Proof that GT is isolated from the real world.

[Platapus]

All that prattle about NSA, Syria, Obama, the Republicans, crappy government, etc.

But not one thread about Paula Deen being dropped from the Food Network!

It's on the front page of CNN and Fox News so it has to be important!!!!

But no one here cares about the important stuff. :nope:

[u crank]

In before Red. :03:

Who's Paula Deen?

[Platapus]

In before Red. :03:

Who's Paula Deen?

Only THE absolutest mostest importantest person in the whole world! No I can't back that up. I think she has some sort of cooking show on TV.

But she is on the front page of both CNN and Fox News so she must be doubly uberly important.

[Red October1984]

In before Red. :03:

Who's Paula Deen?

Oh...so now we're posting before I can get to a thread?!

I deserve this honor. :yeah:


Paula Deen is a southern chef on the Food Network. I honestly wouldn't have known about this if I hadn't read this thread. :dead:

[u crank]

But she is on the front page of both CNN and Fox News so she must be doubly uberly important.

She doesn't meet any of the SubSim GT criteria. Not a politician. Not a terrorist. Not a conspiracy theorist. Not a Swedish sailor. :O:

[Sailor Steve]

All I can say is...


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Congratulations_zps198f456e.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Congratulations_zps198f456e.jpg.html)

[u crank]

I recognize a lot of the people on the left. Unfortunately I know the person on the right, but not because I want to.

[Armistead]

All I can say is...





I miss Hitch:yeah:

[Subnuts]

All I can say is...


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Congratulations_zps198f456e.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Congratulations_zps198f456e.jpg.html)

I recognize Stephen Hawking, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Carl Sagan, and Charles Darwin. I guess 6/10 isn't horrible. Thinking the guy in the lower left corner is Charlie Chaplin, but I'm probably wrong.

[Sailor Steve]

Nicola Tesla. Don't worry, I had to make a guess and look him up.

[razark]

I recognize Stephen Hawking, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Carl Sagan, and Charles Darwin. I guess 6/10 isn't horrible.
I think 6/10 is great. (Especially since you got the same ones I did.)

Who is the one on the right, anyway? It looks familiar (which saddens me, somewhat).

[Rockstar]

yo dats Snookie yo, word.

[Stealhead]

I think 6/10 is great. (Especially since you got the same ones I did.)

Who is the one on the right, anyway? It looks familiar (which saddens me, somewhat).


The black woman is a Somalian born Dutch politician/writer/activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali she is rather unpopular with Islamic fundamentalists.

The man to the left of Darwin I can not recall his name but has been discussed a few times on Subsim before his is an atheist and also a bit of a misogynist but he is more well known for being atheist Skybird is a big fan of him.

The one on the right is a New Jerseyan that appeared on an MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" Snookie I know this because my sister has a dog named Snookie it is a mocking name.Also if people are 100% honest you know someone who knows who she is anyway and by hear say you also know who she is and I can also honestly say that I knew he she was because co-workers have discussed her many times.

In my opinion it is not who you know in the world it is what you do to improve this world.That and some people it may be better that they worry about Paula Dean and Snookie and not about other thigns.

[Tchocky]

That's Christopher Hitchens, Stealhead.

[Red October1984]

yo dats Snookie yo, word.

Please excuse my dope ass SWAG...

YOLO...omgggggg.....


:shifty: I hate people like ^^^ that...

Sorry...but it's a pet peeve. It annoys the crap out of me. :/\\!! :/\\!!

Sadly, it's mostly the people my age that are like this. For this reason, I'm ashamed to hold the title of a teenager.

[Sailor Steve]

Who is the one on the right, anyway? It looks familiar (which saddens me, somewhat).
Top right? Carl Sagan. Bottom right is Charles Darwin.

[razark]

Top right? Carl Sagan. Bottom right is Charles Darwin.
No, I knew those two. I meant the far right, and it's been answered. It appears to be a "snookie".


As for Paula Deen, I can't say I really care. Alton Brown was the only one I watched on Food Network.

