[EEGator]

He punched Piers Morgan in the face. Jeremy can do no wrong by me.

[A_Former_Democrat]

In the meantime while all these white boys run for PC cover, Bennie Thompson’s namecalling goes unnoticed

[big truck]

I am having the devil’s own time trying to come up with a nursery rhyme that has a racist line in it.

[cripplecreek]

Actually if you watch the video he says it sounded like the old version of Eenie Meanie Miney Moe. In fact it was a take that was never used because it sounded like it. Someone held onto the video to use now.

[driftless2]

I must have heard that rhyme hundreds if not thousands of times when I was a kid. I heard adults saying that word quite a bit not realizing how loaded it was. Even my mother who used to get upset when she heard racist words called brazil nuts n.....toes.

So does the mere recitation of the slur make a person a racist? I think actions speak louder than words. And a slip of the tongue does not make a person a racist. But Clarkson will have a very difficult time getting out of this one. Because in today's world, racism only goes one way...towards whites.

[tnlibertarian]

Jeremy, you may be okay in the UK. However, in the US, there is forgiveness and second, third, fourth chances for every sin or offense under the sun, up to and including murder, except perceived racism. One word and you are ostracized for life.

[SoFloFreeper]

Don’t you dare utter old nursery rhymes.

Feel free to recite modern day rap lyrics.

[BykrBayb]

Eenie, meanie, miney, moe. Catch a tiger by the toe. I don’t see the problem.

[GunRunner]

This is the same a-hole who claimed that blacks were being mowed down by machine guns from helicopters during Katrina. He HATES the United States.

[MD Expat in PA]

I’ve listened to the clip several times and for the life of me I can’t hear any semblance to the dreaded N–Word. I fact I can’t make out any word during the portion of the rhyme that supposedly contained the offensive word. I think what Clarkson “should” have said was:

Eeeny, Meenie, Miny, Moe
Catch Piers Morgan by the toe
When he squeals, punch him in the face again

This guy breaks down the audio (WARNING – some NSFW, NSFC language by the YouTuber)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP4O-AqAoks

[Jack Hydrazine]

[moovova]

"Off with his head!"

[MeshugeMikey]

Recently, two African Americans were offended when “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, pick a seat, it’s time to go” was recited by a Southwest Airlines attendant, and (unsuccessfully) took it to court.

Read more at http://www.omgfacts.com/History/Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Moe-originally-had-a-ra/54454#sb2lwlKdsDOVRKOe.99

I think that could have been a great AD CAMPAIGN!!!

[windsorknot]

Sorry, only blacks can use that offensive, derogatory, racial epithet.

[ClearCase_guy]

“And as I’m sitting here begging your forgiveness for that fact that obviously my efforts weren’t quite good enough.”

Apologies can never be good enough. It's blood in the water, and an admission of guilt -- the do-gooders will never forget, never forgive. They will hound and torture the miscreant forever. Because they are good people and the miscreant deserves endless suffering.

[ScaniaBoy]

It is getting worse, but politcal correctness controlling our language is not a completely new phenomenon. The Swedish (actually Scanian) author and raconteur Fritiof "the Pirate" Nilsson (1895 - 1972) was heard to complain that "these days it is no longer possible even to write about a darning needle without some one-eyed bastard feeling agrieved."

[US_MilitaryRules]

What ever happened to “Sticks and stone may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”!

People need to get over this crap. Stand up for yourself.

[taildragger]

Phew, I am relieved, I thought he did something really wrong like calling for a 2nd Amendment in England, Free Market Healthcare instead of the BHCS, and quoting Winston Churchill.... ( Sarcasm off )...

[jonathonandjennifer]

My family comes from Kentucky and Tennessee, and I’ve never heard any outrage over the word hillbilly.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Eenie, meanie, miney, mo, catch a...