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Talk like a sign language gorilla who got hit in the head. >> sean: we can't show you the worst of it, it was that bad. some are calling for colbert to be fired over this. let me be clear i wrote on twitter earlier today, i do not support the fire colbert movement, demanding that people get fired for making political comments that some disagree with is exactly what the left is always doing to conservatives, that's why we are taped in my case four hours a day,se three hours on radio, one hour on tv that they can find one thing i say they don't like and start a boycott and try to silence me and ...

For a lot of immediate congressmans, of course for "saturday night live" too, you know, i think you can probably stake that too far. i think if you look at what he said about the president and you try to imagine dave letterman saying that or jay leno saying that at some point. >> how about johnny carson? >> or johnny carson. we're in a totally different era. i think given that he's fighter for a smaller audience than maybe those guys were fighting for, he feels like he can be a little bit edgier. >> is this just ratings? is that all this is? what's the line? >> not entirely. i think if you loo...

I love his iconoclastic nature. >> enough about me. >> sean: herman, every minute of every day, every talk show host in america, we're all taped. every minute of every conservative on the fox newsho channel is taped to grab one word, sentence, phrase, they can start a boycott it's a roundabout way to silence opposition voices, i've never supported the boycott spirit me and limbaugh defended bill maher when he was on abc, they fired him. what are your thoughts on this? >> all of the people that you named have the class not to cross the line of disrespect. you know how to be critical, we know ho...

Thinks because of the president's own history of often making crude remarks, make it's fair game or there's some more understanding with this president and the way he expresses himself. but i'm not stephen colbert so -- >> you're right. the president has had some rough stuff, that bus tape is one we all heard. >> we've moved beyond kind of this pollyanna attitude towards politicians and things they're supposed to say and the words they're not supposed to use. i think this is a continuation of all that. >> so he's safe? >> oh, yes. >> i think so. >> you think so too? >> the fact that he didn't ...

From colbert, but it wasn't an apology. >> still? am i still the host? i'm still the host. at the end of that monologue, i had a few choice insults for the president in return. i don't regret that. so while i would do it again, i would change a few words that were cruder than they needed to be. >> today more calls for cbs to take action, a fire colbert website was launched all because of this. >> you attract more skin heads than free rogain you have more people marching against you than cancer. you talk like a sign language gorilla who got hit in the head. in fact, the only thing your mouth is...