[Sailor Steve]

Here's a variant of the same I just stumbled on.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Congratulations2_zps83f3125e.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Congratulations2_zps83f3125e.jpg.html)

Proud to say I know all the people on this one. At least the ones on the left.

[Armistead]

I got 6 out of 10 and everyone knows who Snookie is, although I find her disgusting. I couldn't remember the ex muslim females name, although I've seen her on TV and watched her on youtube several times. I think she's sexy.

I'm a big fan of Hitchens, although don't agree with him on everything, but he's such a great debater regarding religion and politics.

[Sailor Steve]

No, I knew those two. I meant the far right, and it's been answered. It appears to be a "snookie".
Yeah, I just now figured that out. I didn't know either. Or care.

As for Paula Deen, I can't say I really care. Alton Brown was the only one I watched on Food Network.
I've never seen Food Network, and don't know either one of them.

[razark]

everyone knows who Snookie is
*Ahem*
I know the name. I wouldn't recognize her.
(And, I don't know the one on the right in the other pic, either.)

I'm a big fan of Hitchens
Ah. I am aware of him, but I didn't recognize him.


I've never seen Food Network, and don't know either one of them.
Alton Brown was the host of "Good Eats". It was the geekiest cooking show I've ever seen. Other shows tell you what to do. Brown would tell you what to do, but he would also explain the science of why you are doing things.

[Stealhead]

They need to make one that shows photos of bad(any) politicians and it should say:

"If you are one of these people or you voted for them congratulations you're what's wrong with the world."

[AVGWarhawk]

This ordeal for Deen is simply stupid. Apology for very old verbal indiscretions. She gets fired. There are plenty star athletes that have done far far far far worse than this but continue to make millions playing a professional sport. Simply amazing the mentality of the country and PC.

[u1950]

This ordeal for Deen is simply stupid. Apology for very old verbal indiscretions. She gets fired. There are plenty star athletes that have done far far far far worse than this but continue to make millions playing a professional sport. Simply amazing the mentality of the country and PC.

+1 I agree!

[the_tyrant]

This ordeal for Deen is simply stupid. Apology for very old verbal indiscretions. She gets fired. There are plenty star athletes that have done far far far far worse than this but continue to make millions playing a professional sport. Simply amazing the mentality of the country and PC.

cooking people taken offline for saying bad words? I hope Gordon Ramsay isn't next, love his show (I love watching him scream at bad chefs.

also, I'm sure she has used the n word a few times in her life, come on, she was born before the civil rights movement.

[Jimbuna]

She doesn't meet any of the SubSim GT criteria. Not a politician. Not a terrorist. Not a conspiracy theorist. Not a Swedish sailor. :O:

:har:

[Sailor Steve]

*Ahem*
I know the name.
I didn't know even that. :sunny:

Alton Brown was the host of "Good Eats". It was the geekiest cooking show I've ever seen. Other shows tell you what to do. Brown would tell you what to do, but he would also explain the science of why you are doing things.
I don't mean to be rude (really I don't) but I really didn't want to know. If I cared at all I would watch the channel. :O:

[Oberon]

Nicola Tesla. Don't worry, I had to make a guess and look him up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ1Mz7kGVf0

:rock:

[Tribesman]

This ordeal for Deen is simply stupid. Apology for very old verbal indiscretions. She gets fired. There are plenty star athletes that have done far far far far worse than this but continue to make millions playing a professional sport. Simply amazing the mentality of the country and PC.
Very old indiscretions?
The hearing was last month over her employee suing for racial and sexual harassment.
Her problem stems from her attempts to defend her brother at the hearing.
What is simply amazing is the mentality of her and her brother.

Simple lesson. There is no law against people being dumb racists.
But there is a law about calling people ******s at work, which is especially relevant if you are the boss.

