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Sarah Palin Defends the Right to Use the N Word

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Killgore Trout8/18/2010 6:51:23 pm PDT

re: #83 Rightwingconspirator

Why do we not hold comedy and music talent to the same standard as talk radio personalities? They also have large audiences. Record labels to answer to, etc. I’m not saying Laura had the right to say it, I’m saying we are still far too tolerant of it from comedians (with one exception) and countless musicians. They get little or no trouble from it.

The difference here is that the context was pretty ugly. If she was trying to make a joke or some sort of thoughtful social commentary it wouldn’t be too bad.