Bostonist: Denis Leary Alienates Emersonians, Autistic, Everyone

Nabisko21

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:49:17 -0500

"judge a man not by his words, but by his actions." some famous fucker or other

aging cynic

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:22:12 -0500

If you think it's easy to offend people now, wait until next month!

DarthCupcake

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:34:06 -0500

Everyone finds potentially offensive humor hilarious until the mockery somehow relates to them. Then suddenly it's just so very wrong! Denis Leary has ALWAYS made comments that are borderline offensive and/or incendiary. It's just that it's always been about things that everyone can feel good about laughing at--yuppies, hipsters, people driving and talking on cellphones, whatever. He has treated every other demographic he's mocked with no less tact than this, except now he's dealing with something way, way too touchy-feely to not stay really PC about it. In short, somebody call the waaahmbulance.

p0larbare

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:23:02 -0500

I agree.

cprincipe

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:37:53 -0500

Let's read the book chapter before we cast judgment on Leary and start revoking honors. I think autism is very real but I also think that it is overdiagnosed just as most childhood psychological diagnoses are.