Was Dr Laura Schlessinger treated fairly?

[pelathais]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kuufdY9M-E&feature=fvw

[drummerboy_dave]

Originally Posted by Mr. Smith

"Dr." Laura is the WORST thing to happen to radio in the history of that medium. She is borderline verbally abusive to almost every caller. Why anyone would call her and ask her advice is a complete mystery to me.

Yeah, your show has far more listeners than hers.

[Twisp]

Originally Posted by pelathais

GM's largest single shareholder is the United States government. So, wouldn't this be a case of Dr. Schlessinger's First Amendment rights being impuned by the Federal Government?

I can't speak to the comments for which she has apologized, but the multi-racial character of the caller's family resonates with my own experiences. My own father is perhaps the most "racist" person that I am related to - and his "problem" stems from the fact that he was never "white enough." He married about the "whitest" person he could find (my mother) and as a result I was harassed as kid for being "too white."

Color is nonsense. I've been trying to find reason and meaning in this discussion for my whole life and all I've ever come up with is nonsense.

I am constantly reminded of that Star Trek episode where the two half white and half black men were hatefully fighting each other. The characters were "disgusted" by the appearance of each other. The crew of the Enterprise, however, could not see any difference between the two men. Then, finally, one guy points out that the other fellow is "black on the wrong side and white on the wrong side." Only then does the crew (and the viewer) notice the "difference."

I don't see how. She has the right to say anything she wants. No one said she could not say it. She just has to deal with the consequences of her actions. Same in nearly all jobs.

In this case, her sponsors thought she was not best representing them, so they pulled their plugs.

[Truthseeker]

It's best if white folks just not use the N word. To much history to the word that touches sensitive areas of them that have been called it.

It even sounds like penetrating word, almost like a spirit is attached to it or something.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Twisp

So you think both words are the same, but you won't spell one out, whereas you have no issue saying "redneck".

Yeah, that was a pretty lame argument to bring up if you were't going to follow it through to its logical conclusion. Either you believe something or you don't.

Don't just bring something up to try and help an argument if you don't believe in it.

The VBulletin software on AFF is set to automatically delete several known "bad words" in the English language. In my next post I will demonstrate (and probably earn an infraction!).

[pelathais]

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[pelathais]

Originally Posted by pelathais

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"The List" isn't as extensive as I thought. Sorry. Just testing.

[Twisp]

Originally Posted by pelathais

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Yeah, they definitely came through all right. lol

Whether VBulletin allowed them or not wasn't the point. D4T said that "redneck" is just as hateful as the other word, but he would never think to say or write down the other word, whereas he has no issue doing so with "redneck". Therefore, he must know that the other word is much stronger and hateful than "redneck".

[Maximilian]

Originally Posted by Mr. Smith

"Dr." Laura is the WORST thing to happen to radio in the history of that medium. She is borderline verbally abusive to almost every caller. Why anyone would call her and ask her advice is a complete mystery to me.

To each his own. For some, she speaks their language, for others she rubs the wrong way. Her ideas are great, though, no matter the medium of style.

I have an incredible wife, and she goes on and on about how much of her ideas about marriage were shapped by DL. So I suppose I have some indebted gratitude toward her.

The Proper Care and Feeding of a Husband was the book my wife raves about. I don't complain: i'm property cared for and fed, and in return I like to think I do a pretty decent job keeping her happy.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Twisp

I don't see how. She has the right to say anything she wants. No one said she could not say it. She just has to deal with the consequences of her actions. Same in nearly all jobs.

In this case, her sponsors thought she was not best representing them, so they pulled their plugs.

The United States Federal Government "pulled the plug." That would be the very definition of "censorship."

I was thinking and wondering "out loud" more than trying to make an argument. GM was one of the companies that famously used "product placement" types of advertising on HBO's The Sopranos.

The Sopranos used "the n- word" frequently, yet no one complained and GM still sought and received the coveted product placements. It's only when someone who is perceived as being "conservative" uses the word - even in an academic fashion as Schlessinger appears to have done - that the big money Liberals attack.