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Dr. Laura apologizes for saying N-word on the air
Times Herald Record Middletown, NY ^ | 8/13/10 | Satff

Posted on 08/13/2010 3:55:29 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

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Say what you may about Lenny Bruce's "potty mouth" humor, but he might have been right about one thing. When Dustin Hoffman portrayed him in the movie Lenny back in 1976(?) he re-created one of his routines in front of a mixed audience where he starts by asking, "Are there any n*****s here?" He repeats the word quite a few times angering the Black people while the Whites look on in shock. He then asks if there are any "Jewb*ys", "w*ps", sp*cs", "ch*nks" etc. By the end of the routine he's hurling out just about every known epithet and the audience soon understands what he's doing and laugh hysterically. His point was to just stop being offended by these stupid words and they will lose their impact and those who do use them will expose themselves for the idiots they are.
1 posted on 08/13/2010 3:55:33 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

The ridiculous fear of the word nigger is an embarassment in a supposedly civilized world. Saying “n-word” doesn’t magically mean the reader/listener doesn’t actually understand the actual word is what’s being mentioned.

I work with black and Hispanic teenagers who use the word constantly with each other. But adults can’t even say the word in a discussion OF the word.


2 posted on 08/13/2010 3:58:48 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 ("Fanaticism is described as redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim."-G. Santayana)
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To: Impala64ssa
I had made a horrible mistake

Let's bring back Samuel Clemens so he can apologize too.

ML/NJ

3 posted on 08/13/2010 3:59:39 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: Impala64ssa

Schlessinger is correct. Unfortunately, she will probably have to kiss Jesse Jackson’s butt now.

Read rap lyrics out loud in public or at your workplace and see what happens to you if you are not black yourself.


4 posted on 08/13/2010 4:01:05 PM PDT by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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To: Impala64ssa

Can’t anyone say anything ‘off beat’ anymore, without apologizing?


5 posted on 08/13/2010 4:04:08 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Impala64ssa

I grow weary of all of this political correctness.


6 posted on 08/13/2010 4:04:12 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (If November does not turn out well, then beware of December.)
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To: Impala64ssa

I am sick to death of people saying and/or doing something and then “taking it back”. People need to stand up for what they said or have done. Good grief, I hate this apology culture we are in.


7 posted on 08/13/2010 4:04:15 PM PDT by svcw (It's not the situation that matters, it's the attitude toward the situation that matters.)
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To: Darkwolf377

And what if an adult looked at a black person and said “You’re nothing but an n-word.”???? Would that be dicrimination?


8 posted on 08/13/2010 4:05:34 PM PDT by RC2 (Remember who we are. "I am America")
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To: Impala64ssa

Maybe it’s just me, but I think the F word is much worse than “nigger”, depending on the context. Frankly, I learned over two decades ago that the word is not necessarily about race. I’ve come across “niggers” that are also white “crackers”.

And don’t even get me started on “niggardly”. It is a favorite word of Tom Clancy’s.

Words have meaning. I will not let the ignorant silence me. Especially in a country with our first amendment.


9 posted on 08/13/2010 4:05:55 PM PDT by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Darkwolf377

You wrote the N word!


10 posted on 08/13/2010 4:06:38 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
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To: Impala64ssa
it seems you cant defuse the N word by saying it if you are white.

Michael Richards couldn't

Ted Nugent couldn't...

Don Imus, couldn't even say HO.

its just....what is the word?

Oh yeah, now I remember......


11 posted on 08/13/2010 4:07:02 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Impala64ssa

You mean people still tune into this show?


12 posted on 08/13/2010 4:07:25 PM PDT by VanDeKoik (Iran doesnt have a 2nd admendment. Ya see how that turned out?)
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To: Impala64ssa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGdCeMayUjk


13 posted on 08/13/2010 4:07:36 PM PDT by MNDude (Ask the Native American's how their "Open Borders" policy worked out for them.)
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To: Impala64ssa

It has been said that nigger means nothing more than worker,
maybe every one knows this, so thats why they hate the word so much.


14 posted on 08/13/2010 4:07:44 PM PDT by ravenwolf (Just a bit of the long list of proofs)
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To: dynachrome

Schlessinger is correct. Unfortunately, she will probably have to kiss Jesse Jackson’s butt now.

Throw a $100g Jesse's way and absolutin forthcoming.

15 posted on 08/13/2010 4:07:46 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: dynachrome

Schlessinger is correct. Unfortunately, she will probably have to kiss Jesse Jackson’s butt now.

Throw a $100g Jesse's way and absolutin forthcoming.

16 posted on 08/13/2010 4:07:46 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Impala64ssa

Lenny Bruce was also a well documented drug addict that belonged in a padded room.

Don’t get me wrong, I actually appreciate what he accomplished.

He was a major league head case, though.


17 posted on 08/13/2010 4:07:54 PM PDT by Howie66 (I can see November from my house.)
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To: dynachrome

Listen to the rap on the movie “Office Space” .....


18 posted on 08/13/2010 4:08:06 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Why Do We Americans Need ID But Illegal Aliens Do Not?")
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To: KoRn
Well at least she didn't bring me in to it! ;-)


19 posted on 08/13/2010 4:08:49 PM PDT by red tie
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To: Howie66

Sad, but very true. But even a blind squirrel finds an “Acorn” once in a while.


20 posted on 08/13/2010 4:10:39 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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