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Dr. Laura Schlessinger apologizes after using racial epithet
Longtime talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger has posted an apology to her website after a conversation with a caller on Tuesday where she said in the N-word several times. “I articulated the N-word all the way out—more than one time,” Schlessinger said in the apology, which opened her show Wednesday morning. “And that was wrong. I’ll say it again—that was wrong.” Schlessinger claimed she was trying to make a philosophical point and lost her way. She continued in her apology: “I ended up, I’m sure, with many of you losing the point I was trying to make, because you were shocked by the fact that I said the word. I, myself, realized I had made a horrible mistake, and was so upset I could not finish the show. I pulled myself off the air at the end of the hour. I had to finish the hour, because 20 minutes of dead air doesn’t work. I am very sorry. And it just won’t happen again.”
On Tuesday’s show, Schlessinger repeated the N-word several times after a caller, identified as Jade, asked if the word was offensive. “Black guys say it all the time,” Schlessinger, who never directed the word at the caller, said. When the woman objected, Schlessinger commented: “Oh, then I guess you don’t watch HBO or listen to any black comedians.”
Now, torte, why continue to pretend that there is not a censorship alive and well among the Liberal establishment?
So, there was a thread about censorship, and arrests over anti-Semitic comments in Enland .and I pointed out that there exists a kind of censorship in this country with respect to certain protected groups .
and it seems that I discomforted one of our pretend-law experts who said:
No, no reason for you to further exhibit your ignorance.
There are no statutes in the United States prohibiting the use of any word or term. Youre free to demonstrate your hatred of other races and religions with impunity.
Interesting obfuscation,....
So I thought it was worth examining....
...and found this:
1. Earlier this week, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the trade paper for faculty members and administrators in universities, fired Naomi Schaefer Riley, a paid blogger for its website. Her crime? She had the courage to respond to a Chronicle story called Black Studies: Swaggering Into the Future, which stated that young black-studies scholars . . . are less consumed than their predecessors with the need to validate the field or explain why they are pursuing doctorates in their discipline.
Firing someone from a job for using language not in accordance with the workplace is not evidence of a statute in the United States prohibiting the use of any word or term. If you cuss up a blue streak at some jobs, you can be fired. If you make sexually suggestive comments to your co-workers, you can be fired. If a bloviator calls a woman with a sense of entitlement a slut on the air, he can lose sponsors.
That does not mean free speech is against the law or that censorship exists in America. You are free to demonstrate your bigotry or hatred, but if you are stupid enough to do it at work and lose your job, don't double down on your idiocy and say that is censorship in America...
"Firing someone from a job for using language..."
Assuming that your post is in any way related to the OP....
....would you be good enough to cite the "language" for which Ms. Riley was fired?
If you are not able, you would, it seems, be self-identified as one who hides bad behavior by pretending to misunderstand....as torte tried to do.
The "language" you refer to?
When we published Naomi Schaefer Rileys blog posting on Brainstorm last week (The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations), several thousand of you spoke out in outrage and disappointment that The Chronicle had published an article that did not conform to the journalistic standards and civil tone that you expect from us.
Weve heard you, and we have taken to heart what you said.
We now agree that Ms. Rileys blog posting did not meet The Chronicles basic editorial standards for reporting and fairness in opinion articles. As a result, we have asked Ms. Riley to leave the Brainstorm blog.
Censoring Naomi Riley - John Fund - National Review Online
It seems that John Fund made my point for me….
We have heard stories from brave journalists such as Ecuador’s Nicolas Perez and Kosovo’s Jeta Xharra of efforts to silence them for expressing views unpopular with officials or special interests. So it was strange to be here and read that one of my friends and former journalistic colleagues back home in the U.S. has been fired merely for speaking her mind.
So, there was a thread about censorship, and arrests over anti-Semitic comments in Enland .and I pointed out that there exists a kind of censorship in this country with respect to certain protected groups .
Earlier this week, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the trade paper for faculty members and administrators in universities, fired Naomi Schaefer Riley, a paid blogger for its website.
Her crime?
