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"When he was talking with the governor about doing work in the fields ... "

After THE CONGRESSMAN told Maher it would be good to see him (implying all of you coastal liberal people) working in the fields Bill said "But,but, but I'm a house nigg-r" ...

In context it was not Bill Maher who was being the racist.




Correct.
I watched it but was not paying much attention and did not remember whom he was interviewing.
I see it was Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska.
And it was the senator who was being sort of racist.
Although I sort of like what Sasse said.
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In context it was not Bill Maher who was being the racist.




he wasnt fired for being racist.
He was fired for using a word proscribed by his employer

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Like a lot of people Maher is only part ass. On occasion he has something interesting to say.

Just because someone says something interesting or even makes valid points doesn't mean they aren't an ass.

Maher is racist and sexist. I could care less if I agree with him on some issues.



You have a point. He is an ass to some extent but in that he isn't alone. And you're right about him being sexist. Racist? That's not so clear. His use of the N word doesn't indicate that he is.

But my take on him is very different from yours. In a society full of nonsense and political correctness, we should always care when someone tells the truth about some important issue. There's far too many people slinging bull not to.

And Maher often speaks the politically incorrect truth, as he does in the case of Islam. To not care that he does is to not care about the truth getting out there simply because you don't like the source.
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In context it was not Bill Maher who was being the racist.




he wasnt fired for being racist.
He was fired for using a word proscribed by his employer



Where did you read he was fired? I haven't seen that.

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{...
HBO reportedly won't fire Bill Maher — or even pull him off the air — after he uttered the N-word during a shocking incident on his show last week.

Maher will not be seriously disciplined for using the racial slur on Friday's episode of "Real Time" and is expected to return for this week's episode, TMZ reported.

Maher, 61, made the offensive comment during an interview with Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse after the politician invited him to check out his state and come work in the field.
...}
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/bill-maher-to-keep-his-job-after-using-slur-on-air-report/ar-BBC6sR4?li=BBnbcA1

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Can somebody tell me why it's alright for a black person to use this word, but not a white?

While traveling in my car, at stop lights i'm forced on occassion to listen to women being called, c*nts, hos, bitches and the n word from rap-crap being played in other automobiles. When does this pc sh*t end?
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Where did you read he was fired? I haven't seen that



Sorry my mistake - I jumped the gun, he hasnt been fired YET



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HBO reportedly won't fire Bill Maher — or even pull him off the air



 guests have already started to cancel, my guess is that HBO will make a big show of "standing by their man" before he quietly slips away "to pursue other interests"



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Can somebody tell me why it's alright for a black person to use this word, but not a white?

While traveling in my car, at stop lights i'm forced on occassion to listen to women being called, c*nts, hos, bitches and the n word from rap-crap being played in other automobiles. When does this pc sh*t end?



In my opinion, it's never alright.

There are many words that are used so casually and with such frequency today that it's hard to know if they hold any meaning anymore.

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Can somebody tell me why it's alright for a black person to use this word, but not a white?

While traveling in my car, at stop lights i'm forced on occassion to listen to women being called, c*nts, hos, bitches and the n word from rap-crap being played in other automobiles. When does this pc sh*t end?



It isn't alright by many black people and seems mostly dependent on your age. The reason black youths use it according to them is to devalue the word.
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Its silly.
Words themselves can never be bad or good.
The word itself originated to refer to people from the country of Niger, (long i), along the Niger river, where an oil bearing plant called the Niger Bloom is cultivated.

Obviously it is not the word that is bad, but any derogatory connotation.
And when no such connotation is implied, there is nothing wrong with the word.
Maher obviously had no racial implication in his use. It was more of a historical context. He was differentiating between a field slave and house slave, using the historical wording. His intent was to imply that republican capitalists still support economic slavery.
His words were more than appropriate, and descendants of slaves, (all of us), must applaud his use of words and his meaning.

No one gets to dictate language.
Words have meaning that no one gets to change.

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