As you've certainly heard by now, Anderson Cooper had a gigge-fit during a segment on Dyngus Day.
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Predictably, some Buffalonians got outraged. Why? Well, because a lot of people just enjoy getting outraged. It's become a hobby for people, like fishing or golf.
The official Dyngus Day organization responded to Cooper's giggling by holding a "Pro-Dyngus Day Rally."
At the "rally," there were more media members than rally participants (as you can see from the YouTube video below). And there were more pussy willows than rally participants and media members combined.
To heal the emotions of the "offended," Anderson Cooper took to the air to apologize last night. And he brought local Dyngus Day champion and all-about-town personality Eddie Dobosiewicz on to discuss the issue.
Oh, and the Pro-Dyngus Day organizers missed an amazing opportunity to make this "controversy" go even more viral. Chris Smith of Artvoice made a great suggestion:
A second follow-up to this dyngus day saga should be how "ridiculist" it is that so many people fly off the handle and get offended about everything and anything. I swear it seems every single thing these days results in an avalanche of outraged reactions and trenches being dug, sides being taken against one another. "If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand". I'm a polish american and I support dyngus day but the fact is it is somewhat silly and can tickle a nerve, especially if unfamiliar with it. So, we fauilt someone for being human with human emotion? Alot of hypocrite's out there. Offended by a dyngus day "giggle fit" but laugh or joke about something else that might offend. But always so personally offended. Always a movement to find fault and demonize others. Its sick. Giving Dyngus Day such a national stage has probably benefited the event tremendously as the video goes viral. The awareness of the event just rose 1000 fold. If you dont like it then dont do it, if you dont like what you hear then walk away, give your side of the story to defend if you must, but get over it. Its called freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is severely threatened and increasingly so due to this whole im offended so lets make a national media frenzy to shut you up or ruin your name. Is free speech truly free speech anymore? Nowadays I think its more like the right to consequential free speech?
I think Buffaloians are just sick of people making these statement on national tv. Most of the time, the reporters have never attended the events they are talking about or even been to our city. Nowadays, people form opinions based on things they see and read on the Internet, no matter how accurate or indepth. So Anderson watched a 30 sec clip and thought it was the stupidest thing ever and proceeded to tell this to people who watch his show about it. Dyngus day is much more than pussy willows and water guns but from Anderson's clip that is dyngus day. Anderson can say what ever he wants but I don't have to agree with it. Until people stop making these uninformed comments, expect the people of Buffalo to make sure everyone knows what's really going on here. We have freedom of s
I thought the Dyngus Day people handled it great and made more publicity! The went from a tiny blip to a segment and have gone viral. More people know about Dyngus Day today than yesterday.