Freudian Slip Costs Radio Show Host Job

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
That's like all the people being let go for saying "niggardly"

- M4H

:thumbsup: agreed.

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: Sqube
So he got fired for an accident? True, it was a bad word to say in the context, but it would appear that he didn't mean to say it.

Is it not enough to apologize sincerely to everyone involved anymore these days? That's odd.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: Aharami
he didnt deserve to get fired. he obviously didnt mean to insult her. and he apologized. the same thing cannot be said about the DJs (miss Jones) in 97.1 here in NY/NJ who made a song insulting the tsunami victims. there was much commotion raised about that, she was suspended, and last i heard, she was allowed back on after a forced apology.

I see that as partially a function of a racial double standard, and predominantly a function of the fact that Miss Jones had an established audience. This guy had only been on for a week as I recall, so it was safer and effectively cheaper for the station to dump him.

 

[AdamSnow]

Poor guy... I hear worse stuff on the radio all the time.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: fishface313

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: fishface313
i wonder how many black DJ's get fired for saying "cracker" and "beloved patriot"....my guess is 0! hooray for racial equality!

uh... right. so which one are you, cracker or beloved patriot?

i personally could care less what anyone calls me...whether it be "cracker" "cracka" "beloved patriot" "white boy" whatever it doesnt bother me and it never will

what i dont get is black people fought for equality and all this mumbo jumbo bullshit back in the 60's and now all they want is to be segregated again. everytime someone says something to offend them they get their panties up in a bunch and it gains news covereage everywhere, i don't see that happen to white people, but maybe i need to open my eyes? or am i right?

What's interesting is that there was a radio show host somewhere in Florida that said much much worse things about Rice on his show and it wasn't on accident. There was also another guy that called her an "Aunt Jemima". Neither were fired that I'm aware of.

 

[spacejamz]

so when is the NCAAP gonna crack down on African American calling each other the N-word then???

so one white person accidently says the C-word and apologizes sincerely and they are totally up in arms...how can they not see it was an honest mistake (unless they just looking for any little story than can be exploited for their benefit)...

pretty fvckin bogus double standard...

 

[mercanucaribe]

He DIDN'T mean to say "coup" judging alone by how he apologized. Why would he be so sorry for a slip of the tongue? The apology was a stupid move.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
He DIDN'T mean to say "coup" judging alone by how he apologized. Why would he be so sorry for a slip of the tongue? The apology was a stupid move.

That's what I'm thinking, too. I mean, I'm usually against the ultra-PC weenies and their paper-thin skin and often faux-outrage at insignificant things, but this guy was a moron.

If it is truly a slip of the tongue, you quickly correct your mistake and move on. If there is any backlash, you dismiss it as a mistake and give a token apology and move on. The way this guy stopped, paniced, and profusely and unneccessarily apologized immediately, without even correcting himself was unprofessional and stupid.

Hell, I wasn't even sure what he was trying to say, because he never actually continued his sentence in all the clips I heard. He just stopped and cried about it.

I actually thought he said "poon" the first 2 times I heard it.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: spacejamz
so when is the NCAAP gonna crack down on African American calling each other the N-word then???

so one white person accidently says the C-word and apologizes sincerely and they are totally up in arms...how can they not see it was an honest mistake (unless they just looking for any little story than can be exploited for their benefit)...

pretty fvckin bogus double standard...

Why are you assuming the NAACP had anything to do with this? The station fired him of its own volition, after receiving a number of complaints from listeners. The only mention of the NAACP in the article refers to the fact that someone from the NAACP applauded the action.

I agree this termination is lame, but I don't see that it's a double standard that black people, not white people, can freely call one another nigg3rs, or nigg@z, or whatever they choose. It seems to me that's their right, and I am perplexed by the idea that these words have the same or similar meaning coming from a white person.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: Colt45
You guys need to brush up on your racial slurs.

No kidding. I call total shens on the guy claiming to have lived in the "deep south" all his life and never having heard that term used as a racial remark.

Sounds like a home-schooled momma's boy on a short leash to me. Or a 10-year-old who should be in school right now.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: Falcon39
You Americans crack me up. Give every man woman and child a gun, put horribly violent TV shows on 24/7, you live in a country with almost no sense of morality but someone gets fired for using the C word. Funny.

Sad isn't it?

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Compton

Originally posted by: episodic
I've lived in the deep south all my life and I've NEVER heard anyone white/black/red/green - say my excellent compatriot in a deragatory manner.

