LoveTown
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nbc, I respect what you are saying here...I just have to ask you though...and please don't take offense to this...but would you be saying the same thing if this guy was a democrat?
LoveTown said:nbc, I respect what you are saying here...I just have to ask you though...and please don't take offense to this...but would you be saying the same thing if this guy was a democrat?
I don't see what could be so slippery about thisnbcrusader said:
A little research would show you that the "slippery slope" argument is often used when arguing constitutional rights cases.
nbcrusader said:
Shall we act on principle or do we get to pick and choose who gets to be the subject of the witch hunt?
As for setting precedents, responses to action of political figures are often duplicated for others. To suggest that demanding Riordan's resignation will have no impact on other politicians in the future is simply ignorant.
Salome said:Education Secretary + calling a child "dirty little girl" = wrong man for the job = find another job
wolfeden said:I Was Wrong, btw --
Info released today indicated that the child was in fact "white with blond hair" whereas I had insinuated that the child was likely black or hispanic.. blame the Boston cynic in me, but I wanted to clear it up.
The NAACP and other civil rights groups had planned to attend a Capitol news conference Thursday called by Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally, D-Compton, who was demanding that Riordan step down. Dymally's office abruptly canceled the event, however, after learning that the girl is white.
Dymally, who is African American, was quoted in Thursday's San Jose Mercury News stating that the girl was African American and asking whether Riordan "would ... have done that to a white girl?"
wolfeden said:
Letting a curse word slip in front of a little kid while talking to someone else -- okay, that's an oops, you apologize, you take the heat, life goes on.
"It is abusive to use such language toward a child, regardless the gender, race, socioeconomic background or national heritage," Alice A. Huffman, president of the California State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said in a statement.
wolfeden said:At least Dymally can be voted out....
I didn't read this clearly before. I gotta give props to the NAACP for issuing this statement in the wake of the embarrassment of Dymally's double faux pas:
I really was serious, I hope Riordan gets a neuro checkup ASAP. The sooner you act on senility disorders, the better chances you have of keeping some semblance of control of your life, and blurting out something that horrifically inappropriate is a classic symptom of such.
I think I'd be more disturbed if he turned out NOT to have a disease process, actually.
well, he couldn't seriously have thought that was the meaning of her name, could he?nbcrusader said:
I thought he was talking about the meaning of her name, not about her as a person.
The conversation, videotaped by KEYT-TV, took place July 1. The girl, 6-year-old Isis D'Luciano, asked Riordan if he knew her name meant "Egyptian goddess."
Riordan replied, "It means stupid dirty girl."
After nervous laughter in the room, the girl again told Riordan the meaning of her name.
"Hey, that's nifty," he said.
A day later, Riordan issued a statement that said he "teased" the girl. "I immediately apologized to her, and I want to do so again for the misunderstanding," Riordan said.
The governor's chief spokesman, Rob Stutzman, said Thursday Riordan had not been asked to resign and, "That's the end of the issue, as far as we are concerned."
The girl's mother, Trinity Lila of Goleta, said her daughter was fine, and she considered the issue over.
"Obviously it hurt her feelings, but she didn't take it personally. She knew he was wrong and she let it go," Lila said. "I'm not going to sue them for therapy bills."
"He's already apologized repeatedly," Lila added. Although Riordan's office has tried to contact her, "I don't see what else is to be done."
MissMaCo said:stupid man
Doozer61 said:
stupid, dirty man!