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Image of tweet, from http://fox59.com/2017/11/25/iu-health-nurse-no-longer-an-employee-after-investigation-into-controversial-tweet/
Article, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/11/27/nurse-removed-from-hospital-after-saying-white-boys-should-be-sacrificed-to-the-wolves/?utm_term=.310db36d10a2
By Lindsey Bever November 27
An Indiana hospital system says a nurse is no longer an employee after she was tied to a message on Twitter claiming white women are raising sons with the HIGHEST propensity to be a terrorist, rapist, racist, killer, and domestic violence all star.
Officials at Indiana University Health said over the weekend they were investigating several troubling posts on social media that appeared to be made by a recently hired employee identified in news reports as Taiyesha Baker. IU Health spokesman Jason Fechner confirmed Monday that the nurse no longer works at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis but he would not say whether she was fired, citing company policies.
The controversial tweet, which the Indianapolis Star reported was posted on an account named Night Nurse, said: Every white woman raises a detriment to society when they raise a son. Someone with the HIGHEST propensity to be a terrorist, rapist, racist, killer, and domestic violence all star. Historically every son you had should be sacrificed to the wolves B‑‑‑‑.
Fechner, with Indiana University Health, said the tweet was the first social media post by the nurse that was brought to their attention.
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More at link.
hlthe2b
(102,106 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)Luciferous
(6,077 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)melman
(7,681 posts)You can just tell someone to fuck off now? Wow.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)it was okay for the member I responded to, to say what they did. I reiterate, I understand her anger at white males and without a moment of thought someone here said "well fuck her". No one here expressing all this outrage at this AA expressing her feelings, nurse or not, has walked in her shoes for even five minutes. Her anger, to me, is understandable and I hope she can work through her issues concerning the racist nature of ameriKKKa and who drives that racism. God knows it took me many, many years, but anyway I'll move along, nothing to see here.
melman
(7,681 posts)they weren't talking to a member of the site. You were.
Telling another member to fuck off is a blatant violation of the rules. As you know.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)wording you as describe my words....I acknowledged that person's response. That's it.
JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)Literally - this:
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)Graciously.
Calculating
(2,955 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)we'll find out...you don't cause me any consternation.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Apparently, my opinion wasnt shared by other jurors.
George II
(67,782 posts)sheshe2
(83,637 posts)melman
(7,681 posts)What's that supposed mean?
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)Oy.
What's it supposed to mean?
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)What does it mean that you counted?
But seriously. Feigning confusion, pretending not to see the personal attack.
What's the point of doing that?
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)Melman, you are serious here? A question mark is a personal attack. Woah. We are goners here if a question mark is a personal attack.
OMG!
Is OMG with an explanation point a personal attack as well? This is getting out of control if this is what you call people out for. Stop it. Just stop.
melman
(7,681 posts)sheshe2
(83,637 posts)Not sure what it means.
melman
(7,681 posts)Like when you pretend not to understand things. You think it's clever. But it is not.
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)No one is as clever as you? Is that what you mean? You are clever and intuit our meaning and then speak for us. I wish I was a clever as you and knew what you meant.
However, I never presume to read into the words that were said. Me. I prefer the author of the words to be listened to, read and questioned...no problem when one has a logical discussion.
Your response...clever.
George II
(67,782 posts)sheshe2
(83,637 posts)OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
???????????????????????????????????/// Say what???????????????????????????//!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love ya~
TexasTowelie
(111,911 posts)of the wavy smilie.
(oops!)
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)You are cracking me up.
marble falls
(56,996 posts)sheshe2
(83,637 posts)brer cat
(24,519 posts)back atcha! (Are we still allowed to say that????????????????????????)
heaven05
(18,124 posts)how people think they are clever when they are as obvious as night and day. You're right...out of control.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... who claims that using the emoji is a dismissive attack.
melman
(7,681 posts)It's so hilarious!
Except I never said a question mark was an attack.
George II
(67,782 posts)Glorfindel
(9,714 posts)It's a cheery, friendly, smiling face waving at you. What could be nicer?
Is nothing sacred?
Oh, the humanity!
George II
(67,782 posts)sheshe2
(83,637 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)on Twitter. Lordy, lordy.
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)yardwork
(61,533 posts)????????????????
JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)Who knows?
melman
(7,681 posts)When did that happen?
yardwork
(61,533 posts)Counting the question marks is a little.... odd.
