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Re: Paula Deen Fired
How is it actually unfair for people not to care for her for being a racist jerk? She admits to using racial terms, and she is not completely brain dead so she would have to know that term was offensive. I will leave it to the people who were offended by the use of the word to decide to forgive her. I am not going to leave it up to some white guy on the internet as you probably were not directly insulted by the behavior. Really, what is for you to forgive? How nice of you to decide for the people who were offended that they should not be.
Oh, and having consequences for using fowl language is not even close to persecution. How clueless is that statement? You can control what comes out of your mouth, but the people she is referring to cannot control how they were born. Persecution is things like being property of others, being denied education, being denied employment, being denied voting in a democracy, and even suffering things like lower wages for the same work. Being told not to use the N word in pleasant or professional conversation is not even close to persecution. It is not a requirement for being a white southern lady to say the N word. You have no clue what real persecution is, and you look quite silly for even trying to claim not being allowed to say the N word is even close to real persecution.
Let me first say, "ThePlayDrive doth protest too much, methinks."
I believe you are allowed to express your distaste for racism anyway you please within the bounds of the law. My problem is with how eager people are to cast the first stone at the slightest appearance of political incorrectness. The person in question did ask for forgiveness and though she should have repercussions I'm not quick to write people off who ask for lenience. If she did it again, then I'd be less likely to believe her but still I'm not a fan of unfair persecution.
How is it actually unfair for people not to care for her for being a racist jerk? She admits to using racial terms, and she is not completely brain dead so she would have to know that term was offensive. I will leave it to the people who were offended by the use of the word to decide to forgive her. I am not going to leave it up to some white guy on the internet as you probably were not directly insulted by the behavior. Really, what is for you to forgive? How nice of you to decide for the people who were offended that they should not be.
Oh, and having consequences for using fowl language is not even close to persecution. How clueless is that statement? You can control what comes out of your mouth, but the people she is referring to cannot control how they were born. Persecution is things like being property of others, being denied education, being denied employment, being denied voting in a democracy, and even suffering things like lower wages for the same work. Being told not to use the N word in pleasant or professional conversation is not even close to persecution. It is not a requirement for being a white southern lady to say the N word. You have no clue what real persecution is, and you look quite silly for even trying to claim not being allowed to say the N word is even close to real persecution.