STOP APOLOGIZING!!!!!!

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So, now we are saying sorry to the people who are offended by the Redskins nickname.

We are all saying we are sorry to Chief Wahoo.

We are sorry to the blacks.

We are sorry to the Jewish folks.

We are sorry to Italian-Americans for the Sopranos. (RIP Gandolfini).

We are sorry to the lesbians and the gay men.

What the hell is going on?

Men and women are being interviewed and as soon as the interview hits the streets they are standing there saying they are sorry to everyone.

Movie stars are yelling at TMZ and then having to say that they are morally wounded by their own stupidity.

Everyone is sorry for saying something to someone.

I've watched Tracy Morgan and Kramer and Mel Gibson and Jonah Hill apologize.

Donald Sterling was punished and handed two billion and told to hit the road even after he said he was sorry.

Joan Rivers said she won't apologize.

Gilbert Gottfried, a freaking comedian, was fired for telling jokes that were insensitive.

I ask again:

What the hell is going on?

Is everyone that deeply offended by everything?

Remember Archie Bunker?

Or Richard Pryor? Or Eddie Murphy?

We used to laugh at our differences. We used to be able to handle a little bit of teasing.

Now I don't think it's right to bash any single group of people, but have you heard any of these apologies?

The actor Gary Oldman was apologizing on Kimmel the other night because he said something about the Jews controlling Hollywood.

You'd have thought he shot 750 people.

He spoke of being morally wounded by the insensitive and stupid things that came out of his stupid mouth.

Damn.

We need rules here.

Who is offended?

Who is off-limits?

When did we lose our sense of everything?

(Sorry if I have offended anyone here).

Holy cripes.

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