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Old 10-22-2010, 02:13 PM   #11
Shawnee123
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Precisely. It wasn't knee-jerk intolerant irrational anxiety about Muslims that got Williams fired. It was knee-jerk intolerant irrational anxiety about Fox News, from NPR listeners.So now a man who has written about, studied, and suffered bigotry is secretly a bigot? Pico I don't think this approach will help bring about the kind of world you want.
I thought you said it was because he's black, that this wouldn't have happened to a white NPR person??????

Is it because he's black, or because of Faux news?
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