WOW! President Obama had a rough week. Between the outrage over the whole "not attending the unity rally" and Americans questioning his leadership, I was hoping we could get to Friday without anymore problems. Boy, I was wrong. The new Fox television series Empire, described as "Dynasty Gone Gangsta" shocked the world during this Wednesday's, January 14, 2015 airing. Given Fox's history with democrats, they chose not to pretend and came out swinging as Fox executives decided it would be satisfying to deploy the "F" bomb to disparage our president during prime time? I have to pull my "etiquette flag" and throw it at the feet of everyone at Fox who thought it was alright to let "Fxxx the President" ride on national television. We get it, Republicans hate Obama, but when has the line of free speech crossed over to a platform of such vitriol toward the man with his finger on the button. Though teaching etiquette is my calling, I thought I would live to see disrespect on such a large stage coming from the mouth of someone who looks just like me reaffirming every stereotype others have of the black community. Indeed this public tongue bashing cuts to the very heart of courtesy and patriotism. I am the first to respect artistic expression and freedom of speech, but insulting the chief executive in such a visible way, well it broke every etiquette rule in the book beginning with RESPECT EVERYONE. For this most egregious etiquette offense, FOX and EMPIRE should issue an apology as public as they disrespected the president of the United States.
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