Dr. Laura's "N word" Rant

[WillowTree]

FULL AUDIO: Dr. Laura Schlessinger's N-word rant | Media Matters for America

Mebbe Dr. Laura is being poisoned by the same guy who gave Tourette's to Robert Gibbs and Keith Halloran?

Is it Talk Like An Idiot Week and nobody told me?

She did nothing wrong. She is far wiser than her caller. She should not have apologized, but I suppose she had to to put it to bed, so to speak. I think the caller probably worked for Media Matters.

If we can't have a discussion like the one Dr Laura was trying to have, and in the way she was trying to have it, honestly, we're doomed as far as "racialism" is concerned.

I don't think she put it to bed at all. I think the shake down brigade is amassing.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Two questions:

1. Who listens to Dr. Laura in the year 2010?

2. Why?

Dr. Laura is trying to save this country. Listen and listen well.

......wait....are you serious?.....

 

[Harry Dresden]

No, "honky" has never had the same hate and fear behind it.

Why are you asking these questions, Harry Dresden? Are you unschooled in American history?

so what are you implying?.....that if a black walked up to you and said "hey honky" it not as bad as you calling him ******?....so its ok?.....a racial slur is a racial slur....

 

[Harry Dresden]

i look at it as i have every right to say whatever i want to about my family.

but if someone else were to insult my family, i would be offended. if mel gibson calls someone a honky, don't be offended.

also, i don't think they *should* use the word with each other because i think it demands them. however, i think it's important to understand that they started using it with each other to take it away from white people.

if i call a jewish friend a JAP, it's funny. if someone who doesn't know me were to call me a JAP, I'd be offended and think that person wasn't any friend of jews... minimally, i'd see them as stereotyping.

why is it so difficult for some people to acknowledge the distinctions. It confuses me. It seems that it should just be common sense.

fwiw, if oprah called someone a honky, i vote that it's ok to be offended.

dr laura is a moron under the best of circumstances. and interestingly, the part of her rant that we didn't hear was even more offensive...

that may be Jill....but if someone finds a certain word offensive.....and yet they themselves use the word everyday with each other.....it kinda stinks of just a little bit of hypocrisy......

 

[Zona]

We live in a country that has a long history of discriminating against and downgrading blacks. If this weren't so, there never would have been a word "******". People who broke into your house in the middle of the night and dragged you out and hung you called you "******"

If blacks choose to use the word as a way of empowering themselves and taking away the sting of the word "******" they are entitled to.

However, if one of the oppressor group chooses to use the word it is disrespectful and degrading.

so is it the same when they call you white guys "HONKY?".....or are they allowed to do that?....

The last time I witnessed a black person saying that word, it was on a Jefferson's rerun. What fucking year do you live in?

 

[jillian]

i look at it as i have every right to say whatever i want to about my family.

but if someone else were to insult my family, i would be offended. if mel gibson calls someone a honky, don't be offended.

also, i don't think they *should* use the word with each other because i think it demands them. however, i think it's important to understand that they started using it with each other to take it away from white people.

if i call a jewish friend a JAP, it's funny. if someone who doesn't know me were to call me a JAP, I'd be offended and think that person wasn't any friend of jews... minimally, i'd see them as stereotyping.

why is it so difficult for some people to acknowledge the distinctions. It confuses me. It seems that it should just be common sense.

fwiw, if oprah called someone a honky, i vote that it's ok to be offended.

dr laura is a moron under the best of circumstances. and interestingly, the part of her rant that we didn't hear was even more offensive...

that may be Jill....but if someone finds a certain word offensive.....and yet they themselves use the word everyday with each other.....it kinda stinks of just a little bit of hypocrisy......

read the above...

 

[HUGGY]

The biggest damn WHINER on this board is the OP.

I'm gonna buy stock in cheese cause of it.

Nothin personal "Stefunny" But you is a nasty little piece of white trailer trash twat.

Just sayin... Madeline posts "What if" touchy feely and police gazette/national enquirer sources threads to nauseum with her lame over size blue ass font and constantly hits on every guy that is still breathing and is not shy to one up all you stupid negative attituded skanks...

But seriously gerl.... There are hundreds of members that whine more than she does..

She doesn't often open a thread that I am truly interested but when she does she is articulate and offers room for others opinions ..neither of which I have seen in your offerings.

Aside from all that you is my favorite hillbilly ho.

 

[NYcarbineer]

i look at it as i have every right to say whatever i want to about my family.

but if someone else were to insult my family, i would be offended. if mel gibson calls someone a honky, don't be offended.

also, i don't think they *should* use the word with each other because i think it demands them. however, i think it's important to understand that they started using it with each other to take it away from white people.

if i call a jewish friend a JAP, it's funny. if someone who doesn't know me were to call me a JAP, I'd be offended and think that person wasn't any friend of jews... minimally, i'd see them as stereotyping.

why is it so difficult for some people to acknowledge the distinctions. It confuses me. It seems that it should just be common sense.

fwiw, if oprah called someone a honky, i vote that it's ok to be offended.

dr laura is a moron under the best of circumstances. and interestingly, the part of her rant that we didn't hear was even more offensive...

that may be Jill....but if someone finds a certain word offensive.....and yet they themselves use the word everyday with each other.....it kinda stinks of just a little bit of hypocrisy......

