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In reply to the discussion: Paula Deen fans vent their outrage at Food Network [View all]alarimer
(16,245 posts)It's like they are stubborn children, and "liberal political correctness" is taking their toys away.
But I repeat, I have heard Rush Limbaugh say much worse things about liberals or Democrats or African Americans (though I guess he doesn't actually use the N-word, so maybe by that simple standard he isn't that bad) and stay on the air. So in that case, those radio stations stand to make money with him, even if some advertisers leave, than they would trying to put someone else there.
There are plenty of people (mainly in the South, I'm surrounded by them here) who are just so bitter and enraged at things changing that they really, really resent what they call political correctness. Again, they are like children who think they should be able to say whatever the hell they want to anyone at any time and not be taken to task for it.
Now, they are ignorant and stupid, but not necessarily evil. I think really this is a tempest in a teapot and doesn't really get to the heart of the problem, which is that, while things have on the whole improved, we are still a long way from being okay with racial and ethnic diversity. We jump on someone for saying things like this, yet we do very little to actually change attitudes, beyond saying "Well, you really shouldn't use those words."
Maybe I'm a cynic, but I doubt this will change much. In 18 months or so, she will be on a public apology tour and sooner or later back on TV. In our short attention span, we will have forgotten. And maybe that's okay, because there really are bigger fish to fry.
Our governments, state and federal, are in the process right this minute of rolling back the Civil Rights Act. The Supreme Court is about to rule on a case that may set voting rights back a generation and all we can do is argue about someone's use of the N-word.
Incidentally, lost on all this discussion, is the fact that this is a SEXUAL HARASSMENT case and involved the use of terms derogatory to women. So women, as per usual, don't count in this discussion. Because it's still very much okay to be sexist.
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