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Title: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Ptarmigan on June 19, 2013, 09:57:49 PM
Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports says
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/06/19/paula-deen-admits-in-deposition-to-using-n-word-telling-racist-jokes-report/
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: obumazombie on June 19, 2013, 10:25:42 PM
My first reaction is, so what ?
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Undies on June 19, 2013, 10:32:47 PM
I would say Paula Deen's butter has melted.  She will be shuffled off Food Network without much regard for her fans. 
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Ptarmigan on June 19, 2013, 10:59:02 PM
I happen look into this and looks like this was raised before with no attention.
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: FlaGator on June 20, 2013, 08:41:40 AM
My first reaction is, so what ?

My next reaction is, if this was a normal world why would anyone would care?
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: CG6468 on June 20, 2013, 09:01:29 AM
Who gives a shit?
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Wineslob on June 20, 2013, 09:20:42 AM
My first reaction is, so what ?





+1
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Eupher on June 20, 2013, 09:31:03 AM
Looks to me like Lisa is angling for a chunk of change. Paula doesn't quite understand that the more of a celebrity you become, the more of a target you are.

Paula should've done what Oprah did -- build a protective cocoon around her and refuse to let the riffraff approach her throne.

Paula's butter isn't melted yet, but it's definitely softened.
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: J P Sousa on June 20, 2013, 11:50:57 AM
Looks to me like Lisa is angling for a chunk of change. Paula doesn't quite understand that the more of a celebrity you become, the more of a target you are.

Paula should've done what Oprah did -- build a protective cocoon around her and refuse to let the riffraff approach her throne.

Paula's butter isn't melted yet, but it's definitely softened.

Yep, employees always want more.
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Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Dori on June 20, 2013, 01:47:28 PM
Who gives a shit?

I agree. How can you sue free speech?  Since when are you forced to work somewhere that makes you uncomfortable?

The sexual charge is a different matter, but I would guess it's just as trumped up as everything else this Johnson woman claims.



 
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: CG6468 on June 20, 2013, 01:49:08 PM
I agree. How can you sue free speech?  Since when are you forced to work somewhere that makes you uncomfortable?

The sexual charge is a different matter, but I would guess it's just as trumped up as everything else this Johnson woman claims.

I wouldn't trust Johnson if I saw her.
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Undies on June 21, 2013, 09:41:19 AM
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Celebrity cook Paula Deen was a no-show Friday at the "Today" show, where she was scheduled to appear to answer questions about past use of racial slurs.

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The Food Network said Thursday it doesn't tolerate any form of discrimination and is looking into the situation.

Paula's butter is bubbling and burning.  It's a good thing she has already made her millions.  Her retirement is imminent.    


http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2166878-embattled-paula-deen-no-show-fridays-today.html#.7518-stage-subhero1-1
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: J P Sousa on June 21, 2013, 01:09:48 PM
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  Celebrity cook Paula Deen was a no-show Friday at the "Today" show, where she was scheduled to appear to answer questions about past use of racial slurs. 

I think Paula knows who "Today" show really is..... :-)
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Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Ptarmigan on June 21, 2013, 04:31:38 PM
Food Network announces it will not renew Paula Deen's contract
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/06/21/food-network-announces-it-will-not-renew-paula-deen-contract/?test=latestnews

They just let her go.
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: J P Sousa on June 21, 2013, 06:30:58 PM
So Paula tells the truth gets fired...........government employees tell lies..........get promoted.  :thatsright:

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Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Splashdown on June 21, 2013, 06:59:50 PM
As I said on Facebook, she's done as a celebrity chef, but she has a great future joining Biden, Reid, Clinton, Gore, Thurmond, as racism-spouting democrat senators. She should run!
Title: Re: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: DLR Pyro on June 21, 2013, 07:11:52 PM
So I'm guessing there will be lots of rap "artists" losing their jobs for using the "n-word" after this precedent setting event. :whatever:
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Splashdown on June 21, 2013, 07:13:34 PM
She could star in a Quentin Tarrantino film--make it a buddy flick with Samuel L. Jackson. Bullets and Pullets.


 :yahoo:
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: obumazombie on June 21, 2013, 07:19:02 PM
So Paula tells the truth gets fired...........government employees tell lies..........get promoted.  :thatsright:

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And millions in bonuses.
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Undies on June 21, 2013, 11:46:09 PM
Food Network announces it will not renew Paula Deen's contract
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/06/21/food-network-announces-it-will-not-renew-paula-deen-contract/?test=latestnews

They just let her go.