All black people call each other ******? That's news to me. Or are you engaging in a bit of racial stereotyping there?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Two questions:

1. Who listens to Dr. Laura in the year 2010?

2. Why?

Dr. Laura is trying to save this country. Listen and listen well.

And STILL they wonder why conservatism is dead...

 

[NYcarbineer]

Me and my white friends call each other ******* all the time, and nobody gets mad, we always laugh.

Well, by golly then you and your friends must have the coolest MENSA meetings in the whole dang country!

 

[Madeline]

The biggest damn WHINER on this board is the OP.

I'm gonna buy stock in cheese cause of it.

Nothin personal "Stefunny" But you is a nasty little piece of white trailer trash twat.

Just sayin... Madeline posts "What if" touchy feely and police gazette/national enquirer sources threads to nauseum with her lame over size blue ass font and constantly hits on every guy that is still breathing and is not shy to one up all you stupid negative attituded skanks...

But seriously gerl.... There are hundreds of members that whine more than she does..

She doesn't often open a thread that I am truly interested but when she does she is articulate and offers room for others opinions ..neither of which I have seen in your offerings.

Aside from all that you is my favorite hillbilly ho.

Why thankies, Huggy. Am fond of you too.

 

[HUGGY]

The biggest damn WHINER on this board is the OP.

I'm gonna buy stock in cheese cause of it.

Nothin personal "Stefunny" But you is a nasty little piece of white trailer trash twat.

Just sayin... Madeline posts "What if" touchy feely and police gazette/national enquirer sources threads to nauseum with her lame over size blue ass font and constantly hits on every guy that is still breathing and is not shy to one up all you stupid negative attituded skanks...

But seriously gerl.... There are hundreds of members that whine more than she does..

She doesn't often open a thread that I am truly interested but when she does she is articulate and offers room for others opinions ..neither of which I have seen in your offerings.

Aside from all that you is my favorite hillbilly ho.

Why thankies, Huggy. Am fond of you too.

Was I too harsh and judgemental-like?

 

[MikeK]

are white people @ USMB still arguing about not being able to freely call blacks '******' without consequence?

how pathetic is that?

Where have you found any such argument? Please cite the message number(s) and page(s).

 

[Madeline]

Nothin personal "Stefunny" But you is a nasty little piece of white trailer trash twat.

Just sayin... Madeline posts "What if" touchy feely and police gazette/national enquirer sources threads to nauseum with her lame over size blue ass font and constantly hits on every guy that is still breathing and is not shy to one up all you stupid negative attituded skanks...

But seriously gerl.... There are hundreds of members that whine more than she does..

She doesn't often open a thread that I am truly interested but when she does she is articulate and offers room for others opinions ..neither of which I have seen in your offerings.

Aside from all that you is my favorite hillbilly ho.

Why thankies, Huggy. Am fond of you too.

Was I too harsh and judgemental-like?

Not at all. Skanky, but lovable.

 

[MikeK]

If you are white and say the n word to someone who is black, it is heard as aggressive, threatening and insulting. Therefore, reasonable people don't use it.

By, "say the n word," do you mean use it as a direct and deliberate insult to the Black person in your hypothesis, or do you mean use it in academic context -- such as in a discussion of Mark Twain's, Huckleberry Finn?

 

[Madeline]

I mean it in conversation, MikeK. Much as I like Twain, I don't have convos about his work all that often. Who does?

 

[Middleman]

OK, I listened to the whole thing. Dr Laura was her typical abrasive self, and the caller was hypersensitive and argumentative. The woman probably shouldn't have married a White man. Her neighbors sound insensitive. Dr Laura over-reacted. I think a mud-wrestling match between the two women would have nicely capped off the entertaining call.

 

[sitarro]

Um, okay. What part of "black guys use it all the time. Turn on HBO, listen to a black comic, and all you hear is n---, n----, n----" isn't true? I don't think she should be castigated for what she said and I don't believe she had to apologize for it as the context was 100% accurate. That she chose to apologize though is her business.

Listen to a Chris Rock routine and good luck trying to count how many times he says ******.

As Chris Rock put it....Black people are allowed to use the "N" word and white people aren't

If two fat women joke about how fat they are, it is OK.....If a skinny girl jokes about how fat they are.........its just plain mean

If poor people joke about how poor they are, its OK........If rich people joke about poor people....its just plain mean


Blacks can joke about the "N" word....if whites do it........its just plain mean

Should I be offended if a ****** calls me a CRACKER?

 

[Madeline]

You should be embarrassed to write that. Does that help?

BTW, not everyone thinks "cracker" is an insult.

 

[Middleman]

In addition to my previous comments, anyone who calls Dr Laura for advise is seriously asking for it. She is a bully who enjoys ripping a new one in her hapless callers, who tend to be bleating sheep and groupies. Sure, sometimes the woman is right, and it's fun to hear her tell it like it is to some of the blundering idiots who call in. But the woman is an arrogant, condescending witch. My opinion, of course.