Luciferous
(6,077 posts)JI7
(89,239 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I could dismiss this as the voice of one individual.
Or I could pretend to be an offended white male to better elevate the pretense and narrative of oppression towards me.
Dismissal, though less melodramatic, seems both the wisest and most simple course of action...
d_r
(6,907 posts)a third option, try to understand why she feels that way.
most don't care to try, just be offended to cover the truth of what's staring back at them in the mirror. Easiest way to distance oneself from truth is to deny it.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)Bigots are bigots. You don't know a thing about her your are just making excuses. It is impossible to know what prompted this from her.
Trumps good people on both sides is echoed in your defense of this.
I think you over shot what I said, but it's OK with me.
I guess it is much easier to just express outrage.
jl_theprofessor
(95 posts)As well as try to understand why she said what she said and also acknowledge a person saying these things has no place in a medical role. With this kind of attitude, who knows how she treats her patients?
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)What you post on the internet stays there forever.
If you're not careful, sooner or later someone will use your words against you.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)People get grumpy and say stupid things.
That's not new.
The new part is being able to rant to the whole world when you aren't having a good day.
LeftInTX
(25,103 posts)Ilsa
(61,690 posts)baby or child dies in her care, the parents sue the hospital for not removing a "dangerous" person from her position.
I am the mother of a son who had to have racism explained to him, and his response was to discrimination and hate was, "Well that's just stupid." It was one of the proudest moments of my life. I'm offended by Night Nurse's comment, and I would not want her near my boys. She's educated enough not to make such a generalization about a group.
whathehell
(29,026 posts)fucking whack job.
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compared to what has been suggested be done to black people and to what has been done and continues to be violently perpetrated against AA men, women, children and babies by the europeans who settled ameriKKKa. I understand her anger. Lot of hurt, justifiably angry AA people out here. She can't say what she feels in this society though, as say maybe nazi, KKK members who are health care professionals say. I understand that. But really white people have ALWAYS been able to say what should be done to AA specifically and most brown minorities generally. I'm just sorry she lost her job because of her anger. Much ado about NOTHING.
White males created this ameriKKKan brand of racism that has come back to bite them in the proverbial ass by continuing not to acknowledge AA rage and anger.
Old Vet
(2,001 posts)Shes a fucking nurse, if you were a young white man would you feel safe having her care for you in the hospital the way she feels about white men?
heaven05
(18,124 posts)Last edited Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:26 AM - Edit history (1)
safe in ameriKKKa these days...I hope she works through her anger issues concerning racist ameriKKKa and those who drive that racism. I understand her anger, never said it was okay to verbalize that feeling about.....
Judi Lynn
(160,447 posts)As soon as I see articles trumpeting anger coming from a wildly abused and deliberately mistreated non-white citizens, I have to take careful note of who the source for that article in a public forum was. It's a surreptitious attempt to stir a malicious pot of hatred which should never have been there in the first place, it's an attempt to keep the viciousness going toward people not lucky enough to have been born into a family of precious glow-in-the-dark Caucasians.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)for these words of wisdom and maturity
sl8
(13,658 posts)marble falls
(56,996 posts)Last edited Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:23 AM - Edit history (1)
I understand why some people are a bit nervous when they see someone like me. Guys who look like me are the authors of a lot of the outrages in this country and the world. I understand why it is that I need to speak calmly no matter how much my complaint is in the right. I understand why I need to keep a respectful distance until women, children, PoC particularly AA get to sense where I am coming from.
Its not fair. You and I didn't do anything personally to bring this on, but it most certainly is understandable.
AA nurses in hospitals aren't creating outrages, guys who look like you and me are. We don't need to worry about that nurse, we need to worry about guys who look like you and me. I hear every single day from Trump supporters who by and large look like you and me say things a lot worse than what that nurse said and in a lot worse language than that nurse used. We need to have traveled in her shoes a bit before we get too huffy about it.
Judi Lynn
(160,447 posts)marble falls
(56,996 posts)excellent and thought provoking OPs. They add light when we really, really need it.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)sheshe2
(83,637 posts)Thank you.
brer cat
(24,519 posts)Expressing reason instead of outrage.
