Now, having said that, I have to admit that while I have often gotten tongue tied myself, I have never stumbled into a racial slur. I would also think that anyone working in radio would know the value of carefully pacing yourself and speaking clearly to avoid such gaffs. I have yet to read any transcripts of the incident, so I can’t say positively one way or the other, but my gut tells me it was probably a stupid mistake. That doesn’t mean there was no “unconscious racism,” as Frameone put it, at work, just that the mistake was “honest” in that it was unintended.

Typo or deliberate? I knew the guy who entered the order, and, with him, it could have been either one. I also knew how hectic the dispatch office was, and typos were simply not uncommon.

Fortunately, the order was corrected before the delivery ticket was issued.

And the rest of the on-air personalities in St Louis radio agree with the trigger being pulled immediately.

I would say that he certainly didn’t mean any harm to Condi, given the previous sentence and his immediate attempt to correct his slip of the tongue.

But, anyway… when the @#$% did you start defending African-American Conservatives?

Although, I should say that you did have the courage and principles to say this.

Regards,
St Wendeler
Another Rovian Conspiracy

She s beem called similar (worse?) things by liberals in the past, with nary a peep.

Frank, you told us that insults by liberals raise “nary a peep” and then give us a link to a Google search that reveals 15,000 peeps, disproving your own claim.

Over to you, Frame.

This situation, for example, is VERY unlike the one that happened on Imus a few months back, when Sid Rosenberg made some cruel comments about someone famous who was undergoing cancer treatment.

Interesting to note that these kinds of stories about on-air personalities typically seem to be of the conservative variety, whether it’s Limbaugh referring to Chelsea Clinton as the “White House Dog,” Anne Coulter with her NUMEROUS one-liners, Jay Severin lying about the Pulitzer Prize, and now, this guy with a clear case of Freudian slippage.

A recent Pew study noted that conservatives were in general, “happier” people than liberals. If their heroes and icons, as noted above, are a clear indication of how the sheep that follow them with religious ferocity, behave in their daily lives, then I think I’d challenge the Pew results.

We’re a forgiving people. I mean, if Martha Stewart can rehabilitate herself….

JK

Or John Candy in Uncle Buck.

Personally, I’d rather see Condi as commisioner of the NFL than a presidential candidate. Does anyone even know if she would consider the job?

Do you have to work hard at spouting such stupidity or is it a natural talent that you were born with?

I don’t even beleive that thinking it was deliberate. It’s just there. The guy was talking about how great it would be if a black woman was made the NFL commissioner. Racism was the entire subtext of his comment which drudged up all manner of unconscious crap. The guy probably recognized this and, as Quaker points out, went to self-conscious high gear to NOT say something racist which made it all the more likely that he would. It’s the return of the repressed, man. To put a humorous touch on it, think of the scene in the second, I believe, Austin Powers when Austin is told not mention the word “mole.”

http://unlikable.com/video.html

How do you accidentally call a black person a  coon ?

It’s easy. The person thinks “Rice? Coon.” But then realizes, “Ooops, don’t say ‘coon.’ Don’t say ‘coon.’ Don’t say it, don’tsayit, dontsayitdontsayit…”

“Coon.”

Thinking it was deliberate. Saying it was the “accident.”