I've lived in Louisiana for most of my life and I hear people say my excellent compatriot all the time in a deragatory manner.

It's usually followed by my excellent compatriot-ass

my excellent compatriot-ass: (acceptable) derogatory term for southern Louisianers (cajuns) Often used as an inoffensive joke.
my excellent compatriot: (unacceptable) derogatory term for African-Americans in the south. Often used as an intential racial epithet.


You're from Georgia, Dave. A few months in LA, do not a cultural expert make. Get back to your P&N tinfoil beanie-makin'.

 

[Ronin]

In short: wow....just wow.

I guess St. Louis has racially motivated issues.

 

[jread]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

my excellent compatriot-ass: (acceptable) derogatory term for southern Louisianers (cajuns) Often used as an inoffensive joke.
my excellent compatriot: (unacceptable) derogatory term for African-Americans in the south. Often used as an intential racial epithet.

Word. I grew up on the Texas/Louisiana border and my dad's family is the definition of "cajun". They are all white and refer to themselves (proudly) as "my excellent compatriot-Asses". I guess that makes me half my excellent compatriot-ass.

I've lived in Austin for the past 6-years and never hear any racial slurs. I hear some things about Mexicans but many of them think it's funny also. One of the radio DJ's I listen to in the morning has a half-Mexican wife who is pregnant. In dedication to his soon-to-be-born child, he wrote a song called "Quarter beloved patriot Baby"

 

[FoBoT]

the context doesn't really make sense

to me, the context of the sentance suggests he did just say the wrong word

oh well, its just sports

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: spacejamz
so when is the NCAAP gonna crack down on African American calling each other the N-word then???

so one white person accidently says the C-word and apologizes sincerely and they are totally up in arms...how can they not see it was an honest mistake (unless they just looking for any little story than can be exploited for their benefit)...

pretty fvckin bogus double standard...

Why are you assuming the NAACP had anything to do with this? The station fired him of its own volition, after receiving a number of complaints from listeners. The only mention of the NAACP in the article refers to the fact that someone from the NAACP applauded the action.

I agree this termination is lame, but I don't see that it's a double standard that black people, not white people, can freely call one another nigg3rs, or nigg@z, or whatever they choose. It seems to me that's their right, and I am perplexed by the idea that these words have the same or similar meaning coming from a white person.

I never implied that the NCAAP had anything to do with the firing, but they sure were quick to praise the immediate firing of the DJ without taking into consideration that the DJ slipped when making his comment.

Why can't they apply that same effort and vigor to help reduce the use of slurs such as the N-word among African americans then? If it wrong it use a derogatory slur no matter what (even if it is an honest mistake), it has to be stopped and anyone who says such a slur should feel the wrath of the NCAAP for saying it (unless there is a double standard)....

 

[j00fek]

Originally posted by: joedrake
PWNED.

:thumbsup: pwnd x100000000000000000000000

 

[Compton]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Compton

Originally posted by: episodic
I've lived in the deep south all my life and I've NEVER heard anyone white/black/red/green - say my excellent compatriot in a deragatory manner.

I've lived in Louisiana for most of my life and I hear people say my excellent compatriot all the time in a deragatory manner.

It's usually followed by my excellent compatriot-ass

Yeah I never hear my excellent compatriot without the ass on the back, but then again I hardly ever hear the term anyways. If they are going to do a racial slur, most people around here (Louisiana) will just say the n word.

I think that a lot of people use the word my excellent compatriot in public because most people won't know what they're talking about.

I rarely hear anyone say my excellent compatriot-ass.

 

[D1gger]

I can't help but think that there were other reasons they wanted to fire this guy. It simply doesn't make sense to fire him for making a mistake like this and I would expect they will be looking down the barrel of a wrongful dismissal lawsuit.

 

[amicold]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
That's crap that he got fired. From the context you can tell he meant 'coup'.

Blame the coons.

 

[mb]

Speaking of Freudian slips... I must have gotten tongue tied today when I tried ordering a "prime rub" at quiznos from the two hotties behind the counter. This of course is what I meant to ask for

 

[OrByte]

Originally posted by: supafly
Speaking of Freudian slips... I must have gotten tongue tied today when I tried ordering a "prime rub" at quiznos from the two hotties behind the counter. This of course is what I meant to ask for

LOL!!

thanks for the best laugh of the day!!