Freedom Of Speech...Or Being An Idiot???

What's happening world?  This is Brandon, or BK, back with another dosage of social commentary about what's right, or wrong, in the world and my three cents on it all.  There was hardly more of a controversial story than the story of the on-air reporter that openly quit just after her tag about the legalization of marijuana in Alaska.  Just after she stated that she was an owner of a marijuana club in Alaska, she then proceeded to say that she would devote all of her energy into fairness and into the legalization of the very highly popular recreational ( and medicinal) drug.  What happened next was shocking, as she then uttered the words "Fuck it, I quit" on live television before storming out.  Once the camera got back on the news anchor, she was understandably confused and embarrassed while going into the next story.  Here's a look at the clip.




There have been people that have been heralding her as a "boss" and "that's how you leave a job".  To those people, I say, HOW STUPID DO YOU SOUND?????  This is NOT how you leave a job.  The first thing I thought about, besides how embarrassing that was as a media professional, was the fact that there are tons of young Black female graduates looking to pursue careers in media and broadcasting.  This should've been a complete slap in the face to those young ladies just trying to get out there and make their names known and accessible.  I know quite a few young Black ladies that have worked, or are working, very, very hard to make it in the media industry to have someone like this ratchet chick mess it up for them.  For KTVA-11, there may be a chance they may never hire a young Black reporter for quite some time because of this incident.

The next day, Charlo Greene posted a video about her stance on marijuana legalization.  Clearly, she's passionate about the subject and, while it's commendable that she's standing up for what she feels is right, her using a four-letter expletive to do so was crass and professionally uncalled for, but not just on one level.  Before I go any further, I'll let you check out the clip that she posted the next day.




After this was posted, she then called in to a radio station to explain her actions that day by saying that she didn't plan on saying 'fuck it', but that she did plan on going out in a big way for her cause. Honestly, I'm all about the legalization of it as well. Listen, as a man of oft-times controversy himself, I'm completely all for voicing what you feel is wrong and what needs to change. Anyone that knows me knows I'm all about that, but it could've been done with more class than was exhibited.  In a time where the media does a good enough job making us look like uneducated buffoons, lazy good-for-nothings that make tons of children, and drama-filled relationship having people, we don't need to further fuel the flames.  It would've been all fine and good if she would've just stated her case and did a classier resignation instead of being befuddled and resorting to a 'fuck it' on live television, which further puts into the minds of the white establishment, "black people have no class".

I'm far from a stuck-up, nose in the air, looking down at other people guy, but miss weed advocate could've handled that better.  She did apologize to all she offended, but in the future, if there's an issue that you feel strongly about, voice it, express it, but don't follow the standard that Ms. Greene set, at least not in a sensationalized manner.  That wasn't a "boss", that wasn't even empowering, that was being a fool.  That's all for now folks.  See all you guys and gals next week.