Or? Where do you get or?

Merc, you may have hit on something. Maybe they are racist.

Well, sheesh. He gets worried when on airplanes with Muslims?

Commercial air is by far the safest way to travel in America. Was, too, in 2001, as far as I can tell. In a world of about 6.6 billion people, there are about 1.6 billion muslims, or about one in four.

He should be completely free to be nervous around Muslims, and particularly on airplanes -- but it's completely irrational, and kinda dumb.

Firing him was probably counter-productive in terms of helping educate him, or anybody else. It seems to have, somehow, validated his paranoia.

The bottom line was he could have chosen between a news network and an entertainment network in the end he becomes an entertainer. NPR is lefty and does have a diversity problem but they are still a legit news outlet.

Legit news outlet? For you, but for half the population it's just left-wing bullshit, and Fox is the shining path to truth and light.:rolleyes:

Meaningful dialogue is good, but don't...as we grow, learn about such things? Isn't meaningful dialogue dependent on having the dialogue with those who differ from us (i.e. not pointing and screaming and running away.) Reinforcing fear due to race or religion or appearance is not, in my humblest of opinions, a step toward enlightenment. We can say "I'm allowed to express my disdain of ferners heartily and loudly" but I don't see how that's fostering anything helpful. Yes, you're allowed. However, we live in a society...we have to live together. I wonder how he would feel if it were still acceptable to not allow black people in the same swimming pool as the whites, or to someone who verbalizes fear of those black people in the pool?

I'm afraid of spiders, and I'm not afraid to admit it. Unfortunately, it's not a fear I've been able to overcome because I've not had a meaningful dialogue with a spider. I've never sat down with a spider and discussed its hopes and dreams, where it came from, where it hopes to go.

:lol:

So you admit that conservative news programs are unreasonable. :p:

Feelings cannot be helped - they are irrational. Acting on those feelings can be. Juan did not suggest that people in full muslim garb should not be allowed on planes, as a bigot would. I admit that seeing two men kissing or having sex makes me uncomfortable, but I don't think it should be illegal.

Naked men have very few places to hide, like, bombs and stuff. :lol:

NPR website

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Fox News Gives Juan Williams $2 Million Contract

Oh. My. Gawd. I cannot WAIT to cast my vote against Boehner...again.

Little dogs in the tall grass, always jumping up to see what all the other dogs are doing.

This is how deeply NPR stepped in it:

From the far right, Stephen Hayes demands that Nina Totenberg should be fired for making far more partisan remarks on Inside Washington;

From the far left, Eric Boehlert demands that Mara Liasson should be fired for appearing on Fox.

And Mr Williams notes that NPR now has zero black on-air talent. They demand 100% compliance with modern political correctness which values multiculturalism and diversity above all else. As a result they have developed a monoculture with no diversity. It simply couldn't be any more ironic.

Muslims speak out against NPR's political correctness

Indeed. It's almost as ironic as those who rail against "compliance" with diversity because in this compliance they may not actually be hiring the best person for the job.

Lots of NPR stations carry the Tavis Smiley show.

So then you agree it is counterproductive to point, scream, and run away from Juan Williams? Oh, wait, no that's not right. He's the one we're "supposed to" be upset with. Sorry, I got confused because I don't have my political correctness handbook with me. It gets pretty complicated when you have to carry around a list of what your opinions are "supposed to" be.