Our People,
Vivian Schiller, the NPR CEO has now apologised for the botched handling of the Juan Williams saga. They may have a lawsuit on their hands and I see Williams wailing all the way to the bank. Personnel issues ought not to be dealt with over the phone or on the Internet. We should not jettison due process just to get rid of someone we detest. And I really find this distasteful; it comes across as avuncular and condescending. Serves Williams right! A black man who will not sing their tune, so boy gets told to go to hell over the phone. This is a high tech lynching of a boy who is indifferent to his place. Where is the outrage?
I see race and ideology at play here. I don't care for Williams's views but I stand with him on principle. If Juan had been plying his personal opinions on Huffington Post or with Rachel Maddow, we most probably would never have had this conversation. Liberal orthodoxy strikes again. We should be allowed to have a full throated conversation about what ails us. The other day someone told me rather pompously that the attack on America 9-11 was executed by men who happen to be Middle Eastern and moslems. That is the silliest nonsense I have heard in a long time. They make these statements and shut down the lid on dialogue with a firm unctuous thud. If you do not see what organized religion (that uber male tool of oppression of women, children and the weak) is wreaking on the world, why should I even be talking to you?
Enjoy the week, jare!
- Ikhide
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