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In reply to the discussion: I'm not particularly a fan of Paula Deen, but I think this is all much ado about nothing. [View all]calimary
(81,192 posts)That one used to belong to Ted Turner if I'm not mistaken. Not about racism but mainly because he was quite open about his opinions - which slanted left.
I'm having a VERY wild time reading through all the comments, especially on the Food Network's Facebook page. HOLY COW!!! It's kept me pretty well entertained all weekend!
The posts are running what seems to be about eight-to-one supporting Paula Deen and excoriating the Food Network, but I'm no mathematician. Supporters of the Food Network's response are in the minority. Interesting and illuminating. I'd guess more than a few of them are teabaggers - noting spelling, syntax, punctuation, typos and other sloppiness, and various codespeak references. She has a large Southern fan base judging from the locations on some of the posts, but there are many and from lots of different regions.
Every now and then, inevitably, somebody dumps on liberals...
Paula Deen....you guys sux, you must be a bunch of liberal righteous bunch of idiots... Bet your closets are not so clean either. Will never watch your crappy station again.
...and they complain about black comedians using the "n" word and how that's a double standard since whites catch hell for doing the same thing...
FIRE PAULA DEEN? You've got to be kidding me! Are whites the only people that have to be held accountable for racial or politically correctness? What about the Rappers that call us CRACKERS, HONKIES etc? What about the flag stompers? NO ONE EVER APOLOGIZES TO US! Give it a rest. Paula Deen stays or you can kiss me and a lot of other, WHITE PATRIOTIC CHRISTIAN'S GOODBYE!
...and they rail against the curse of pervading political correctness. Several have pointed out that Paula Deen supported President Obama - and quote that crackpot online rag breitbart.com as their source (!).
And there are just a couple of real great ones! Like this exchange:
without paula I will no longer be able to watch,recieve books ;we all make mistakes !iam sure you are all not angles. just someone looking for free money !! we love you paula!!
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2 people like this.
I hope no one is an angle. Being a geometric concept is awkward.
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...and this exchange, one of MANY quoting the Bible and forgiveness and how the Food Network needs to forgive Paula Deen for an infraction 20, 30, or 40 years ago (never mind that the plantation wedding story dated approx 2007 and the lawsuit by a white female former manager dates back only a couple of years)...
Irony is calling the FN small minded and ignorant.
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everyone of us is without sin and would like to be forgiven
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Then by your logic shouldn't you forgive the Food Network. Now there's a true double standard.
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But my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SO FAR (and it's best if you read it aloud, and out LOUD!) is from grubstreet:
If what is being posted about you dropping Paula Dean because of something that happened in the past is as stupid as what the media is doing to her because of WHO KNOWS WHY !!!! If you are going to drop her then I think that you need to check everyone that you have on your channel and drop everyone that has had a brush with the law or a TATTOO or A WEIRD HAIRCUT or HAS SAID ANYTHING THAT ''SOCIETY DOESN'T AGREE WITH" off of your network also....I know that I have said that word plus many many many more words that I am not elated about (as a teen and early adult) so does that mean that I should be crucified for them.....NO !!!! I am sorry and have changed as an adult...I want to know why Paula can't be forgiven ?????
Sweet God in Heaven, I LOVE THAT FIRST SENTENCE!!!
And then there are the realists, well, in my opinion anyway:
Paula Deen needs to retire gracefully. There is no forgiveness for being a bigot. And who really needs another recipe for cream of mushroom soup and mayonnaise?
(and from washingtonpost.com)
Paula Deen should have been fired a long time ago for poisoning people and contributing to this nation's epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes with her grossly unhealthy recipes. Who could forget her "breakfast sandwich?" (a fried hamburger patty, a fried egg and two strips of fried bacon with two glazed doughnuts as buns)