Regardless of where you fall on this heated View discussion about this week’s ubiquitous Fox News/Jesse Jackson/the ‘N-word’ debate (hat tip to Cover Awards),I think we can all agree (or at least those of us who could sit throughthe entire six minutes) that it’s a terrible thing when Barbara Waltersdoesn’t get to hear herself talk. No wonder she uses a wave of the handand a roll of the eye to bring the whole debate to a screeching halt!
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“Be quiet subjects! I Baba WaWa your Queen, wish to share yet another pearl of Wisdom”!
In a discussion about the n-word it is Elizabeth who cries? She is so high maintenance!
We should just do like Denzel in American Gangster and go back to saying “Negro” vs. N***ger…OKAY? That would solve that problem.
I want to know why she got so emotional over a word she shouldn’t be saying? She looks really ignorant and ridiculous.
Hahahahaha: Viewhaha!! That rocks, Annie!
Girlfriend is sheltered.
What the hell else is on that Fox “hot mic” tape? Did Jesse Jackson admit to kidnapping the Lindbergh baby? Does he admit to being on the grassy knoll at Dallas? Did he actually engineer the “election” of George Bush? Anyway, Elisabeth Hasselbeck is Baba’s Frankenstein monster. If she can bring it to life, can’t she put it(us) ) out of misery?
Jessie Jackson is an example of dem’s putting Barack up on the cross. But is he going to make his way off of it again? Barack can be mocked, the comedy site 23/6 does it consistently and well. Check it out, in the cartoon “A detailed analysis of Obama’s failures in Cartoon Form” – http://www.236.com/blog/w/lee_camp/a_detailed_analysis_of_obamas_2_7767.php
I am one who thinks that this word should not be used AT ALL. I as a black male find this word degrading in all aspects, from my own race and from other races as well.
I hate Barbara Walters. She constantly sounds ridiculous and asks the worsts questions when they have a guest I like on the View. So whenever she doesn’t get to talk (or is absent completely), it’s fine with me!
I don’t like “the n word”, but I, as a white woman, do accept the fact that the world I live in is a different one from Whoopi’s or anyone else that is not a white woman- and even then, there are major differences. Elisabeth is just showing how sheltered she is, because I believe her that she really does think the world is the same for everyone. I am not that naive.
Joy Behar wins.
The thing that bothers me about Elisabeth is that she shows more and more that what she thinks is the most important thing in the world and will not listen to what ANYONE says to her. She just does not get “it”. Well, really anything. I don’t like the “n” word, but I am not going to question if it’s part of someone else’s culture.
Now this email “Proud to be White” in full.
Here is one to sink your teeth into. This is so true in our American Society. It makes you squirm, but illustrates how far political correct behavior has come.
Proud To Be White
Someone finally said it.
How many are actually paying attention to this?
There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, Native Americans, etc.
…..And then there are just – Americans.
Some pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.
They Call me ‘White boy,’ ‘Cracker,’ ‘Honkey,’ ‘Whitey,’ ‘Caveman,’
…..And that’s OK.
You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
They have the United Negro College Fund.
They have Hispanic History Month.
They have Martin Luther King Day.
They have Asian History Month.
They have Black History Month.
They have Cesar Chavez Day.
They have Ma’uled Al-Nabi.
They have Yom Hashoah.
They have Kawanza.
They have the NAACP.
If we had WE
Every time someone says that word it breathes life into it. If everyone would stop saying it,it would die.
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of what was said is here:
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There is more said by digger in an email that I received
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Joy is the best. She was totally rockin today. I love that Sherri S was all into it saying that SHE can say it, but e can’t I agree with the posters here that we ALL should just stop saying it. It just confuses people like e who don’t get it.
Well, Whoopi, you just found out why Rosie couldn’t stand to deal with Elizabeth any more. Be careful, when you disagree with her and she cries, she next gets you kicked off the show. Elizabeth is one of those ignorant people who just keeps repeating herself until everyone feels sick and gives her what she wants.
The only thing that show needs is a pcket fence down the middle of the table.
How black do you have to be to use the “N” word. Can a 50% black 50% white person like Barack use it? If Michael Richards (Seinfeld’s Kramer) had 1 black grandparent, could he use it?
The word should be retired, it has no place in our conversations, it should be relegated to history by all Americans.
If it would be OK for the half black Barack to call another black the “N” word then would it be OK for the half white Barack to call another white person honky or whitey?
You all need to get off of Elizabeth’s case. Conservatives are aloud to have their opinion just like you liberals. She was right about the N word. How are white people supposed to believe that the word is so hurtful if black people are throwing it around so much?
I CAN TALK BAD ABOUT MY FAMILY BUT DONT YOU DO IT.THEIR NOW DOES EVERYBODY GET IT.DA!
I agree with you JDL! I am so sick of everyone trying to be politically correct. It’s such a big deal that a lot of blacks constantly degrade themselves by saying it to one another but yet cry when a person of another race says it.PLEASE! This is America, we have so many races so why is it always black v white?
Is anyone dumb enough to think Whoopie fools us all by saying there are 2 different meanings for the same word?
No, there are 2 mindsets, and she is from the old generation. Get it?…We want to work together in this world,not apart or separate???
Whoop and Sherri just showed
their ignorance on national TV–certainly not the first time I’m sure. If the N word is so controversial that it causes such a brouhaha, then stop it because it’s wrong. Whoopi is never wrong and she is from an older generation that refuses to try to bring the two races together instead of creating more divides. Sherri is in her own little world and doesn’t seem to have any inkling as to why the word would be offensive to everyone, she just wants to see how loud she can talk. Elizabeth was right in saying that the word was wrong in private and public. Just because we may live in two different worlds, adopting such vile language leaves no room for change.
Jesse Jackson uses the word because he is getting old and is very, very jealous of Obama. He sees everything in Obama he would like to be. He is extremely bitter. Whoopi and Sherri don’t appear to want a better world for their race or future generations–just hang on to language that is disgraceful to the black race.
I saw this today and actually kind of liked it. I liked that they were disagreeing but still seemed to be kind to each other. Elizabeth is too emotional, but she did push through to finish the conversation, and Whoopi was classy and thoughtful and let her speak. She also let Whoopi talk. I wished that Barbara hadn’t been there, because she kept misinterpreting their comments. I think that Whoopi was saying that the word is allowed to change meanings, which is so, so true of any word. And I think Elizabeth has trouble seeing how and, mostly, why, that is happening with this word.I understand that frustration. It’s a sticky issue, and I think the opinions expressed were two valid opinions.
I think there is no comparison to the Rosie days, where there was so much obvious and sad animosity.
As much as I dislike Elizabeth I get her much overstated point – if it’s such an offensive racial insult why do blacks use it with each other? Has anyone ever heard other races use racial insults amongst themselves? And as a “term of affection?” What? If you don’t want to be called the word then quit using it yourself, your justification makes no sense. And it is not like MOK’s interpretation. If you call my sister a slut you won’t get the same violent reaction as if I call you n*.
I’ve given up on The View. As for JJ, it’s all about his ego.