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(47,245 posts) Sun Jun 23, 2013, 02:44 PM Jun 2013

Why is it ok to use racial slurs? [View all]

That is, if the speaker is right-wing?

Rush the Fathead uses racial slurs constantly.

Brent Bozell, head of "Media Research Center" called Obama a "skinny ghetto crackhead."

Yet who loses their job due to using a word they heard during the time they were growing up?
A television cook.

These other guys influence the politicians who pass laws that affect us directly.
No one ever takes them to task though.

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Why is it ok to use racial slurs? [View all] Archae Jun 2013 OP

Please stop minimizing Paula Deen's racism cali Jun 2013 #1

I missed that one... Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #3

You're missing my point. Archae Jun 2013 #4

not that I don't agree about Limbaugh but cali Jun 2013 #6

Because the people they sharp_stick Jun 2013 #2

Because they are playing to an audience that accepts and agrees Arkansas Granny Jun 2013 #5

Well said JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #8

There's a lot of people working very hard to see that Rush loses his job. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #7

Why are you defending Deen? It wasn't the word, it was what she did. graham4anything Jun 2013 #9

Deen is an entertainer KT2000 Jun 2013 #10