[Wolferz]

All this hubbub over a silly slang term for people of color. One they use profusely in daily conversation and have Africanized even further with the abbreviation ..."Nigga"
Paula Deen and her brother are what we refer to as Whisky Tangos. White Trash.
The real reason for Ms Deen's fall from grace has nothing to do with her word choices.
It seems she committed a conflict of interest by endorsing a new drug for diabetes. A disease she was recently diagnosed as having. Her Food Network show is all about southern comfort foods. Loads of sugar. :timeout:

Regarding Steve's pictures. The first one on the right is the dreaded Muff Cabbage. The injurer of our fellow sailor, Wernher Von Trapp.:-?

You should be ashamed for including Kimye in this thread.:hmmm:
"Kanye, let's name our little baby girl North."

I guess it's better than "Blanket":hmmm:

[Sailor Steve]

All this hubbub over a silly slang term for people of color.
A silly slang term with 200 years of intimidation, insult, oppression and hatred behind it. There's a very good reason for the way it's looked at today.

[Wolferz]

A silly slang term with 200 years of intimidation, insult, oppression and hatred behind it. There's a very good reason for the way it's looked at today.

That's a given for sure.
Words are just words until they are propelled with malicious intent.:know:

I am not, by any means, defending Ms Deen for being an insensitive bigot. A poor excuse for an employer she is but, nobody is perfect.

[donna52522]

All I can say is...


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Congratulations_zps198f456e.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Congratulations_zps198f456e.jpg.html)


It depends on your generation, many people in history are no longer taught about because they get replaced by 'up and comers'. Only the very elderly, or total book worms would know everyone on the left...where as the person on the right made her face well known through social media.

Education in High School isn't about trying to teach someone the entire history on the universe, it's more about preparing someone for the future in the world that exists at the moment. If one wants to know more about a certain subject, then they would go to College and major in that particular subject.

[Platapus]

All this hubbub over a silly slang term for people of color.

I would like to point out that if one group does not find a phrase offensive, that does not preclude another group to find it offensive.

Hubbub is in the eye of the beholder :yep:

And while it is not fair nor equal, there are specific types of hubbub that are protected by law.

[Sailor Steve]

It depends on your generation, many people in history are no longer taught about because they get replaced by 'up and comers'. Only the very elderly, or total book worms would know everyone on the left...where as the person on the right made her face well known through social media.
True enough, but I think the real ramification involves not knowing even one person on the left. I didn't know all of them. If social media is more important to a person than anything else, then there truly is a problem. Again, not with one person, but with the collective.

Education in High School isn't about trying to teach someone the entire history on the universe, it's more about preparing someone for the future in the world that exists at the moment. If one wants to know more about a certain subject, then they would go to College and major in that particular subject.
I never said anything about high school or what it teaches, and neither did the picture. I think it's adults we're talking about here; adults who shape the world. I also think it's not about really knowing who is who on any level. It's about caring about more important things that who is laying whom. 'Snookie' seems to be a product of what we used to call "famous for being famous"; people who have contributed nothing worthwhile to the world, yet are known by everyone. That is indeed a problem.

[Tribesman]

It depends on your generation, many people in history are no longer taught about because they get replaced by 'up and comers'. Only the very elderly, or total book worms would know everyone on the left...where as the person on the right made her face well known through social media.

How many people on the left of the picture have featured in the news in the past month?
Is it all of them, all of them , all of them or all of them?

[Platapus]

I would also opine that more people would recognize these people by name than by their appearance.

I like to think of myself as a history nerd, but I did not recognize all of these pictures, but I do recognize all of their names. That's because few of the history books I read had these people's pictures but all of them had their names.

A better test would be to list all the names and see how many people do not recognize any from the left side but do recognize the one on the right side.

[Sailor Steve]

Good point. :yep:

[BrucePartington]

This reminds me of a 1960 film The Time Machine;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine_%281960_film%29;
http://viooz.co/movies/9413-the-time-machine-1960.html;

After stopping at some familiar (to us viewers) moments of 20th century history, the time traveler finally arrives to a time in a very distant future, where people just don't care about anything. A woman is drowning and everybody around is indifferent. He saves her, and she is also indifferent for having been saved. Books are totally ignored and abandoned in an old library gathering dust. There is more but I will not spoil it for those who haven't seen it.

