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by SpikeRants from Watauga

Last Post 106 days, 9 hours Ago


Okay. Just a few minutes ago, I was sitting peacefully with my wife on the couch, her resting in my arms, watching Fox 4 News at 5:30. I was peaceful, content, and happy (all thanks to the upping of my Zoloft, HORRAY!)

Then, on the Viewers Voice, Steve was showing the good and the bad of the callers. A black man came on and called Steve a "Cracker."

I CRY RACISM.

Michael Richards was recently castigated for his use of the term "BLEEP" on stage, when addressing some hecklers in the crowd. I hear that a little under-reported fact is that he was called a cracker first. (BTW, any censors reading this and deeming it necessary to remove "BLEEP" from this post better also remove "cracker" and "honky" from this post, as both are racist.) I don't know how accurate what I heard is, or where I heard it from, but it's telling, I think.

Why is it okay for black people to call white people "honky" or "cracker," but race riots erupt when we dare utter the word "BLEEP?" I don't think it is okay. And I think that we should start calling people out on this.

Paul Mooney said he would never utter the N word again in any of his acts after Michael Richards. Good for him. Dave Chappelle flings the word around almost every other word. Rappers use the word in their songs. But heaven help us if a white person says it. It's okay for them to use it, and to call white people racist names, but not okay for us to do the same.

Why in the world is that?

NOBODY should use ANY of the racist and denigrating words mentioned above. Steve should have been less jovial about it. I am incensed that somebody would call him that. And I hope others of ALL races are incensed as well.

Post Script-- I just read my published blog, and it censored out, you guessed it, the N word. But, for some reason, "cracker" and "honky" are still there. What's the word, Fox4? Okay to be racist against whites? Add the other two words to the language filter (or at least "honky," since somebody may want to talk about an eating cracker.)
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acoolone read my blog view my photos
Dec 15, 2006 | 8:09 PM

He didn’t let it bother him because he is above all of that. Let the one making the statement look like the fool.

Sensitivity_Training read my blog view my photos
Dec 15, 2006 | 11:04 PM

The bell rings, students rush to their seats and quiet settles into the room.

The door opens and in steps Dr. Tolerant, the professor, who strides to the podium, looks up at his audience of students, smiles and says

"Welcome to Political Correctness 2006, Part 1."

That should pretty well explain it.

GratefulGrace read my blog view my photos
Dec 16, 2006 | 12:36 AM

I KNEW that was you Lee!!!

((((((((((LEE))))))))))))

oldi read my blog view my photos
Dec 16, 2006 | 2:39 AM

spike, did you notice that you have been censored? Don't feel bad, I've been censored too!
Grace, I agree with you. Lee is busted!
Sens, I hope all is well for ya!
I haven't forgotten the microwave cake recipes. I found the cake recipes, but I havent got the Turkey recipe, yet.

oldi read my blog view my photos
Dec 16, 2006 | 2:40 AM

Spike, that little guy is adorable. ((cutest Rangers fan))

TexasTruBlu read my blog view my photos
Dec 16, 2006 | 9:30 AM

My parents, southerners to the core, NEVER used racist language at home nor would they tolerate it from us. I have never used those terms and raised my kids to avoid them as well. But that hasn't stopped students of color from using similar epithets at me or my son. It's a dilemma to be sure.

fstrjon read my blog view my photos
Dec 17, 2006 | 8:39 AM

So where's those two "humanitarians" Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton? Aren't they supposed to be fighting the race battle? Or is it only when blacks are offended, and that gets them back into the spotlight? What do they have to say about THIS? NOTHING!!! Because this incident helps to reveal who the REAL racists are...And I include these two so-called "reverends."

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SpikeRants

Land Surveyor, father of one of the cutest little boys in the world, the second one of the cutest due in August, and a Masculinist (fighting for TRUE equal rights for men and women, instead of the farce we have now.) Guess I could say I'm a humanist too, wanting true equal rights for ALL, not just for the "discriminated" ones.

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