I found this to be really spot on.<\/p>\n
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\nSo, Paula Deen Got Fired For Saying The “N” Word A Long Time Ago…<\/h3>\n
Written by\u00a0\u00a0Daisy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nIf you’re a Food Network fan or a foodie or have been watching TV or reading the news at all for the past day and a half, you know that Paula Deen has been fired for being a racist.<\/p>\n
I’m not one of those foodie-type people. \u00a0I don’t spend a lot of time in my kitchen, and usually those cooking folks on TV just make me feel more inadequate when I DO spend time in my kitchen, so I avoid those shows, frankly. \u00a0So yeah – I know who Paula Deen is, and I know that she’s 66 years old and from the South, and I know that things may have looked a little different in the south for a 66-year old woman.<\/p>\n
Before you jump me, bleeding hearts, I’m also a believer that using the “N-word” – specifically in this case in the workplace (if that’s indeed what happened here) – is without-a-doubt a\u00a0fireable\u00a0<\/em>offense. \u00a0So before we go any further, there you go. \u00a0It’s inexcusable.<\/p>\n
BUT – and yes, there’s a big ol’ but here – I also believe in CONSISTENCY. \u00a0If you say the “N-word,” you’re a giant douchecanoe with issues. \u00a0But if you call a woman a c*nt or a tw*t? \u00a0I believe that’s\u00a0just as offensive<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0JUST as fire-worthy<\/strong>, because you have the same issues. \u00a0So let’s discuss that, shall we? \u00a0Because there seems to be a bit of moral selectivism in this country, and it’s annoying me.<\/p>\n
Case in point: \u00a0I have a great deal of liberal friends on Facebook who have their panties all up in a wad about Paula Deen and her offensive comments (from\u00a0years ago<\/strong>, mind you, that are apparently fireable offenses\u00a0now<\/em>). \u00a0These are the same people who “Like” jackwads like Bill Maher and David Lettermen. \u00a0They\u00a0LIKE\u00a0<\/strong>him. \u00a0And those guys effortlessly call women c*nts and tw*ts…because that’s FUNNY, you see. \u00a0Now, to me – as a woman – a man calling a woman those names are as offensive as a white person calling a black person the “N-word.” \u00a0They’re just sexism instead of racism. \u00a0Same thing, though. \u00a0Just a different “ism.” \u00a0Yet, I don’t see my liberal friends on Facebook being OUTRAGED about those men treating women with such horrifying disrespect.<\/p>\n
And we all know why, right? \u00a0It’s because they’re talking about CONSERVATIVE women in that context. \u00a0And to liberals in this country, conservatives – especially conservative\u00a0women\u00a0<\/em>– are second-class citizens. \u00a0We’re nothing more than the scum on the bottom of a liberal’s shoe. \u00a0Not EQUAL to them at all, therefore not worthy of the same respect that they’d give ‘their own kind,’ yes?<\/p>\n
Kinda sounds a bit like a familiar civil rights struggle back in the 60s, huh?<\/p>\n
I mean, if Lettermen called\u00a0FLOTUS\u00a0<\/em>a tw*t? \u00a0Or if Maher would’ve called\u00a0Hillary Clinton\u00a0<\/em>a c*nt? \u00a0The earth may have imploded.<\/p>\n
But when they aimed their sexism toward conservative women? \u00a0Laughter.<\/p>\n
No one was reprimanded. No one was fired. \u00a0In fact, these guys were CELEBRATED by the left.<\/p>\n
Unbelievable the hypocrisy here, folks.<\/p>\n
So back to Paula Deen. \u00a0I really don’t give two rat’s butts whether or not she’s fired. \u00a0What I do care about is the double freaking standard in this country. \u00a0A little less selective moral outrage would be nice.<\/p>\n
And a little more consistency would make me less sick to my stomach when raising a young, conservative girl in a country where racism is obviously horrible, but sexism against her specifically? \u00a0Totally OK.<\/p>\n
How’s that for progress?<\/p>\n
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I found this to be really spot on. So, Paula Deen Got Fired For Saying The “N” Word A Long Time Ago… Written by\u00a0\u00a0Daisy If you’re a Food Network fan or a foodie or have been watching TV or reading the news at all for the past day and a half, you know that … Continue reading Grabbed this from the “Chicks on the Right” blog.<\/span>