Can anyone say "about time"? Dr. Laura

[Papa_Complex]

The irony is that just whining about the sort of thing that she would tell anyone, who phoned her show, to "just get over it."

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

The irony is that just whining about the sort of thing that she would tell anyone, who phoned her show, to "just get over it."

I didn't watch the Larry King stuff but based on the article I don't see it as whining.

I see it as sticking to her guns:

Don't want me to drop the "N" word? Fuck off, I'll say it on YouTube.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by shmike

I didn't watch the Larry King stuff but based on the article I don't see it as whining.

I see it as sticking to her guns:

Don't want me to drop the "N" word? Fuck off, I'll say it on YouTube.

You have a right to free speech.

You don't have a right to have someone else pay you for it.

[tallywacker]

Never heard of her

[goof2]

I agree with all three of you. I've never listened to her show but I read the transcript from this incident and I don't really see the problem other than people being hypersensitive about race.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by goof2

I agree with all three of you. I've never listened to her show but I read the transcript from this incident and I don't really see the problem other than people being hypersensitive about race.

I heard the clip... at one point she says, "nigger, nigger, nigger"... I think that was out of line, but the rest... and her overall point rang true.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

I heard the clip... at one point she says, "nigger, nigger, nigger"... I think that was out of line, but the rest... and her overall point rang true.

Maybe the audio can be interpreted differently. As I said I just read the transcript. When I read it I considered if I would find it to be offensive if she had said "N-word" instead. To me it wouldn't have been offensive at all. That means, through my prism anyway, what was offensive was the simple fact that a white person said the word, or said the word repeatedly, and the context was irrelevant to those getting bent out of shape about it.

[pauldun170]

I've never listened to her.
I've ran across email forwards about her but thats about it.

I really don't have a problem with her saying the word. I just think that anyone who uses the word is an asshole.

On a side note

"When I first started out in radio," she said, "people would disagree — they disagreed, they didn't hate. They didn't try to censor, they didn't try to destroy an opposing point of view. Instead, they just argued and debated, and argued and disagreed, and debated and argued." Now, she continued, "self-appointed activist types breed hate, breed anger, breed destruction should anyone hold up a mirror or dare to disagree." She added that the phenomenon could be observed in all aspects of society, from politics to education to the workplace.

I can only speak for what I can remember but back in the 80's (I guess early side of middle) it was talk radio and people like Morton Downey that pushed discusssion into the toilet.

[pauldun170]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews_excl/ynews_excl_pl3441

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews_excl/ynews_excl_pl3441

So long as shes still making money, you know she will get paid for speaking engagement sand that sort of stuff. Might as well milk the controversey while its still hot.