Dr. Laura a racist?

[twine]

I'm sure most of you guys have probably heard about this already and while it's a dead horse, we haven't had the race discussion in a while.

Here is a transcript from her show:

mediamatters.org/blog/201008120045

I do think that Dr. Laura is totally a cunt and her show is entertaining on the grounds that she prides herself in her straightforward, no bullshit cuntitude. I actually agree with a lot of what she says even if she is a huge bitch.

It looks like she will be losing her job due to the remarks she made but I don't feel she was overly out of line. Don't get me wrong, she was over the line but I think her point is valid.

I'm glad the younger generation, for the most part, is fairly colorblind (at least with the people I know). While Americans of many races, genders, backgrounds, etc. will continue to fulfill their stereotypes I think younger people have been exposed to others from enough different cultures to know that these generalizations are very often times not true.

[thejesus]

I didn’t read anything inherently racist from the transcript. Although, she did seem to jump the gun in assuming that the black caller was hypersensitive about hearing perceived racial slurs (how the hell does she know that?).
But the bottom line is that, as a radio personality, she should be fully aware that a white person can’t say “The author of this is a worthless piece of shit, The author of this is a worthless piece of shit, The author of this is a worthless piece of shit” on the radio. Right or wrong, that shit doesn’t fly in today’s society. She may not be racist, but she is retarded … if she wanted to keep her radio show going that is.

[NotMyKid]

Aug 18, 2010 11:05:11 GMT -6 thejesus said:

I didn’t read anything inherently racist from the transcript. Although, she did seem to jump the gun in assuming that the black caller was hypersensitive about hearing perceived racial slurs (how the hell does she know that?).
But the bottom line is that, as a radio personality, she should be fully aware that a white person can’t say “The author of this is a worthless piece of shit, The author of this is a worthless piece of shit, The author of this is a worthless piece of shit” on the radio. Right or wrong, that shit doesn’t fly in today’s society. She may not be racist, but she is retarded … if she wanted to keep her radio show going that is.

Agreed.

[hawkeyedug]

I hate the word "The author of this is a worthless piece of shit". It is a pointless argument. I get that I can't call someone a stupid The author of this is a worthless piece of shit. That is obvious. But what if I am assimilating? Shouldn't it be okay then? Yesterday I was playing basketball, and was playing 3v3. On my team were 2 black guys I have never met. I don't know their names as they only referred to each other as "The author of this is a worthless piece of shit". If I would have have said "Good shot The author of this is a worthless piece of shit", I would have been met with hostility, even though I was simply acting the exact same way as they were, and not being at all derogatory with my comments.

As non-racist as anyone claims to be, or no matter how many "black/mexican/asian/whatever friends" you have, you are still racist. You still subscribe to stereotypes. Stereotypes are what they are because the have generally been proven true over time. Obviously they don't always hold true, nor are they incapable of changing.

I will willingly admit that I make "racist" comments all of the time. I refer to asian traits as "chinky" quite often. I make fun of asian's spikey hair, small stature, lack of ability to grow facial hair, lack of ability to drive, superb math and photography skills, and kung-fu abilities. I do this around asians all of the time (if you didn't already know my girlfriend is a very dark skinned asian, filipino exactly, which is the mexican of asia).

I also don't get offended by all of the "Iowa/farmer/hick" stereotypes that might get thrown my way because I know my roots (my parents have a small goat farm for fucks sake). This is all okay because we aren't stupid and know how to take things within context.

Is it wrong that I noted that every black man I saw at the state fair was either gay (2 of them) or with a fat white chick (also 2). I then ran into friend who sadly did not fit into either of those categories. Is it also wrong that on halloween I told that same friend that he should have just gone as a stick because he is very tall, skinny and brown?

Perceived racism is only holding us back in any number of ways. That isn't to say there aren't a bunch of true racists out there as I had an ex from Sigourney, her family would would use the The author of this is a worthless piece of shit word, but there was nothing there other than referring to blacks as niggers. You'll have that with ignorant fucks from Sigourney though.

[Gumbyhawk]

Aug 18, 2010 12:52:33 GMT -6 NotMyKid said:

Aug 18, 2010 11:05:11 GMT -6 thejesus said:

I didn’t read anything inherently racist from the transcript. Although, she did seem to jump the gun in assuming that the black caller was hypersensitive about hearing perceived racial slurs (how the hell does she know that?).
But the bottom line is that, as a radio personality, she should be fully aware that a white person can’t say “The author of this is a worthless piece of shit, The author of this is a worthless piece of shit, The author of this is a worthless piece of shit” on the radio. Right or wrong, that shit doesn’t fly in today’s society. She may not be racist, but she is retarded … if she wanted to keep her radio show going that is.

Agreed.

Gumbyhawk likes this.

[NOTTHOR]

Isn't this the same gal who had nude pictures leaked?

[The Bluzmn]

She is a total twat. I wasn't even aware she was still working (or relevant).

[Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith)]

Aug 19, 2010 6:24:17 GMT -6 The Bluzmn said:

She is a total twat. I wasn't even aware she was still working (or relevant).

Agreed.

The ONLY reason I hear her is when I tune into 1040 AM to check to see if there's a Hawkeye basketball game on...and instead I get twat.

[Gumbyhawk]

The more I thought about this whole story, the more respect I have for the twat.


I mean, what she said #1) was not that bad and #2) isn't all that incorrect. I feel like she was talking in context, not that she was stating that she herself would drop the n-word. I felt her point was valid.


Put another way, the things that Jesse Jackass and Al Sharp-tongue say are ten times worse and they've been spewing their hate for decades. If they can still have their bully pulpits, don't see why Dr. Twat should give hers up.

[thunderhawk]

Aug 18, 2010 20:56:35 GMT -6 NOTTHOR said:

Isn't this the same gal who had nude pictures leaked?

Yeah. And was party to a nasty divorce. Among other things. Hypocrisy...it's what's for dinner.

She's a fucking disgrace to psychology and has met a deserving, and frankly inevitable, end. Sure, some of what she says makes sense. But what she does is gives her opinion on a person's situation, like any fuck could. She doesn't provide effective clinical advice. In fact a lot of the advice, and I use the word loosely, is destructive to those seeking it. Seriously...that axe wound has told victims of molestation to get over it because it happened when they were a kid and that was a long time ago. You know...it's not like things that happened to you when you were defenseless would leave a massive scar or anything. Really, the gash oughta be sued.

As for the twats who call into her show to be ridiculed and abused...well, masochism ain't just about whips and chains.

Here's a simple rule of thumb for who gets to be offended by words and slurs: If you're part of the group to which the slur is commonly applied, and it offends you, then it's offensive. It's what the target thinks. Period. A black dude calling another black dude his The author of this is a worthless piece of shit isn't offensive while a white dude saying the same is because white dudes used to own black dudes as property, among other things.

So for the cunt Laura to tell a black person to not be offended by comments relating to said blackness? Well, that's like me telling her not to be offended by my calling her a cunt twat axe wound gash simply because I've heard a woman say those words.