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BumRushDaShow

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6. Bigots often play the "I'm being oppressed too" card to deflect from their egregious behavior. nt

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Thu Feb 27, 2014, 06:55 AM

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Paula Deen: I�m like �that black football player who recently came out� [View all] Redfairen Feb 2014 OP

she is right about that duck dynasty asshole, but she seems kind of stupid JI7 Feb 2014 #1

love how these racist assholes always play the victim Skittles Feb 2014 #2

^^ this ^^ nt TBF Feb 2014 #23

she says that like being gay is a bad thing. n/t eShirl Feb 2014 #3

Either that or she thinks being a racist is a good thing Major Nikon Feb 2014 #29

The gay football player is who he is cosmicone Feb 2014 #4

I just wonder yeoman6987 Feb 2014 #10

You make a very good point. I'd be willing to bet that most Arkansas Granny Feb 2014 #11

Sorry, most people don't use bigoted slurs like the one your pal tosses about Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #20

I'm not defending or excusing Paula Deen. I am stating that very few, if any, of us have gone Arkansas Granny Feb 2014 #25

Oh, few of us have tried to plan a party with only black servers in stereotypical uniforms. CreekDog Feb 2014 #35

Please read the post I first responded to. It was not about Paula Deen as much as it Arkansas Granny Feb 2014 #41

So are you sympathetic to Paula Deen? cosmicone Feb 2014 #19

But that's not the standard used to judge Deen's usage. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #44

WTF? "I feel like 'embattled' or 'disgraced' will always follow my name...?" MADem Feb 2014 #5

Bigots often play the "I'm being oppressed too" card to deflect from their egregious behavior. nt BumRushDaShow Feb 2014 #6

She's got no damn shame! nt MADem Feb 2014 #7

she jumped from one pot into the next didn't she? 2pooped2pop Feb 2014 #18

I'm sure he'd also rather be known as a 'football player' instead of a 'black football player' Richardo Feb 2014 #8

You don't get it either, Mr Sam came out with the truth, he wants to be know Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #21

WTF? Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #27

I think the point is...why did she say "the black football player" who came out... cyberswede Feb 2014 #33

+1 (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2014 #22

Nope, she still doesn't quite get it. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #28

+1 cyberswede Feb 2014 #32

Paula, the difference is you CHOOSE to be racist. Scuba Feb 2014 #9

Exactly, Scuba. nt Sienna86 Feb 2014 #13

Okay. I don't think of you as a racist cook. I just think of you as a racist. Problem solved! Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2014 #12

Really? She's not as bad as Duck Dynasty Android3.14 Feb 2014 #14

her people had to coach her Enrique Feb 2014 #15

Are you fricking kidding me???!!! LynneSin Feb 2014 #16

here is the original eonline Mag article OKNancy Feb 2014 #17

"that black football player" Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 #24

Keep it to cooking get the red out Feb 2014 #26

Except he did nothing wrong and she did. jwirr Feb 2014 #30

b i n g o -- and continues to display her ignorance with comments tomm2thumbs Feb 2014 #42

She hasn't learned a damn thing from all this. Jamastiene Feb 2014 #31

The Advice She Needs erpowers Feb 2014 #34

She's not even a good cook. Laelth Feb 2014 #36

like most of her crowd heaven05 Feb 2014 #37

Boo hoo. My heart bleeds Bette Noir Feb 2014 #38

Can a person choke to death on their own ignorance? And by ignorance, I mean a stick of butter LannyDeVaney Feb 2014 #39

She is far too stupid to be giving interviews Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #40

Took the words out of my mouth. Dumb as a box of rocks. KittyWampus Feb 2014 #43

Locking, Paula Deen's opinion of herself is not LBN worthy. uppityperson Feb 2014 #45