I may not be adding anything to this discussion, but I felt like venting. This is one of the topics I am really concerned about in our civilization. Yes we have reality shows here too, along with "snookies" and everything. In one occasion one of them stated that Africa was a country in northern Europe (sigh). Everybody laughed but me, which worried me even more.

And I totally subscribe to what Steve said. I am worried that the collective is more interested in the "famous for being famous" than in real heroes that helped change civilization for the better.
These are topics that keep pounding inside my head. Sometimes I prefer to just ignore things, as they make me so sad. And the way I vent may make me come across to you as goofy, but that is my self-protection system at work, releasing pressure to preserve my sanity.
Guys, I enjoy your company.

[Sailor Steve]

This reminds me of a 1960 film The Time Machine.
I saw it in the theater when it was first released. It's still one of my favorites. I have to ask, though: You do know it was based on a brilliant novel by
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/HG-Wells-001_zps4d5f3415.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/HG-Wells-001_zps4d5f3415.jpg.html)
?

[Subnuts]

I saw it in the theater when it was first released. It's still one of my favorites. I have to ask, though: You do know it was based on a brilliant novel by
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/HG-Wells-001_zps4d5f3415.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/HG-Wells-001_zps4d5f3415.jpg.html)
?

H.G. Verne.

Yeah, I used to always get the two mixed up.

[Sailor Steve]

Yeah, I used to always get the two mixed up.
How could you possibly do that? One's English, one's French. No similarity at all!
:rotfl2:

Then of course there's that great American speculative fiction writer S.L. Clemens. :O:

[Platapus]

Then of course there's that great American speculative fiction writer S.L. Clemens. :O:

He did leave his mark on American Lit.

[BrucePartington]

H.G. Wells. I do now, so my answer is not fair. I did Google it up when I was looking for info on the movie before posting it.
Simple as it is, I never forgot this movie. Without any fancy modern special effects, it is quite interesting as it presents us with two interesting topics: time travel, and human behavior. Somehow I think older movies were a bit more intelligent. Many of modern movies promote "snookies" who believe Das Boot is the most disgusting thing ever filmed and a deservice to any navy and sailor.
I saw it in the theater when it was first released. It's still one of my favorites. I have to ask, though: You do know it was based on a brilliant novel by
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?

[Oberon]

The original book is quite good. Wells is one of my favourite authors. :up:

[MH]

I recomended this book.
Its a squel to the time machine by Wells.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/TheTimeShips.jpg/362px-TheTimeShips.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/TheTimeShips.jpg)

[nikimcbee]

Only THE absolutest mostest importantest person in the whole world! No I can't back that up. I think she has some sort of cooking show on TV.

But she is on the front page of both CNN and Fox News so she must be doubly uberly important.

I thought that was a Snooki or Kardashian?:06:

Wo ist Der Yubbameister?

[AVGWarhawk]

Very old indiscretions?
The hearing was last month over her employee suing for racial and sexual harassment.
Her problem stems from her attempts to defend her brother at the hearing.
What is simply amazing is the mentality of her and her brother.

Simple lesson. There is no law against people being dumb racists.
But there is a law about calling people ******s at work, which is especially relevant if you are the boss.

What law might that be? I see a opportunist going after deep pockets. And of the mentality of the party? Mentality is not on trial. Double standard is.

[Tribesman]

What law might that be?
Well since it is labour laws then that would be the National Labor Relation Act.
Since its a hearing for constructive dismissal which you Americans call constructive discharge in law it would be the section of labour law which deals with that.:yep:

[AVGWarhawk]

Well since it is labour laws then that would be the National Labor Relation Act.
Since its a hearing for constructive dismissal which you Americans call constructive discharge in law it would be the section of labour law which deals with that.:yep:

National Labor Relations Act? Dismissal of who? Deen. What is on trial here is the use of a word. The dismissal of Deen is the aftermath. This is about money. If it was truly about correcting a wrong why is 2 million being sought? If this was someone living check to check it would not make the news. The human psyche love to see those at the top come tumbling down. The woman will be crucified for using a derogatory word yet she is being judged by those that certainly have used derogatory words in their own right.

