Lol. I made a bet with a white co-worker who i work with to watch how many conservatives come to Paula Dean defense as this thread continues. I made me a cool 20 bucks... You guys never disappoint.
I actually like Paula Dean (at least her food :2razz, but she is a recognize celebrity who represents a network. What do you think would happen.
Let place it in a environment where a black celebrity was fired. Remember Isaiah Washington when he starred in Greys Anatomy? He was one of the biggest stars on that show and a damn good actor. When he called his co-star a faggot, he lost his job on the show and basically haven't had a good role in years. But that is the consequences when you do stupid things.
I don't blame Food Network. I blame the over the top politically correct culture that demands that people be terminated for things not work related and didn't cause anyone harm. I hope to see her back on TV soon.
Lol. I made a bet with a white co-worker
who i work with to watch how many
conservatives come to Paula Dean defense as this thread continues. I made me a cool 20 bucks... You guys never disappoint.
I actually like Paula Dean (at least her food :2razz, but she is a recognize celebrity who represents a network. What do you think would happen.
Let place it in a environment where a black celebrity was fired. Remember Isaiah Washington when he starred in Greys Anatomy? He was one of the biggest stars on that show and a damn good actor. When he called his co-star a faggot, he lost his job on the show and basically haven't had a good role in years. But that is the consequences when you do stupid things.
I didn't say you as an individual was duplicitous.
I also said I would forgive Dean.
The threads speak for themselves. There was joy over the firing of the teacher and outrage over Dean.
Sorry, I misread your post.
I don't like double standards either. I wasn't following the story about the fired teacher but I do recall a while back an unmarried teacher was dismissed from her job for being preggers. How on earth can they look at themselves in the mirror and fire an expectant mom who needs the income and health insurance? If its that big of a problem, reassign her to an office job. Where is the love?
When you take a job like that, catholic school, you know they frown on un wed mothers, abortions, gay marriage. You know this up front.Sorry, I misread your post.
I don't like double standards either. I wasn't following the story about the fired teacher but I do recall a while back an unmarried teacher was dismissed from her job for being preggers. How on earth can they look at themselves in the mirror and fire an expectant mom who needs the income and health insurance? If its that big of a problem, reassign her to an office job. Where is the love?
I am not addressing any particular poster, but a duplicitous attitude of many.
Just look through the threads. You will see right wingers gleefully cheer the homo got fired or the pregnant woman got fired. Then in this thread they have the opposite opinion.
That is duplicitous.
So the right is happy when women and gays lose their job, but so upset about Dean.
No love only the desire to control.
When you take a job like that, catholic school, you know they frown on un wed mothers, abortions, gay marriage. You know this up front.
No one should be surprised that they are fired for breaking a code of conduct that has everything to do with thier job.
I didn't say you as an individual was duplicitous.
lol, what a hilarious ****ing lie. You have been quoting his posts as you make this argument, attributing such positions to him. But now, once your card got pulled, you were never referencing him?
LOL~!!!
No one should be surprised when a tv personality is fired for using racist language.
I quote his posts because they hit the points I want to make. I didnt say you the poster. I was using generic language.
The instances are very similar.
LOLZ! And you call yourself a 'progressive,' but actively argue to use racial slurs. Funny!
Personally, I think that the narcissistic bubble she created for herself where she believed herself so beloved that she could utter racial slurs, sexually harass and generally market herself as a grandmotherly sexpot looking for a stud to cougar has finally burst. A dose of humility was in order, and she just got hers.
Besides admitting to using the term in the past, there doesn't seem anything definitive supporting the plaintive in her civil case. Like I keep saying, it's not something I'm really concerned with, and she is a very difficult person to feel sympathetic for, but the public has a tendency to over react to these things
According to the civil suit against her, the racial slurs, racist jokes and sexual harassment is not in the past. That's the point of the lawsuit. Deen will have her day in court; however, if I'm running a business or a network, I do not want someone accused of such things representing me until and unless they have been exonerated.
I didn't read the article but if her contract wasn't renewed over something she said many many years ago then that's kind of messed up.
As for racial pejoratives I personally think it makes anyone using them look and sound dumb and ignorant but that's just me :shrug:
Besides admitting to using the term in the past, there doesn't seem anything definitive supporting the plaintive in her civil case. Like I keep saying, it's not something I'm really concerned with, and she is a very difficult person to feel sympathetic for, but the public has a tendency to over react to these things
I just read an article stating that allegedly her black employees were paid with beer instead of money.
According to the civil suit against her
That's the point of the lawsuit.
Deen will have her day in court; however, if I'm running a business or a network, I do not want someone accused of such things representing me until and unless they have been exonerated.
Would over reacting entail multiple posts in a forum about this topic? If so, you're guilty?
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