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06-28-2013, 12:02 PM | #136 |
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| And that includes all media - news and social. And those sponsors and even some of Deen's friends don't seem to be sticking by her. No doubt it's largely because she's Southern and news, social media and the internet culture are biased in their own ways against someone from the South. As South can be against them and so it goes. Hopefully in time her grave mistake will be forgiven and people will move on and let her move on. A terrible and degrading use of the N-word that recalls something so shameful as slavery shouldn't really pigeon-hole someone for the rest of their life as a bad person because it's the PC thing to do. Especially if that person has changed their ways and is sorry for past deeds and works to make things better for those hurt. I so hate mob mentality that just keeps on feeding on itself. If she's treated anything like Martha Stewart, Ray Lewis, Kobe Bryant, James Brown, Michael Vick and other celebrities, this new "enlightened" culture of ours will accept her back in time the same as the others.
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06-28-2013, 12:35 PM | #137 |
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| Oh...and let's not forget Mark Sanford. If he can make a comeback, anyone can. I mean, forget about what he told his wife...he told his staff he would be hiking on the Appalachian Trail.
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06-28-2013, 12:52 PM | #138 |
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| I did forget him!
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06-28-2013, 01:04 PM | #139 |
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| Oh...and of course Anthony Weiner who is running for NYC Mayor. I honestly don't care about his online activities but I am using him as another example of the public being forgiving.
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06-28-2013, 01:10 PM | #140 |
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| Oh, Weiner, yes, yes. The media gave him a sound send off couple years back! There is a growling rogues gallery over the years of public figures who cross the line, get tarred-and-feathered by the news and social media and then find their way back in some form or fashion. People with money have a way of doing that.
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06-28-2013, 01:42 PM | #141 | |
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BUT....here is one for you: Alec Baldwin The man goes into homophobic rants and everyone ignores it...yet Paula gets slammed for using the N word 30 years ago. Go figure. I guess it is ok to discriminate against gays? Crazy world we live in.
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06-28-2013, 01:43 PM | #142 | |
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06-28-2013, 01:43 PM | #143 | |
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06-28-2013, 01:46 PM | #144 | |
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06-28-2013, 01:55 PM | #145 |
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| I knew I shouldn't post on this thread. I am going to say one thing and then unsubscribe...two wrongs do not make a right.
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06-28-2013, 02:31 PM | #146 |
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| I am not trying to be mean or anything like that. I am just saying why does every body freak out over a word that black people call each other and singers use in there songs when someone not black uses the word yet Asians, Mexicans, Spanish, Indians,whites, ect get called a name and no one cares? I'm not racist never have been I dated a two black guys and had many friends who were black. But I absolutely can not get over the fact that its ok for some people to use a word but not the other people it drives me crazy. No one who was a slave or who is from that time is still around so everyone should let the slave thing go it was horrible but I should not be punished for it neither should other people. If the n word is so terrible then black people should not use it.
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06-28-2013, 02:33 PM | #147 |
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| I did not mean to offend you Linda I am just young and opinionated
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06-28-2013, 02:46 PM | #148 |
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| I get what you are saying. Two things... one be carful of grouping people together.. SOME blacks call SOME whites names.. Second... at this time in our culture IMO because in the past the eurpoean whites had been so dominate and in power and perhaps curel it is payback time.. it feels like it is ok to call us names and we do not have "white" groups for example "white Miss America" but that is now.. I do hope in the future it will changed. It is a time of healing and working out a new system. I have seen reverse hatred but I blame that person not that group. I agree with you in the statment just because you may have had a great great grand father was a slave ower you can not be blamed .. just like we can't blame all Germans for wwII.. people must be judged for the here and now... Paula.. well she is of that generation that is mid change. I think the word is horrible.. but it is just a word and I am more worried about the meaning behind it.. how it is used, even why it is used. I do wonder if it will ever go away becuase it has other meanings such a "home boy" type affection -- well at least that is what I have been told.
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06-28-2013, 02:54 PM | #149 |
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| Go back to page 2. It's not a perfect answer to your question, but yorkietalkjilly adressed your question. She explains why some people choose to use that word in an effort to take the sting out of such a hurtful word.
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06-28-2013, 07:28 PM | #150 |
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| I think sense Al Sharpton's not mad at Paula that nobody should be just trying to add a little humor to something so sad and serious. Just how I deal
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