Bob Beckel's non-apology for using a racial slur

[marmar]

(HuffPost) Bob Beckel addressed the firestorm surrounding his recent use of the term "Chinamen" on Monday's episode of "The Five," apologizing for using the term but refusing to say he was sorry for anything else he said about China.

Beckel used the derogatory name during an on-air rant about China on Thursday. He called the Chinese "the single biggest threat to the national security of the U.S." and said, "As usual, we bring them over here and we teach a bunch of Chinamen -- er, Chinese people -- how to do computers and then they go back to China and hack into us."

"I made some comments last week about Chinese people which apparently upset some people, for which I apologize," he began on Monday. "However I do not apologize for things I've said about China and won't go into the litany of it now, because there's too many China apologists in this country." .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/14/bob-beckel-addresses-chinamen-apology_n_5585784.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&ir=Politics

[A Round Tuit]

1. Seriously?

Let's see:

America men
Irish men
Dutch men
English men
German men
China men?
Sometimes people just piss and moan to just be pissing and moaning.
I don't blame him. I wouldn't apologize, either.

[geek tragedy]

2. Your lecturing of racial minorities for being offended by slur is duly noted.

Very interesting what causes some to decloak and post.

[A Round Tuit]

3. Please be careful on that high horse.

Wouldn't want you to fall off or anything.

[geek tragedy]

4. Oh, you're the one up there scolding those pesky liberals and minorities for objecting to

a word widely acknowledged to be a slur.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinaman_%28term%29

I would recommend taking the "not defending racist comments' side on a liberal website. This is not Free Republic.

[Journeyman]

5. Huh -- learn something new everyday . . .

[greytdemocrat]

6. Oh for Christ sake...

Big F'n deal. But I like Bob B.

[IronGate]

7. Glad he apologized for the slur,

but I do agree with him that China is the greatest threat to our national security.

[brewens]

8. I can see Chinaman being offensive in that it brings to mind charicatures like Hop Sing

from Bonanza. I worked with an old Irishman in the mid 80's that loved the guy who owned the Chinese restaraunt down the street. He was actually renouned for serving the best steak in town as well as excellent Chinese food. Old Gallagher never referred to him as anything but "The Chinaman". I honestly don't think he meant anything by that, but now we know better.