Nope, it's stupidity. People are too stupid to know that niggardly has an actual meaning that has nothing to do with the n word.
and the accusation is all that is needed for a white person to be judged as guilty of racism.
and fired.
that is a witch hunt.
that the accusation was clearly stupid just makes my point stronger, not weaker.
we have a witch hunt mentality when it comes to racism in this country, and have for quite some time.
If he hadn't been rehired you'd have a point, but he wasn't, so you don't.
how does the fact that political pressure was brought to bear change the facts of his firing?
an accusation made, guilt is assumed on the very dumbest of justifications, and the white guy is fired.
the point is valid.
do you want to look at some other examples?
how many does it take before you admit a trend?
did you see staat imply that i was racist for typing the word niggardly?
Yes, let us see some more examples as the one you coughed up was not quite accurate (you didn't disclose that he'd been rehired).
Stat is yanking your chain. Are you a white supremacist, btw?
my complete post from when i brought this up, post number 357
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Controversies about the word niggardly - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
"On January 15, 1999, David Howard, an aide to
Anthony A. Williams, the mayor of
Washington, D.C., used "niggardly" in reference to a budget.
[3] This apparently upset one of his black colleagues (Howard is white), identified by Howard as Marshall Brown, who misinterpreted it as a racial slur and lodged a complaint. As a result, on January 25 Howard tendered his resignation, and Williams accepted it.
[4] However, after public pressure from
LGBT individuals, an internal review into the matter was brought about, and the mayor offered Howard the chance to return to his position as Office of the Public Advocate on February 4. Howard refused but accepted another position with the mayor instead, insisting that he did not feel victimized by the incident. On the contrary, Howard felt that he had learned from the situation. "I used to think it would be great if we could all be colorblind; that's naïve, especially for a white person, because a white person can't afford to be colorblind. They don't have to think about race every day. An African American does.""
guy lost his job for using the word niggardly."
i clearly included the fact that the gays mobilized to support him and that with that support an internal review was finally done.
do you really want more examples? they take seconds to find. i will be happen to post more.
staat is feeding the culture of the witch hunt with false and vicious smears.
he is an asshole.
that type of behavior is the basis of the problem.