a) I don't "dislike" Paula Deen. I don't necessarily "like" her either. I watched her cooking shows periodically over the years and wondered as she and her husband and sons grew in bulk and got fatter how anyone wanted to follow her lead. I looked to other cooks to eat healthy. But "hate" is not a word I'd use to describe her.
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" seriously? Do people of that age use the other racial slurs and would that make it right?gareth19 (imported) wrote: Tue Jun 25, 2013 11:01 pm People of that age used the N-word all the time.
My point was that there are lots of words that are proscribed and banned by society. I don't care that Rap Singers use the "N" word and there inability to act properly is not going to make me act crude, rude and idiotic. I will not introduce my lady-friends as "cunts" or my black friends as "n" because some fool RAPS the word. I have grown up and I am an adult and I do understand proper behavior. We are not fools and buffoons.
c) "Our heroes have feet of clay" --- not at all. I hold people in public positions to a higher standard of civilized behavior. Paula stepped down to hurt her employee. she created a banquet that restored the Old South of slavery and oppression. I stand with the Declaration of Independence on this one -- All men are created equal -- and scorning her for idolizing and imitating slave cultures is justified.
d) What this episode illustrates is a great propensity to let racism slip into society as "southern culture" and Paula Deen has just made herself a public example. What this exposes is the "easy" way to justify prejudice that we all see exists. I did not damn her to hell, or demand incarceration, or call for her stoning.
What I did say was that she deserved our disapproval. And I am disapproving of her actions.
By The Way: when you say "I'm not going to (insert argument) BUT (insert words) ... You are commenting and you are doing what you just said you aren't going to do. It's so amazing how inconsistent that one statement is to introduce an argument. If you "Aren't Going to Argue" then don't say a word.
One Last Thing: Arguing with me isn't going to change my position but it will cause you to defend her racist behavior. There is no justification for racism -- believing that one race should be subservient to another -- with a banquet like Paula's... My stars and garter and all unholy epithets -- If Paula Deen's husband so adored the plantation culture and she staged that banquet out of pure love what would she do if her hubby adored the KKK and thought Lynchings were justified? HAve the waiters wear white robes and stage a hanging with dessert? Think of what you are trying to defend.