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Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
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RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams
Quote: This is twice I had to tell you to go back and read my post. I was making reference to the government throwing money away. My original quote...

And this is twice I've pointed out that your reference to the government throwing away money (i.e., the stimulus) is irrelevant to my question. So, dude, you didn'ty actually answer my question. You simply changed the subject.

Quote: ...the point being, there's double standard hypocrisy at NPR. It was okay for Nina Totenberg to wish aids on Jesse Helms and his grandchildren, but not okay for Juan Williams to say he got nervous when he saw Muslims in muslim garb on airplanes. After what happened on 9-11, Williams was only stating what a lot of Americans feel. Some journalistic ethics at NPR.

You can't complain about double standards at NPR and then in the same sentence justify the double standards that many Americans have with regard to their bigotry towards all Muslims. That in itself is a double standard. What Juan Williams said was bigoted, plain and simple. Should he have been fired for it? I don't think he should have, but that obviously is not the issue here.
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Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 23, 2010 at 9:14 am
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by Dotard - October 23, 2010 at 9:24 am
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 23, 2010 at 9:34 am
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by leo-rcc - October 23, 2010 at 11:08 am
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by Violet - October 29, 2010 at 4:52 am
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 23, 2010 at 3:03 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 23, 2010 at 3:25 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 23, 2010 at 6:19 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 24, 2010 at 7:13 am
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by Jaysyn - October 24, 2010 at 6:27 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 25, 2010 at 7:32 am
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by Jaysyn - October 25, 2010 at 11:32 am
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 24, 2010 at 9:07 am
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 24, 2010 at 1:19 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 24, 2010 at 3:55 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by Tiberius - October 26, 2010 at 10:07 am
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by Jaysyn - October 26, 2010 at 12:34 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 26, 2010 at 4:30 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by orogenicman - October 27, 2010 at 2:14 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 27, 2010 at 6:17 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by Jaysyn - October 26, 2010 at 6:57 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 26, 2010 at 11:04 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by A Theist - October 27, 2010 at 7:51 am
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by Tiberius - October 27, 2010 at 2:20 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by chasm - October 27, 2010 at 2:52 pm
RE: Outrage over NPR's firing of Juan Williams - by Tiberius - October 28, 2010 at 2:04 pm

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