<p>And yet a man who sent photos of his weiner to women could actually be elected Mayor of New York. </p>
<p>I know which one I find more offensive…</p>
<p>The filthy, disgusting perv or the violent homophobe? My what excellent choices. At least Paula employed a lot of people.</p>
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She supported tons of professionals over multiple industries with a specialization in the medical field. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Snark aside, some people like to have jobs</p>
<p>Ok, I’m not a Paula Deen fan, but isn’t all this going overboard? So many others have done much worse, yet she’s losing everything? I don’t get it. I’m really surprised that she is being dropped by everyone.</p>
<p>And Weiner is making a comeback. I’m amazed by it all…</p>
<p>I fully understand the derogatory meaning behind the word, it’s why I don’t use it myself. However I think many young people including some of my friends use it because they weren’t around when the ‘n’ word was used to harrass African Americans. The Civil Rights movement was just another episode in their history books. They’ve never heard that word used with the hate that used to accompany it. It doesn’t make it okay (a lot of what teens do isn’t, admittedly my generation is a mess), but you have to get the where they’re coming from.</p>
<p>I think that in the case of Paula Deen many people felt more upset because they had a different image of her. I so think that some sponsor we ready to drop her and they use this incident as an excuse.</p>
<p>Sometimes its a matter of slower news days as to wwhat fills news air. Alec Baldwin should be thankful that Paula and DOMA and Nelson Mandela are front and center in the news right now. Otherwise he might have gotten more attention for his tirade. And if his wife was tweeting during Gandolfini’s funeral (they claim, IIRC, that it was at a later hour) that would have been insensitive. And stupid. But now they say Twitter had a glitch with its time stamp. Why isnt that news?</p>
<p>In time Paula may rehabilitate herself. Can not compare her to the perv yet because he would not have been running for mayor in the immediate aftermath of his Twitter event either.</p>
<p>What’s wrong with you people? Are you serious? I see nothing more than normal of the statements of Paula Dean. We all make mistakes. The only thing different about hers is that it was televised on national TV. Didn’t we all do one bad thing in our lives? What if they told everyone how you stole something when you were 9 years old. What if they told everyone how you lied about something 10 years ago. Or in her case saying a defamatory word years ago as well. I can’t believe the Society’s making such a big deal. Paula Dean seems like a great woman.
Surprisingly I’m an African American. It’s time to start acting like Americans. Yes we make mistakes but ripping someone apart and pointing out every little thing they do is un-american. If this isn’t American I don’t know what it is.</p>
<p>So in conclusion all of you should be accused of slander, un-American views, and violation of a universal moral standard: treat others the way you want to be treated.</p>
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<p>Anyone remember Gary Condit? The congressman from CA who the media were in the process of crucifying over the disappearance of his intern, Chandra Levy? With the full compliance of Chandra Levy’s parents, who pretty much accused him of murdering her?</p>
<p>Then 9/11 happened. No more Gary Condit. He subsequently lost his seat. And then they found Chandra Levy’s body and eventually arrested and convicted another person for the murder. Too bad, Gary.</p>
<p>Gary Condit, sadly, had plenty of undesired attention with the false accusation of Chandra Levy’s murder in May 2011, and was in the news plenty during the 4 mos before 9/11. While he didnt kill her he did have an affair with her that he was not forthright about, that led to the speculation about involvement in her murder. And he was represented by a well known “attorney to the high power sleazeballs” as I affectionately tease him. who did a masterful job of helping to get this out of the limelight. Maybe Paula Deen should hire Abbe. <a href=“http://www.heavy.com/news/2012/11/abbe-lowell-top-10-facts-you-need-to-know/[/url]”>http://www.heavy.com/news/2012/11/abbe-lowell-top-10-facts-you-need-to-know/</a></p>
<p>Great post saye.</p>
<p>This is not about Paula Dean, she just happens to be the newest target. </p>
<p>This is the new world order. This is entertainment brought to you by the media until they wring their last dime out of this story and the next. With their fake high moral ground laid before you. This is their sport. </p>
<p>It is sickening.</p>
<p>I agree with you sax</p>
<p>what I don’t get is how people are surprised or frankly all that interested in Paula Deen?</p>
<p>They aren’t interested in Paula Deen. They are interested in tearing apart someone who got above her station and someone on whom It is politically correct to sharpen their claws.</p>
<p>you’re right zoosermom…</p>
<p>Excellent sentence zooser especially this part" politically correct to sharpen their claws".</p>
<p>I see it differently. For me it isn’t really only about Paula Deen. And it isn’t about her uttering one insulting word in one instance. I think that she has revealed herself, on more than one occasion, as a racist. </p>
<p>I’m not interested in demonizing her as an individual but I am allowed to feel disgust at her attitudes and the way that she treats others. Even if it is only on some occasions or in certain circumstances. </p>
<p>To me she represents a level of racism that still exists in this country. She is an illustration for work that needs to be done. The fact that she is a celebrity is what puts her in the limelight but there are millions more just like her. And they do harm.</p>
<p>I don’t know if Paula Deen is racist or not. I can’t see into her heart. I do know that just about every American English speaker has used the “n” word either flippantly or seriously, at least once, if only singing along to a rap lyric in the car.</p>
<p>I don’t like Paula Deen’s food and her TV persona got on my nerves. However, her treatment just highlights the incredible hypocrisy of the media establishment. She represents an unfashionable demographic, so loose the hounds on her! Meanwhile, the Hollywood drug addict is given a free pass. An actor who died of a heart attack and was a known coke user is elevated to secular sainthood on the basis of his portrayal of an iconic TV character. But Paula Deen has diabetes and didn’t tell everyone. How terrible! Who is responsible for more violence and wrecked lives, the casual racist or the drug user?</p>
<p>Maybe EPTR, maybe you are right. But the reaction to Alec baldwin’s violent homophobia also indicates that the source matters. Also, Anthony Weiner sent those photos very recently, admitted there are probably more and is now front runner to be the next mayor. Because the source matters. To me, for a variety of reasons, what Weiner did was much, much worse. And Baldwin actually has been violent in his life and threatened violence yesterday. But his career isn’t ruined because source matters. Deen’s book was number one on amazon, but the publisher dropped her anyway because it was about punishing her. Baldwin and Weiner are part of the in crowd. She is not.</p>