Robert A Whit
06-27-2013, 05:59 PM
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THE "N" WORD, PAULA & AMERICA.
Posted by Free America (http://www.teapartynation.com/profile/FreeAmerica) on June 27, 2013 at 12:47pm
So Paula Deen must now be persecuted, be financially stripped bare, be a pariah with a red "N" on her chest for the rest of her life for saying a word years ago that she has apologized for several times in front of the world. All the while Rap artists use the same word in their songs to feather their financial nest. Do I have that right? Do I also have it right that the word is deemed so vile and hate filled that it is not to be said or even written unless referenced to it in its first letter representation as the "N" word?
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While it is a vile word that seeks to lessen the worth of someone with a single utterance there are other words that do the same. We have a whole list of words that can or should be referenced only by a letter in quotes. When I was growing up the old saying of, "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never harm me" was common knowledge. If someone called you a bad word you soldiered on and considered the source. You learned who people were by the words they used and the deeds they did. You learned not everyone in this world was nice and some were down right evil. You learned to pick your friends and admonish your family if you heard things that were hurtful. Before the liberal police with their PC rules we learned to listen to people and form opinions about them for what they said and did.
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Should some words be illegal to utter? Do we really want to go down that road? I don't think so because when you stifle people from speaking their mind then you have lost a key element in knowing who they are. I don't know Paula Deen and none of us know her heart. We have to take her at what she says and what she does in life. While she did say the "N" word and was honest enough to say she did she also said she was sorry that she did. She is human like all of us. She did not seek to make money using that word like many in the Rap business do. She from all observations will lose money as some of those who were loyal to her in the business community and made fortunes from her run for cover and turn their back on her. If the truth be known many of those may have said words in their past that can only be written with a single letter too.
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So do we forgive someone who asks for forgiveness or do we cast them aside and make them an outcast. Do we allow one person to profit from a vile word only because that word has been used against their race or do we make it a level playing field and remove the word no matter your race. Do we remember it is not the word but the intention behind a word that really counts. What do we do? That is up to the inner you. I for one accept the apology from a lady who has never been known to knowingly hurt someone. I for one question the Rap artist that still uses a word of hate and then is offended when it is used. It comes down to being human and remembering we all have said things in the past we wish had never been said. We all fall short of perfection.
-Free America-
THE "N" WORD, PAULA & AMERICA.
Posted by Free America (http://www.teapartynation.com/profile/FreeAmerica) on June 27, 2013 at 12:47pm
So Paula Deen must now be persecuted, be financially stripped bare, be a pariah with a red "N" on her chest for the rest of her life for saying a word years ago that she has apologized for several times in front of the world. All the while Rap artists use the same word in their songs to feather their financial nest. Do I have that right? Do I also have it right that the word is deemed so vile and hate filled that it is not to be said or even written unless referenced to it in its first letter representation as the "N" word?
.
While it is a vile word that seeks to lessen the worth of someone with a single utterance there are other words that do the same. We have a whole list of words that can or should be referenced only by a letter in quotes. When I was growing up the old saying of, "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never harm me" was common knowledge. If someone called you a bad word you soldiered on and considered the source. You learned who people were by the words they used and the deeds they did. You learned not everyone in this world was nice and some were down right evil. You learned to pick your friends and admonish your family if you heard things that were hurtful. Before the liberal police with their PC rules we learned to listen to people and form opinions about them for what they said and did.
.
Should some words be illegal to utter? Do we really want to go down that road? I don't think so because when you stifle people from speaking their mind then you have lost a key element in knowing who they are. I don't know Paula Deen and none of us know her heart. We have to take her at what she says and what she does in life. While she did say the "N" word and was honest enough to say she did she also said she was sorry that she did. She is human like all of us. She did not seek to make money using that word like many in the Rap business do. She from all observations will lose money as some of those who were loyal to her in the business community and made fortunes from her run for cover and turn their back on her. If the truth be known many of those may have said words in their past that can only be written with a single letter too.
.
So do we forgive someone who asks for forgiveness or do we cast them aside and make them an outcast. Do we allow one person to profit from a vile word only because that word has been used against their race or do we make it a level playing field and remove the word no matter your race. Do we remember it is not the word but the intention behind a word that really counts. What do we do? That is up to the inner you. I for one accept the apology from a lady who has never been known to knowingly hurt someone. I for one question the Rap artist that still uses a word of hate and then is offended when it is used. It comes down to being human and remembering we all have said things in the past we wish had never been said. We all fall short of perfection.
-Free America-