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Re: Fired for speaking the truth
Juan Williams is a national figure.
He is responsible for what he says and he doesn't says-- as an adult, as a national figure, and as a contributor to NPR.
His remarks justify the prejudice that many Muslims face in this country. Regardless of how he felt, his verbalizing of that blatant prejudice codifies that blatant prejudice that is harmful to the innocent Muslims and to our society.
It's like, "Juan Williams feels this way so I'm not so far off in being prejudiced against Muslims-- man everyone knows those Muslims are just so violent and ready to blow everything up. I don't want them sitting next to me either!"
Basically, Juan Williams advocated prejudice, in thought and in action, against Americans just because of their religion.
I used to like Juan Williams.
I am glad he was fired.
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