[Impala64ssa]

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.

[King Moonracer]

I like Dr. Laura, but find her response chicken-hearted. She’s probably worth $40 million if not over $100 and is 63.

Does she not feel safe or mature enough to make a point without kow-towing to the thought police? No, she has another book coming out, “How to please the N in your life”.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

Dr. Laura was probably right, but only a few would understand her point. She did not make her point slowly or thoughtfully enough to be understood. Only those who are “post racial” would have understand and Dr. Laura is one them - certainly not those who are fixated on race and getting mileage out of it. She shot herself in the foot by not making sure to expres understanding of the caller’s feelings. CNN is having a field day with this. They’re on her case number one since this can be used to fan racial flames with a lot of knee jerk reaction folks. Also they don’t like her, since she tends to be conservative in her views.

[Doe Eyes]

The "insult" is even more silly when black people call each other nigger, but condemn a white person for using the same term.

If it offends black people in any way, they shouldn't call each other niggers.

[Chasaway]

Wait...

Can someone help me?

What other word has been STRICKEN from the lexicon?

I mean that you are not to use in any circumstance?

ARE there any?

Because it looks to me that the use of this word is worse (in normal human conversation; not movies) than George Carlin’s “7 Words...”. And it is not to be used, for any purpose, in any manner, in our conversation or writings.

[13Sisters76]

I listened to this on townhall. Laura has NOTHING to apologize for. In a perfect world, the black woman who called in and BAITED her should apologize.

[rabidralph]

Dr. Laura just defeated the point she was trying to make to this lady. She shouldn’t have apologized.