Juan Williams Fired from NPR

You mean like when he said to zagoshe, and I'm paraphrasing: "We're both assholes, but I'm smarter than you." I'd just like to see some proof of it, is all.

And thanks for the advice. I'll give it full consideration.

 

Bottom line is, Juan Williams should have been made to choose one or the other a long time ago. Far too many interlocks in the media world

 

There are 5,028 other posts available at your disposal for your "proof." That should keep you busy. Do you happen to study law? You seem rather humorless.

 

He was on FOX before he was hired by NPR.

And, do you think the same thing about Howard Fineman, Eugene Robinson, or any of the other folks who appear on MSNBC?

 

I stand by what I said: I'm smarter than zag.

 

What I do for a living is none of your business.

As for your humorless remark, when I see something funny I acknowledge it. Such as your invitation for me to waste my time reading YGBFKM's pablum. HILARIOUS!

 

I guess I shouldn't bother inviting you to my new Twitter feed. Fuck!

 

This also was funny.

 

But, he wasn't looking to "get away with" anything.

He answered a question. He discussed how he felt. And he put it in context.

 

OK, I really, really hate playing the "If" game, but if Williams were white and had said, "I'm not a bigot, Bill, but when I'm walking down a city street at night and a group of black guys walk up I'm afraid, and if it's a group of white guys, I'm not," NPR wouldn't be justified in firing him?

Personally, I think he knew what he was doing. He knew NPR wanted to get rid of him. And he had no problem giving NPR the ammunition to do it. I feel no empathy for him.

 

Isn't that pretty much exactly how President Obama described his "typical white person" grandmother? Or how Jesse Jackson described his own reactions.

And, I think it would depend on how he said it. Maybe he would get fired no matter what, but if the context was that we shouldn't stereotype African-Americans and that we need to be careful about our actions, it would be closer to what Juan said.

 

Oh, and I still think it's nuts to think this was calculated on William's part.

I think Juan just gave an honest answer. Nothing he's done since indicates to me that it was calculated. And no one has produced any evidence that it was planned.

Juan is insulted. I don't think he would set himself up to be called a racist to get NPR to fire him.