So, there was a thread about censorship, and arrests over anti-Semitic comments in Enland .and I pointed out that there exists a kind of censorship in this country with respect to certain protected groups .
and it seems that I discomforted one of our pretend-law experts who said:
No, no reason for you to further exhibit your ignorance.
There are no statutes in the United States prohibiting the use of any word or term. Youre free to demonstrate your hatred of other races and religions with impunity.
Interesting obfuscation,....
So I thought it was worth examining....
...and found this:
1. Earlier this week, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the trade paper for faculty members and administrators in universities, fired Naomi Schaefer Riley, a paid blogger for its website. Her crime? She had the courage to respond to a Chronicle story called Black Studies: Swaggering Into the Future, which stated that young black-studies scholars . . . are less consumed than their predecessors with the need to validate the field or explain why they are pursuing doctorates in their discipline.
2. The article used five Ph.D. candidates as examples of those rewriting the history of race. Riley looked at the subject areas of the five proposed dissertations and concluded that they were obscure at best . . . a collection of left-wing victimization claptrap at worst.
a. It seems that her crime was that she dared argue that black studies departments should be eliminated, citing the silliness of a number of the dissertations by some of the disciplines most lauded students.
b. Riley tore apart another essay that blamed the subprime housing crash on a conspirascy by white politicians, noting that those millions of white people who went into foreclosure were just collateral damage, I guess.
3. Many academics I know agree that black-studies programs are often slipshod, academically non-rigorous, and repositories for grievance politics. But they wont say so publicly, for fear of being branded as racists. Naomi Riley had the courage to state the obvious.
4. When 6,500 politically correct academics signed a petition demanding that she be fired, the editor of the Chronicle caved.
5. A couple of speakers noted how surprising it is that political correctness in academia is now shutting off debate in the U.S., the country where academics supposedly prize vigorous discussion and vigilantly guard against any sign of McCarthyism.
6. Nick Cohen is an atheist and former leftist who writes for the Observer and Guardiannewspapers in Britain examines the new forms of censorship that are emerging in the 21st century .surrounding taboo subjects with a bodyguard of politically correct humbug has a profound effect on liberalism. He noted that censorship is at its most effective when no one admits that it exists.
7. While Cohens warning was directed at those who stifle debate on Muslim radicalism in Europe and refuse to recognize the failure of officially imposed multiculturalism, he lost no time in telling me how appalled he was at the news of Rileys firing. These people calling for her head are the same ones who would scream McCarthyism if someone demanded that academics who defend Iran, excuse terrorism, or accept support from dubious Middle East regimes be called to account,
a. James Kirchick, a contributing editor to The New Republic :This is precisely why I am no longer on the left. It is disturbing to see such bullying.
b. academics have demanded tenure, ostensibly not to secure the effectively lifetime employment it creates but to give them the freedom to voice unpopular opinions and conduct research that challenges conventional thinking.
8. Few, if any, of her critics actually tried to refute her criticisms of black-studies dissertations. Instead, they sought to shut her up, and in so doing, they sent yet another message that some liberals today have become at least as intolerant of debate as any of the fundamentalists and traditionalists they abhor.
9. After Rileys firing, I have no doubt there will be fewer people brave enough to challenge that censorship.
Censoring Naomi Riley - John Fund - National Review Online
It seems that John Fund made my point for me .
Anybody remember Dr Laura? 30yrs and driven form the airways because some people were offended.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger apologizes after using racial epithet
Longtime talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger has posted an apology to her website after a conversation with a caller on Tuesday where she said in the N-word several times. I articulated the N-word all the way outmore than one time, Schlessinger said in the apology, which opened her show Wednesday morning. And that was wrong. Ill say it againthat was wrong. Schlessinger claimed she was trying to make a philosophical point and lost her way. She continued in her apology: I ended up, Im sure, with many of you losing the point I was trying to make, because you were shocked by the fact that I said the word. I, myself, realized I had made a horrible mistake, and was so upset I could not finish the show. I pulled myself off the air at the end of the hour. I had to finish the hour, because 20 minutes of dead air doesnt work. I am very sorry. And it just wont happen again.