BoneyardDem
(1,202 posts)Calculating
(2,955 posts)As a white male there's no way I would want her to be my nurse any more than an African American would want a kkk member for a nurse.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)sheshe2
(83,637 posts)http://www.vladtv.com/article/233689/naval-hospital-staffers-fired-for-calling-black-baby-mini-satan-on
Happens with all colors. That a nurse did it horrifies me. I have 4 generations of nurses in my family and this and the other give them a bad name that is undeserved by most.
moriah
(8,311 posts)May I ask, is anyone aware of her being a maternity ward nurse?
Or are you of an age to be thrown to wolves?
TBH, I'm far more concerned about a doctor or nurse's competence than their bedside manner. And especially if she was an ER "night nurse", I'm certain she has saved many more white male lives than ever were in danger from her.
Last thought. Being on Twitter or FB with your real name or photo is a danger to most people's jobs. She shouldn't have vented where it could look bad on the hospital who employs her.
But riddle me this: Would you feel safer with a medical professional who has had those feelings and vented them in a way that caused no physical harm, or one who has had those feelings and has sat on them, letting them build?
Luciferous
(6,077 posts)should lose her job as well. There is no reason to say such hateful disgusting things.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)I understand where she is and that is that. Many many white people say despicable things about AA and they usually get a pass....I understand her pain....period. I don't care what you say. Oh and by the way, little black boys have been "thrown to the wolves" since the Slavery Era all the way to our 'enlightened' 21st century. The faux outrage just doesn't wash. Maybe others will make you feel better, I can't, won't.
marble falls
(56,996 posts)doesn't. Lucifer would understand that.
It was a dark comment not a threat.
jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)Surely you can understand why no white mother would want to leave her male child or infant in the care of someone who believes they should be sacrificed to wolves, right?
Ace Rothstein
(3,140 posts)jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)...how much more power can one person possibly have over another? Yes, she does speak from a position of power...the ultimate position of power.
Judi Lynn
(160,447 posts)Sane adults simply wouldn't ever buy that.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)do explain it to us simple folks.
Judi Lynn
(160,447 posts)Skittles
(153,111 posts)alrighty then
heaven05
(18,124 posts)I understand her pain and anger, there is a difference. What I will defend is her right to say what she did. And I will not condemn her because I have not spent one minute in her shoes. You can color, pun intended, this as you will, doesn't mean anything to me...you have a good one
Skittles
(153,111 posts)I hope she gets it
I would not let her look after my CAT.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)There seems to be a certain amount of whataboutism on the part of certain posters here.
Skittles
(153,111 posts)ridiculous
marble falls
(56,996 posts)Maybe everybody needs some sort of 10 count before posting on FB. We write all sorts of darker stuff here on DU and get thumbed up over it.
Suppose her post recommended that Trump's mother had suffocated him after birth?
jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)Take a step back, and just try to grasp the following: She is a registered nurse, whose job it is to administer care to any/all patients under her care regardless of their color, who has stated publicly that children of a certain race should be sacrificed to wolves for the betterment of society. Perhaps if she were a clerk at an insurance firm, or a plumber, I would agree that her posts carry with them no potential threat. However, since her job requires that she literally be entrusted with the lives other human beings, including the very same group she has professed hatred for and feels should be fed to animals, her remarks simply cannot be dismissed as being innocuous for obvious reason.
marble falls
(56,996 posts)decertification.
Sorry I just don't buy it. No one has presented any evidence or accusation that she was deficient in her care to anyone, let alone to people who look like me.
You've never ever made intemperate speech? Should every driver who ever said, "I wish I had a gun", or "sometimes I wish I could run over or into someone else to teach them a lesson", have their licenses revoked? Lets face it, an average LA driver in one day exposes himself to more potential victims that most nurses do in years. And at least she did not say she would do anything only that someone else might consider it. Makes one wonder what some might make of Johnathon Swift's suggestion that to ease starvation in Ireland they start eating babies.
There's certain amount of self righteousness over this truly shocks me and I hope none of here have bought into it.
I'd at most have a talk with her about this. But losing her job over a single emotional hyperbole. Nope.
Old Vet
(2,001 posts)sheshe2
(83,637 posts)http://www.vladtv.com/article/233689/naval-hospital-staffers-fired-for-calling-black-baby-mini-satan-on
Some people are ugly.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)there is just so much hate out there...truly disturbing and troubling in it's implications.
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)I never saw the same level of outrage on that story.
Crunchy Frog
(26,574 posts)In any event, I'm glad that they were fired, just as I'm glad that the nurse in this instance was fired. This sort of thing is simply unacceptable from people in the health care field.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)And what wolves there are would probably run far far away if they saw humans coming.