I told ya!!   :tongue:
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: here on June 21, 2013, 11:54:12 PM
I told ya!!   :tongue:

yes, I noticed you called the whole episode  :bravo:
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Paulovere on June 22, 2013, 05:09:38 AM
I would say Paula Deen's butter has melted.  She will be shuffled off Food Network without much regard for her fans. 

LOL I loved this reply.
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Undies on June 22, 2013, 08:41:25 AM
What will become of Bahh-bee?   :???:
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: CG6468 on June 22, 2013, 08:47:30 AM
I wonder if this will affect her son(s) {1 for sure, not positive about the other one} Food Network contracts. I'm sure the nazis are already at work on that.
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Undies on June 22, 2013, 09:01:20 AM
I wonder if this will affect her son(s) {1 for sure, not positive about the other one} Food Network contracts. I'm sure the nazis are already at work on that.

What will become of Bahh-bee?   Huh?
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Eupher on June 22, 2013, 10:54:36 AM
I told ya!!   :tongue:

Well, her butter had surely melted, but it didn't burn until they actually announced not renewing her contract.

You called it, that's for sure.  :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: CactusCarlos on June 22, 2013, 01:26:21 PM
Horseshit.  Food Network let Robert Irvine go a couple years ago because they found out he lied about his credentials.  They beat their chests about being intolerant towards fraudsters or some such.  About a year later, he was back.  If Paula Deen plays her cards right, she can make a comeback.

Personally, I hope she's done after her fawning over Jimmy Carter when she had him on her show and saying he was the best president ever.  Found out this morning she's an Obama supporter (http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/21/n-word-user-paula-deen-is-an-obama-supporter/).  

Good riddance.  
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: vesta111 on June 22, 2013, 03:31:47 PM
Horseshit.  Food Network let Robert Irvine go a couple years ago because they found out he lied about his credentials.  They beat their chests about being intolerant towards fraudsters or some such.  About a year later, he was back.  If Paula Deen plays her cards right, she can make a comeback.

Personally, I hope she's done after her fawning over Jimmy Carter when she had him on her show and saying he was the best president ever.  Found out this morning she's an Obama supporter (http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/21/n-word-user-paula-deen-is-an-obama-supporter/).  

Good riddance.  

What in heck is she apologising for ????--------Is she anything like the high school Spanish teacher fired for teaching her students the names of colors and one student complained she called the English black, negro in Spanish ?

Damn if I hear a good Polish joke, I have no problem repeating it to my Polish friends. 

This crap is getting out of hand, I was raised with a sense of humor, did not bother me to hear jokes about the French, all so often there was a grain of truth in them.

So she used the N word, big frigging deal, I have been called a Honkey and Cracker a Frog but as far as I know there is no way I have heard that the H word, the C word or F word is out of bounds.   

Seems like some people are protected class under the PC of the day.     I wonder if racial charges were brought up against the woman that sicked  her pit bulls on the white reporter came out with a baseball bat and yelled for her to get her white ass off her property ?

This is total bull, I objected when the classics were censured for language for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.  Darn how are children to learn of the past as it WAS when PC comes in and  changes the wording to that of today's world ?

There is no way any class of people can speak a word and all others can't.   

  This is true racism when one can call their friends the N word but an Irish man cannot call the same person by the same word as their other friends.
Title: Re: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: IassaFTots on June 22, 2013, 04:06:11 PM
So I'm guessing there will be lots of rap "artists" losing their jobs for using the "n-word" after this precedent setting event. :whatever:

Wondering the same thing myself.  Hi5!
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: IassaFTots on June 22, 2013, 04:06:55 PM
She could star in a Quentin Tarrantino film--make it a buddy flick with Samuel L. Jackson. Bullets and Pullets.


 :yahoo:

Did you really just say that?  Am I really laughing?  Yes, yes I am!   :rofl:
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Splashdown on June 22, 2013, 04:21:14 PM
Did you really just say that?  Am I really laughing?  Yes, yes I am!   :rofl:

I thought it was genius.  :-)
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: IassaFTots on June 22, 2013, 08:38:29 PM
I thought it was genius.  :-)

As do I.   :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: obumazombie on June 22, 2013, 08:43:15 PM
As do I.   :cheersmate:
Quite clever !
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: CactusCarlos on June 22, 2013, 10:44:57 PM
What in heck is she apologising for ????--------Is she anything like the high school Spanish teacher fired for teaching her students the names of colors and one student complained she called the English black, negro in Spanish ?

Damn if I hear a good Polish joke, I have no problem repeating it to my Polish friends. 

