human and saying something in the heat of the moment in a private conversation? The day when the “thought police” start invading our private conversations and our homes, is the day that all of us will be in big trouble!
How many kids and ex-wives does “Dog the Mountain Tweaker” have anyway? Do any of them have his last name? Somebody please make a family tree showing all of his ex-wives and criminal, drug using offspring.
Ya, great role model.
It is amazing that you have all missed the bigger issue… that this is an invasion of privacy, regardless of who it is. Had it been you, would your reaction have been the same? Are we so bored with our own lives that we must continue obsessing about the personal life of TV star… good bad or indifferent? If you want to sling mud, sling it at the government for trying to regulate every facet of your boring life, sling it at the TV stations for trying to tell you what you can and cant or should and shouldnt watch, and QUIT slinging it at each other.
Honestly, cant you show and educated opinion without being petty? (and you know who you are!) You are no better than the Enquirer for printing it to begin with.
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