re: Paula Deen
Jul. 8th, 2013 10:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragoness_eThe main lesson I'm taking from all the media circus is this: if you are ever asked under oath, in a court of law if you ever said or did something that was normal and socially acceptable 50 years ago but is now considered offensive to some people: lie. They probably can't prove it if you did, and perjury is apparently less of a crime than having been a normal white Southerner 30-50 years ago.
Personally, if a freaking BANK ROBBER had stuck a gun in my face, I'd have called him a lot worse things than 'n****r', and not ever apologize for it. This kind of over-reaction is the reason many of us refer to "political correctness" with a sneer. It's also the sort of thing that makes the privileged (who haven't had the personal experience of being on the receiving end of racial slurs and abuse) have trouble taking seriously the genuine complaints of minorities who have been oppressed. Or more colloquially, worst case of 'crying wolf' I've seen in a long time.
Now, the whole racial slurs/sexual harassment lawsuit is a whole other matter, but it's ongoing. I'll wait until the evidence is in and the court or jury has ruled before jumping to condemn or exonerate.
Personally, if a freaking BANK ROBBER had stuck a gun in my face, I'd have called him a lot worse things than 'n****r', and not ever apologize for it. This kind of over-reaction is the reason many of us refer to "political correctness" with a sneer. It's also the sort of thing that makes the privileged (who haven't had the personal experience of being on the receiving end of racial slurs and abuse) have trouble taking seriously the genuine complaints of minorities who have been oppressed. Or more colloquially, worst case of 'crying wolf' I've seen in a long time.
Now, the whole racial slurs/sexual harassment lawsuit is a whole other matter, but it's ongoing. I'll wait until the evidence is in and the court or jury has ruled before jumping to condemn or exonerate.
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Date: 2013-07-08 04:43 pm (UTC)Actually, not sure I can consider most of my friends sane either, but at least we're a fun kind of insane, not fucking stupid and looking for reasons to get all up in arms over shit insane.
*hugs*