[Tribesman]

National Labor Relations Act? Dismissal of who?
You are mixing 2 issues.
Two very simple issues.
1. constructive dismissal. Seems clear cut, employees shouldn't have to put up with dumb rednecks, being a employer who is a dumb redneck strongly suggests that the bigotry will lead to illegal discrimination against your employees
2. getting dismissed for being a dumb redneck. Engaging in conduct that is detrimental to the interests of your employer

This is about money.
Employment usually is.
Business usually is.
Since this is about employment and business then of course it is about money.

[AVGWarhawk]

You are mixing 2 issues.
Two very simple issues.
1. constructive dismissal. Seems clear cut, employees shouldn't have to put up with dumb rednecks, being a employer who is a dumb redneck strongly suggests that the bigotry will lead to illegal discrimination against your employees
2. getting dismissed for being a dumb redneck. Engaging in conduct that is detrimental to the interests of your employer


Employment usually is.
Business usually is.
Since this is about employment and business then of course it is about money.

You are a hoot Tribesman!! Dumb rednecks? Is this any different than a dumb N(word)? Double standard friend. The R(word). Let's call them white trash and crackers while we are at it. :up:

I don't approve of such language in the workplace or anywhere else. But it happens and by all walks of life.

It is about money. Meaning deep pockets that someone wants to get into. Not the first time someone with deep pockets was sued for any shred of evidence that a suit could be filed.

Also, I understand there might be some sexual harassment. That is a color of a different horse.

[Tribesman]

You are a hoot Tribesman!! Dumb rednecks? Is this any different than a dumb N(word)? Double standard friend. The R(word). Let's call them white trash and crackers while we are at it. :up:

Read the last part of post#29 to get the point.

I don't approve of such language in the workplace or anywhere else. But it happens and by all walks of life.

But this is all about the workplace isn't it.
I can call a bogwog "soup" in the street, if I call him "soup" in the workplace then that is another matter entirely.

Also, I understand there might be some sexual harassment. That is a color of a different horse.
Same horse, it is covered under the same legislation dealing with discrimination and harassment in the workplace

[AVGWarhawk]

I do not believe we will see eye to eye on this case of money only suit.

[Tribesman]

I do not believe we will see eye to eye on this case of money only suit.
If you don't mind me saying, that is because you seem unable to focus.
Separate the issues and deal with them individually, then put them together for the whole picture.

For example when you wrote......

Also, I understand there might be some sexual harassment. That is a color of a different horse.
If the constructive dismissal case was only about Bubba being a lecherous git and didn't have the racist element in the complaint and didn't have his sister dropping herself in it at the hearing would you be as quick to say it is all only about an employee trying to grab some money?

[AVGWarhawk]

Refer to post #54

[Onkel Neal]

Dumb rednecks? Is this any different than a dumb N(word)? Double standard friend. The R(word). Let's call them white trash and crackers while we are at it. :up:

I don't approve of such language in the workplace or anywhere else. But it happens and by all walks of life.

It is about money. Meaning deep pockets that someone wants to get into. Not the first time someone with deep pockets was sued for any shred of evidence that a suit could be filed.

Also, I understand there might be some sexual harassment. That is a color of a different horse.

Yeah, ain't that the truth. This whole situation is blown out of proportion, and is a sad commentary on the mentality of the general population. Say N***** and the world will demand you lose your vocation and any other benefits of life. I do not approve of derogatory language, but isn't it funny how freely people throw out the F-word, without regard to other people? I find the F-Word easily as offensive as the N word, but no one thinks twice about offending me (and others with a modicum of class). :shifty:

[Tribesman]

Yeah, ain't that the truth. This whole situation is blown out of proportion, and is a sad commentary on the mentality of the general population. Say N***** and the world will demand you lose your vocation and any other benefits of life.
It is certainly blown out of proportion.
Has anyone said she can't work or have any benefits of life?

Did a court order that her and bubba must close their business and stop employing people?
All that happened was one of her employers has decided to not renew her contract
If she feels she was unfairly treated by her employer she can take it to court under the National Labor Relations Act.....just like her employee did.