This crap is getting out of hand, I was raised with a sense of humor, did not bother me to hear jokes about the French, all so often there was a grain of truth in them.

So she used the N word, big frigging deal, I have been called a Honkey and Cracker a Frog but as far as I know there is no way I have heard that the H word, the C word or F word is out of bounds.   

Seems like some people are protected class under the PC of the day.     I wonder if racial charges were brought up against the woman that sicked  her pit bulls on the white reporter came out with a baseball bat and yelled for her to get her white ass off her property ?

This is total bull, I objected when the classics were censured for language for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.  Darn how are children to learn of the past as it WAS when PC comes in and  changes the wording to that of today's world ?

There is no way any class of people can speak a word and all others can't.   

  This is true racism when one can call their friends the N word but an Irish man cannot call the same person by the same word as their other friends.

H5 Vesta - good points.
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: obumazombie on June 23, 2013, 01:12:18 AM
H5 Vesta - good points.
Yes. vesta is coming along nicely. Nicely done vesta.
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Freeper on June 23, 2013, 08:15:31 AM
Why do conservatives show outrage when this happens to those who support democrats? She supports the party of political correctness so when that party comes to knife her in the back she deserves it. She voted for it so she can live with it.
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Eupher on June 23, 2013, 09:40:10 AM
Why do conservatives show outrage when this happens to those who support democrats? She supports the party of political correctness so when that party comes to knife her in the back she deserves it. She voted for it so she can live with it.

Well, speaking for myself, I'm a conservative but I'll be damned if I'm showing any sort of outrage at this development. If I'd put a word on it, I'd say it's "bemused indifference."

I personally do not give one-half a shit what happens to Paula Deen.

If her "career" tanks because she uttered the "n" word in a stupid fashion (and face it -- once you reach "celebrity" status, every thought, word and deed that you indulge yourself in will be dissected, analyzed, criticized, and optimized to the nth degree), she deserves to be once again back there starting off her recipes with a stick of butter.

Unsalted, of course.   :-)
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: here on June 23, 2013, 09:51:58 AM
Why do conservatives show outrage when this happens to those who support democrats? She supports the party of political correctness so when that party comes to knife her in the back she deserves it. She voted for it so she can live with it.

Because ultimately most of these cases are not about partisan politics but about the First Amendment and when political correctness damages this tenet, it does so for all.

Though my opinion on this case is that Paula Deen worked for a private company and it is their right to fire/hire as they see fit.  I do feel badly for all her employees, who have an unplanned loss of income for their mortgages, rent or just everyday expenses.  
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Eupher on June 23, 2013, 10:01:23 AM
Because ultimately most of these cases are not about partisan politics but about the First Amendment and when political correctness damages this tenet, it does so for all.

Though my opinion on this case is that Paula Deen worked for a private company and it is their right to fire/hire as they see fit.  I do feel badly for all her employees, who have an unplanned loss of income for their mortgages, rent or just everyday expenses.  

Great post.  :cheersmate:

h5
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: J P Sousa on June 23, 2013, 02:07:56 PM
Because ultimately most of these cases are not about partisan politics but about the First Amendment and when political correctness damages this tenet, it does so for all.
Though my opinion on this case is that Paula Deen worked for a private company and it is their right to fire/hire as they see fit.  I do feel badly for all her employees, who have an unplanned loss of income for their mortgages, rent or just everyday expenses.  

HI-5
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Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Ptarmigan on June 23, 2013, 04:48:06 PM
Paula Deen, brother sued for harassment
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/story/2012-03-05/paula-deen-restaurant-harassment-lawsuit/53376590/1

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Jackson, who is white, was hired at the restaurant in February 2005 and within months was promoted to general manager with a mandate from Deen to turn it into a success.

Hiers soon began targeting her with unwanted advances, she said, and he watched pornography in the small office the two shared. He also distributed pictures of two women having sex at an office meeting and complained about heavier staff members, the complaint said.

The plantiff is White. This is from 2012.
Title: Re: Paula Deen admits in deposition to using N-word, telling racist jokes, reports s
Post by: Ptarmigan on June 23, 2013, 04:49:56 PM
Because ultimately most of these cases are not about partisan politics but about the First Amendment and when political correctness damages this tenet, it does so for all.

Though my opinion on this case is that Paula Deen worked for a private company and it is their right to fire/hire as they see fit.  I do feel badly for all her employees, who have an unplanned loss of income for their mortgages, rent or just everyday expenses.  

Exactly. Well said!