Posted on 08/19/2010 8:08:20 PM PDT by militanttoby
Two conflicting pieces of evidence on the state of race relations in America. Exhibit A: an African-American elected to the White House amid tears of joy and a 53 percent vote share. Exhibit B: Sarah Palin’s cheeky, defiant—and increasingly incendiary—tweets.
On Wednesday, Palin leaped to defend radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who used the N word 11 times when a black woman called her advice hotline last week. After the furor broke, Dr. Laura apologized for a “horrible mistake.” She also announced she would end her radio show so she could “get her First Amendment rights back” away from the media glare—prompting a certain ex-governor in Wasilla to take to Twitter: "Dr.Laura:don't retreat...reload! (Steps aside bc her 1st Amend.rights ceased 2exist thx 2activists trying 2silence'isn't American,not fair')."
Later, Palin added: "Dr.Laura=even more powerful & effective w/out the shackles, so watch out Constitutional obstructionists. And b thankful 4 her voice,America!"
It’s amazing what Twitter has done to political discourse.
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Political correctness, especially in the area of race, is precisely what has gotten this country into this awful mess that we are in.
Robert Sheets Byrd (D-KKK) died still serving in the Senate long after he was caught on tape on tv defending his continued use of the n-word because “there are white n&&&ers as well as black n&&&ers” (in the words of Robert Byrd, liberal bigot).
The phony outrage over an innocently used word is just a tool used by the left to destroy conservative voices. When RATS say it they get a pass. Its a shame Laura S turned coward and ran. The leftys win again.
The phony outrage over a word. The PC clan live in a want to be utopia that can never be so they just pretend things,get the nets.
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