[Platapus]

Poor Paula, now she will have to manage living only on those millions of dollars she already has and the millions of dollars she will continue to earn on her cookbooks.

[mookiemookie]

If you grew up in the South, especially in the time frame that Mrs. Deen did, and you have never used that word then something is seriously wrong. This whole situation is absolutely ridiculous. It's not like she called someone "n----r" on TV or something. It's all about something that happened years and years ago. It's like crucifying someone because they called someone else a "caca doodie head" back when they were five.

[AVGWarhawk]

Poor Paula, now she will have to manage living only on those millions of dollars she already has and the millions of dollars she will continue to earn on her cookbooks.

It is not about cash. She has not said a word about lost endorsements. Her time has been spent defending her good name as she is systematically destroyed for no good reason by the media and court of popular opinion.

Funnier yet is Walmart dropping her. Walmart needs to clean up their own backyard before taking the moral high road.

[AVGWarhawk]

It is certainly blown out of proportion.
Has anyone said she can't work or have any benefits of life?

Did a court order that her and bubba must close their business and stop employing people?
All that happened was one of her employers has decided to not renew her contract
If she feels she was unfairly treated by her employer she can take it to court under the National Labor Relations Act.....just like her employee did.

She was destroyed for no good reason. It is much like the scarlet letter that she will wear until she dies. The woman did not deserve an entire week of media fueled frenzy.

[Tribesman]

If you grew up in the South, especially in the time frame that Mrs. Deen did, and you have never used that word then something is seriously wrong. This whole situation is absolutely ridiculous. It's not like she called someone "n----r" on TV or something. It's all about something that happened years and years ago. It's like crucifying someone because they called someone else a "caca doodie head" back when they were five.

Years and years ago?
It covers the 2005-2010 period.



Her time has been spent defending her good name as she is systematically destroyed for no good reason by the media and court of popular opinion.

You should know that in business, decades of building a good name can be completely destroyed by a single incident

She was destroyed for no good reason. It is much like the scarlet letter that she will wear until she dies. The woman did not deserve an entire week of media fueled frenzy.
Live by the media, die by the media. That's the normal pattern isn't it.

[Wolferz]

The media empires/vampires love a good scandal. It fuels interest and interest sells advertising. They don't give a ratatouille who they destroy in the process. As long as they get their pound of flesh. Preferably barbecued.:nope:

Being in the public eye is like living in a glass house. It's best that you dress in the basement and not throw stones.

[AVGWarhawk]

Years and years ago?
It covers the 2005-2010 period.




You should know that in business, decades of building a good name can be completely destroyed by a single incident


Live by the media, die by the media. That's the normal pattern isn't it.

All true. This is the issue. Paula Deen said the n word after having a gun held to her head. She probably has said it other times. She gets crucified and loses what she has worked on all her life. Jay-Z says the n word all day and is invited to the White House. I don't care in what context, spelling or pronunciation the word is used. Deciding its OK for one and not the other is self serving.

[Tribesman]

All true. This is the issue. Paula Deen said the n word after having a gun held to her head. She probably has said it other times.
That is where you are going wrong.
The testimony she gave gives the "probably" since it is those other times she is in trouble over as it was those other times she is accused of.
Namely at work in the period 2005-2010, that is what hung her out to dry, not a conversation with her husband in the 1980s.

Jay-Z says the n word all day and is invited to the White House. I don't care in what context, spelling or pronunciation the word is used. Deciding its OK for one and not the other is self serving.
Not at all, context is everything.
Take this from earlier....I can call a bogwog "soup" in the street, if I call him "soup" in the workplace then that is another matter entirely.
Can you see why it would be very different if you called someone a bogwog or if I called them it?
But you can still call him soup in the right setting as that doesn't have the racist element that bogwog would if it was you saying it not me.

[AVGWarhawk]

That is where you are going wrong.
The testimony she gave gives the "probably" since it is those other times she is in trouble over as it was those other times she is accused of.
Namely at work in the period 2005-2010, that is what hung her out to dry, not a conversation with her husband in the 1980s.


