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<blockquote data-quote="sundownz" data-source="post: 3466047" data-attributes="member: 549523">Sounds like he used the word to describe her since he doesn&#039;t like her, not just because she is black. Like if I called a white guy &quot;white trash&quot; -- not because he is poor and lives in a trailer, but because he&#039;s an ***-hole or of poor moral character.I dunno... it was a private conversation as well. While I don&#039;t agree with the usage of the word, I also don&#039;t think that someone saying the word in private should warrant them getting in huge trouble in public. If someone wants to be a racist in their own home or with their friends I don&#039;t see where they should get in public trouble unless they acted on their racist thoughts in a public manner (eg: insulting black people in public)... they are still an idiot, but being an idiot isn&#039;t illegal yet.If he busted it out on his TV show then that is public business, but it wasn&#039;t, it was in a private conversation that someone happened to tape and was used to describe a particular person... not calling all black people as such -- just the girlfriend. And again, I don&#039;t agree with him, but it is still not related to his outward public actions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sundownz, post: 3466047, member: 549523"] Sounds like he used the word to describe her since he doesn't like her, not just because she is black. Like if I called a white guy "white trash" -- not because he is poor and lives in a trailer, but because he's an ***-hole or of poor moral character. I dunno... it was a private conversation as well. While I don't agree with the usage of the word, I also don't think that someone saying the word in private should warrant them getting in huge trouble in public. If someone wants to be a racist in their own home or with their friends I don't see where they should get in public trouble unless they acted on their racist thoughts in a public manner (eg: insulting black people in public)... they are still an idiot, but being an idiot isn't illegal yet. If he busted it out on his TV show then that is public business, but it wasn't, it was in a private conversation that someone happened to tape and was used to describe a particular person... not calling all black people as such -- just the girlfriend. And again, I don't agree with him, but it is still not related to his outward public actions. [/QUOTE]

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