A Washington Examiner reporter was kicked out of a Sean Penn event in D.C. for asking a question about Penn’s recent comment wishing “rectal cancer” on his critics. Somehow a rabbi was involved in the incident as well. Weird.

But the incident does remind me of Sean Penn’s greatest role, that of Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It’s really sad that Spicoli has a firmer grasp of the greatness of America than Penn himself:

What Jefferson was saying was, Hey! You know, we left this England place ’cause it was bogus; so if we don’t get some cool rules ourselves – pronto – we’ll just be bogus too! Get it?