On Tuesdays show, Schlessinger repeated the N-word several times after a caller, identified as Jade, asked if the word was offensive. Black guys say it all the time, Schlessinger, who never directed the word at the caller, said. When the woman objected, Schlessinger commented: Oh, then I guess you dont watch HBO or listen to any black comedians.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger apologizes after using racial epithet | News Briefs | EW.com
Interesting that some of Naomi Riley's critics branded her as a racist. Her husband is black.
Ah this old tale of free speech and censorship. Once again PC doesn't really get the situation.
See its not a matter of free speech. Very rarely do you come across people who want to ban words. Like of say sarah palin who wants to ban the retarded,but that wont be mentioned in the op as actual censorship.
see for the most part say what you want,but don't complain when actions are taken against you.
You don't actually have free speech with private companies.
The left might defend people but they don't sit there and say not to boycott. Of course both sides play the same card when these things happen,but hey we wont mention that either.
Sad really that such a simple topic can turn into poo by a moron with a keyboard.
No shortage of HATE-SPEECH here, I note.
Interesting that some of Naomi Riley's critics branded her as a racist. Her husband is black.
That doesn't stop them from claiming you're a racist. Just actually marrying a person of another race doesn't mean you don't hate their race. Everyone knows that all conservatives hate minorities, women, Gays, and every other large segment of the electorate that the left feels they can manipulate into hating Republicans so they can win elections.
Living with someone of another race also doesn't make you knowledgeable on what they are like. Nobody from another race ever tells you what the real deal is, tells you what their childhood and their upbringing was like, tells you why they and others in their race act the way they do. And nobody of another race that you spent the last 37 years with ever tells you what others of her race has been telling her (because they figure that they're talking to someone from their own race).....telling her things they'd never tell to a white person.
It just doesn't happen........
Interesting that some of Naomi Riley's critics branded her as a racist. Her husband is black.
That doesn't stop them from claiming you're a racist. Just actually marrying a person of another race doesn't mean you don't hate their race. Everyone knows that all conservatives hate minorities, women, Gays, and every other large segment of the electorate that the left feels they can manipulate into hating Republicans so they can win elections.
Living with someone of another race also doesn't make you knowledgeable on what they are like. Nobody from another race ever tells you what the real deal is, tells you what their childhood and their upbringing was like, tells you why they and others in their race act the way they do. And nobody of another race that you spent the last 37 years with ever tells you what others of her race has been telling her (because they figure that they're talking to someone from their own race).....telling her things they'd never tell to a white person.
It just doesn't happen........
It wasn't an issue of whether she is racist or not.
People who took a certain major were offended by her characterization of their major.
And you know what, I've seen people fired for a lot less.
I saw a woman fired because she said something bad about the company on her resume, and then posted it on Craig's List. Didn't matter what she said was absolutely true, it made them look bad. (Incidently, you should never say anything bad about your last company on a resume, or ever post anything on Craig's List.)
I just can't get worked up about this woman. I see a lot of people get fired all the time who are a lot more sympathetic.
Imagine having classes on white studies. Nobody has legitimized this so it just doesn't happen, and pointing out the absurdity of "Black Studies" isn't racist. It's just common-sense, something political-correctness tends to ignore.
No offense, but it seems that the left panders to these folks and allows them to do things that the unprotected cannot get away with.
Imagine having classes on white studies. Nobody has legitimized this so it just doesn't happen, and pointing out the absurdity of "Black Studies" isn't racist. It's just common-sense, something political-correctness tends to ignore.
No offense, but it seems that the left panders to these folks and allows them to do things that the unprotected cannot get away with.
Imagine having classes on white studies. Nobody has legitimized this so it just doesn't happen, and pointing out the absurdity of "Black Studies" isn't racist. It's just common-sense, something political-correctness tends to ignore.
Oh, hey, personally I think Black Studies and Women Studies and all the other Greivence Studies majors are academic horseshit, personally.
So what? Academia has always been sort of a liberal clubhouse. It's like going to a strip joint and complaining about the nudity and the drinking.
It doesn't take away from the fact that this journal had a right to terminate an employee as long as she didn't have a contract.
Again, you folks on the right are the ones who think an employer should be able to fire an employee at any time for any reason without any recourse.
So why are you complaining when someone does that again?
Toodles, kiddies, I'm off to work.
