tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759913671101666257.post6282574813440482293..comments2023-05-24T06:02:06.480-05:00Comments on Chuck's Chatter: Catching up ...Chuck Doswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03099345055614900157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759913671101666257.post-27453066350374730572013-07-03T14:48:32.228-05:002013-07-03T14:48:32.228-05:00No, John, you did not get the point, and evidently...No, John, you did <i>not</i> get the point, and evidently, you still don't. It's distinctly a double standard if one group can use a word and others can't. But I'm content to agree to disagree. Chuck Doswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03099345055614900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759913671101666257.post-39649028130926058882013-07-03T11:52:37.651-05:002013-07-03T11:52:37.651-05:00Chuck,
I did get the main point of your post. ...Chuck, <br /><br />I did get the main point of your post. I investigated one of the offending comments just to make sure that it wasn't an off-handed use of the derogatory "nigger". I want to make sure that anyone who reads this understands that I do believe people can change, and if she had used that term offhandedly years ago and regrets it now, then I would say "forget it." But I don't believe that's the case, and it looks like you agree.<br /><br />This is one of the things she said back then: "...well what I would really like is a bunch of little niggers to wear long-sleeve whtite shirts, black shorts and black bow ties. You know in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around. Now that would be a true southern wedding, wouldn't it? But we can't do that because the media would be on me about that."<br /><br />This is not an off-handed use of the word as you'd expect someone years ago in the south to have made. That's vile.<br /><br />This is not a double standard....and even if rappers self refer to themselves as "niggers" that's their right...just as we Italians sometimes joke around and call ourselves "dagoes". <br /><br />That's different from someone using a derogatory term to charatacterize another group. Friends can do that too (and I know we have talked about that) because it's clear it's a joke. So I disagree with that part of your comment, which I don't believe you intended to come out the way it did, because we have spoken about it.John Monteverdi and Thom Trimblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01619917498436669077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759913671101666257.post-63577175999761027472013-06-30T11:51:39.926-05:002013-06-30T11:51:39.926-05:00John,
Apparently you didn't get the main poin...John,<br /><br />Apparently you didn't get the main point of the post - which is that her use of the "N-Word" (past, present, or future) <i>by itself</i> does not mean she's a racist. I distinctly left open the possibility that she actually <i>is</i> a racist and things are coming to light that make that seem plausible. Chuck Doswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03099345055614900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759913671101666257.post-72921231160775906732013-06-30T09:23:21.524-05:002013-06-30T09:23:21.524-05:00Well, we usually agree. But I disagree about Paul...Well, we usually agree. But I disagree about Paula Deen. It's not that a person of her age ever used the word "nigger" in her life. That's not the issue. The issue is that she appears to not to care too much about the fact that she had said that. She's a celebrity now...she can't just pawn this off as "I am who I am". <br /><br />This is a thoughtful piece on the issue.<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-corvino/paula-deen-and-doma_b_3517731.htmlJohn Monteverdihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699773137514930858noreply@blogger.com