Not at all, context is everything.


I'm not contesting what was said by Deen. The case made it to litigation because there is enough to warrant one under the law. I'm not "wrong" with contention of what has transpired as a result of speaking the truth during her deposition. I'm having issue with the method of crushing everything she invested in for simply stating the truth. Those that have taken the moral high road might best take a look at their past indiscretions. It is a witch hunt and cash grab.

Context is everything only when a caucasian uses the word. Double standard.

[Tribesman]

I'm having issue with the method of crushing everything she invested in for simply stating the truth.
Crushing everything? She lost one contract
Stating the truth?
I thought she denied she had said they wanted ******s for a good ol' plantation wedding?
Her problem comes from her denial lacking credibility.

Context is everything only when a caucasian uses the word. Double standard.


No not at all, a Korean using the that word obviously runs into the same problem, so does any non caucasian hispanic.
The only people that don't get the same problem in using such a word is people who would be the target of that specific racial abuse if it was directed at them by someone of a different group.

It is a witch hunt and cash grab.

You keep saying its a cash grab, the only person standing to get cash is the one person you say has legitimate grounds for getting it.
That's not a cash grab, that is due process.

[AVGWarhawk]

Tribesman:
Crushing everything? She lost one contract
Lost support of her products with Walmart, Target. She has lost Sears and Kmart. Food Network cancelled contract. Smithfield no long desires her participation. There are several other still weighing their options. She has a book due out soon. May not make print now. Caesars restaurants have now cut ties.

Stating the truth? I thought she denied she had said they wanted ******s for a good ol' plantation wedding?

When asked if she used the word she said yes. Truth. As far as the plantation wedding, the slavery imagery was placed by those that heard Deen say it. It was not her intentions of a slavery wedding.

Her problem comes from her denial lacking credibility.

No, it comes from railroading perpetrated by the media. Al Sharpeton had nothing much to say other than judge her character today and not from years ago. That says a lot. Specifically coming from Sharpeton. The comment was summarily dismissed because the feeding frenzy was to great, enjoyable and liberating for those that love to see people at the top come down.


You keep saying its a cash grab, the only person standing to get cash is the one person you say has legitimate grounds for getting it.
That's not a cash grab, that is due process.

It is a cash grab for the plaintiff. Deen's brother is the one who had created the issue. Deen is the money to grab as she is part owner of the restaurant. See it for what it is. Extortion. If it is really is about racism and sexual harassment, correcting a wrong, then the Plaintiff does not really need the 1.5 million. Also, the uproar is over use of he n word and a overactive imagination by the plaintiff concerning a traditional plantation type wedding. How about the media focusing on the cretin of a brother she has? Less fun and worse ratings certainly.

[Tribesman]

How about the media focusing on the cretin of a brother she has?
How about if she focused on her cretin of a brother before she chose to put him in her business?

[AVGWarhawk]

How about if she focused on her cretin of a brother before she chose to put him in her business?


Point taken. However, she is part owner and did not run the restaurant.

What will matter in your life is not your competence, but your character.

[AVGWarhawk]

Are we to believe Lisa Jackson is not telling the entire truth? :hmmm:

http://stitchesndishes.com/2013/07/new-testimony-jacksons-partner-denies-everything-in-paula-deen-case/

[Schroeder]

Just Infraction? Why isn't the guy brigged and keelhauled? It's obviously a spambot.:doh:

[HunterICX]

Just Infraction? Why isn't the guy brigged and keelhauled? It's obviously a spambot.:doh:

The infraction did the trick but sometimes it fails to change the avatar making it look nothing happened.

He's out of action as we speak, just needs to be removed by Neal.

(Though wouldn't mind if Jimbuna gets rid of the link in that post by editting)

HunterICX

[Jimbuna]

The infraction did the trick but sometimes it fails to change the avatar making it look nothing happened.

He's out of action as we speak, just needs to be removed by Neal.

(Though wouldn't mind if Jimbuna gets rid of the link in that post by editting)

HunterICX

Sorted :up: