And what of Isaiah Washington, the black actor who referred to homosexuals as 'faggots'? Why is that OK? Why didn't the Reverends Sharpton and Jackson condemn him and demand his job? Why wasn't the black community rallied to boycott ABC and the sponsors of 'Grey's Anatomy'. Was it because the slur was not aimed at blacks, or because a black man uttered it?
Its a double standard. And that is was infuriates me about this issue. On 4/16/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So I am supposed to defend the honor of -- whom exactly? Jesse Jackson? > > I have work to do, Gruss ;) As far as I am concerned, I wasn't clamoring > for Imus' job but I am kind of glad he lost it. It may make a difference to > public discourse. But it's a Done Deal. Kind of like minimum wage. You may > feel it's a personal affront to you, but that makes no difference to my > realities. Santa Fe, Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico have all > increased the minimum wage. > > The sky did not fall, nobody nationalized the oil industries and the > economy is if anything somewhat better than before. > > Dana > > > > Dana wrote: > > > Gruss said that anyone who disagreed with him was dishonorable. > > That's a pretty good example of invincible ignorance > > > > Ma'am - you have misunderstood my point which I will accept > > responsibility for and restate for clarity: > > > > I posited that anyone who insists on somebody's workplace resignation > > for a botched joke for which they apologized was not honorable. I'm > > not sure why you'd think that to be "invincibly ignorant" as I'm > > perfectly willing to change my view if someone has a good argument. > > > > Please tell on. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232630 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