Then again, Romulus and Remus....
petronius
(26,595 posts)being a good thing - she probably meant this in a positive way! What a kind and caring person she must be...
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Amala and Kamala
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amala_and_Kamala
I hope she didn't mean them because these girls did not fair so well in society.
Naval Hospital Staffers Fired for Calling Black Baby "Mini Satan" on Social Media
http://www.vladtv.com/article/233689/naval-hospital-staffers-fired-for-calling-black-baby-mini-satan-on
Some people are ugly. There is way to much ugly in this world.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Trump says something similar about immigrants and is elected President. She will rightfully lose her job.
Its to the point its very difficult for me say anything negative about her and her feelings toward white males.
sl8
(13,658 posts)She may have meant only white males, though.
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LisaM
(27,792 posts)I sympathize with her anger on some level, but she was working for a state university in a caregiving capacity and I'm fairly certain that she's probably violated some condition of her employment.
Orrex
(63,169 posts)Her behavior lacks the creepy sexual predator vibe that resonates so strongly with Republicans, but otherwise you're exactly correct. Real people are held to a higher standard of behavior than the idiot racist fuckhead in the White House.
whathehell
(29,026 posts)expressed a belief in mass race-based murder...Give me a break.
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)159. I'm sorry, but no..Awful as Trump is, he has not, like this nurse,
expressed a belief in mass race-based murder...Give me a break.
His tax bill along with the ACA repeal and huge cuts to Medicare is mass murder and will hit many people of color and the elderly.
whathehell
(29,026 posts)although one might make a case for "reckless endangerment"
That said, Nurse Feed 'Them to the Wolves needed firing...Trump
and anyone voting for the Tax Bill and ACA repeal needs firing too.
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)...committing mass murder. They are doing it as they laugh and joke while rubbing their greedy palms together in delight. Money, Money, Money.
JI7
(89,239 posts)President
JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)whathehell
(29,026 posts)The "majority of white people" would NOT elect someone advocating murder on the basis of race and actually, I think you know that.
JI7
(89,239 posts)whathehell
(29,026 posts)JI7
(89,239 posts)whathehell
(29,026 posts)Such things may be bigoted and nasty but they STILL don't equate to a call for murdering those people. Do you really think an attorney could walk into court and make that argument?
.Calling for murder is calling for murder -- It's very specific snd also very illegal.
JI7
(89,239 posts)Trump called on cops to harm people. And you view it as 'just that'.
He called for death penalty of black men falsely accused of rape even after it was shown to be false.
JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)Never takes our side.
JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)He did too J17 and a lot of white folks voted for him because they hate black people more than they love their Social Security and heroin treatment.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9902896
JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)They just did. And now they have Goebbels in Pearls for a press secretary. You know that.
whathehell
(29,026 posts)I don't know who "they" are, but could you please provide a link?
.
I:m watching television news right now and have heard nothing of the sort.
JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)whathehell
(29,026 posts)you: were erroneously claiming,, our discussion is now ended.
I'm going back to watching the news, so please have a good one.
JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)On my cellphone - have to go to another meeting
whathehell
(29,026 posts)That would truly be a "bridge too far".
JI7
(89,239 posts)whathehell
(29,026 posts)If you're claiming he's made a public call for mass, race-based murder, you will have to show us when and where.
JI7
(89,239 posts)Falsely accused of rape.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)to work through some issues that this society, racist as it is, created in her...I wish her peace as she grows and matures.
JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)We need to understand where it's coming from. I hope she turns that anger towards capitalism, makes a lot of money, and enjoys her life.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)Eko
(7,231 posts)Why would she want to do that to the wolves?
that people are offended enough by what she said to comment on her, but me, a white guy making a offensive comment in line with hers receives no offended comments.
Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)After she fucks off.
whathehell
(29,026 posts).My sentiments exactly.
GaryCnf
(1,399 posts)The factual basis she gives is pretty close to true and "throw them to the wolves" is a colloquial expression meaning basically to give up on them.
If you look at it that way, this is no different to what is said about young black men by whites, including some Democrats, all the f'ing time and not because black kids actually have a propensity for anti-social behavior, but because that's the way white folks look at them.
Until they start shooting you down in the street like they did Michael Brown, you folks might consider cutting her some slack over WORDS.
Eko
(7,231 posts)the hundreds of years of slavery, oppression, bigotry, discrimination, and racism, a lot of which still occurs and its not hard at all to see where the anger comes from.
jl_theprofessor
(95 posts)Standing by this type of person is true fakery.
whathehell
(29,026 posts)as saying that about boys of color ---You really don't want to go there.
VOX
(22,976 posts)One emotionally disturbed woman doesn't get to be the voice of all African Americans. Yes, her tweet is virulently racist, and she paid the price for posting it. But it's a drop in the bucket compared to the rise of white nationalism that's going on regardless of sideshows like this one.
Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)tritsofme
(17,367 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)I am guessing she did not think that one through.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)domestic terrorism. I think that is probably true. They've also probably killed more historically, same for rape. Just saying.
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lindysalsagal
(20,570 posts)We don't need to post every thought. Humans lived just fine without the interwebs for millennia.
I'm just saying.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Is that going to make them think more objectively? Probably not.
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)They get fired to protect the institution they work for and its reputation. They get fired because the institution they work for no longer has confidence in their ability to do their job without bias.
nolabels
(13,133 posts)You screw with your employer's ability to make money they get rid of you.
The idea of professionalism goes back longer than recorded time. To me, it seems no different than if she was stealing and taking drugs from the pharmacy. The perception a nurse is compromised is detrimental to all around them.
We only get tell the rest of world what we think about them on socially agreed upon terms, otherwise, we get reject by it socially or otherwise (even if what we might be saying is true on some level)
Btw, does anyone out there own a personal nuclear arsenal
treestar
(82,383 posts)Who feel that way but keep it to themselves.
I think they should look at her actual record with patients.
sl8
(13,658 posts)Though I wonder she became a nurse in that she'd know that there are so many white people she'd have to take care of them. That's why I say she is just exaggerating and got caught up in an argument with someone and was mad.
whathehell
(29,026 posts)I truly doubt you,'d be in favor of this if the nurse we're white and saying this about POC, and I think you know that.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Unprofessional and not treat her white male patietns right? People can get into arguments on issues and say something intemperate without really meaning theyd hurt anyone.
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)Her actions created doubt and gave the impression that it could be an issue.
Thats enough.
Thats no different than the places firing guys who showed up as Nazis in Charlottesville. Being a Nazi probably doesnt affect your ability to wash dishes at a pizza joint, but it makes the place look bad.
This case is worse for the employer because it creates a possible liability. Imagine if she makes a mistake that harms a patient who is white. It could be just a mistake because everyone in every profession makes mistakes. But imagine the difference in court where its just a mistake in front of the jury or when its a mistake with a white patient and the lawyers throw that tweet on a huge poster in front of the jury and argue it was intentional malpractice or it was racially biased indifference that lead to the mistake.
yardwork
(61,533 posts)Her tweet is so over the top, I'm guessing that she might be suffering from a mental health issue, which is probably becoming apparent in other ways on the job.
Unfortunately, our society doesn't have a good way of helping. It's incredibly sad.
The other thing that's sad and infuriating is that white people say this kind of thing about black people all the time, and although I personally think that it signals mental health issues as well as incompetence to do their jobs, white people like Trump who do this are tolerated.
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)not to get her licensed encumbered by it. I hope she has a good friend or family member that will speak truth to power to her to help her get better. I hope she's not comfortable with her anger or trauma or whatever happened to her personally to bring her to this point.
Amishman
(5,553 posts)Last edited Wed Nov 29, 2017, 11:36 AM - Edit history (1)
Having a nurse on staff with this type of documented history is just inviting a lawsuit the next time an individual of the indicated type has a bad outcome in her care.
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)What could be just a regular mistake, because nobody is perfect in any job, would be taken by lawyers as intentional harm or substandard care given due to racial bias.
Throw those tweets up on a screen in front of a jury and see just how deep they reach into that hospitals bank account.....
treestar
(82,383 posts)It could be used in that vein
whathehell
(29,026 posts)for the lives for which she could be responsible. Just sayin'.
moriah
(8,311 posts)Maybe because I am a liberal in a red state that certainly is a "right to fire" state, I knew when our bosses wanted us to create FB accounts for "networking" that I had better be very careful, no matter what privacy filters I thought I set.
Because I was one of 40+ people fired in the same day because someone at a restaurant heard the boss of our agency badmouth someone who worked for the client. If restaurant gossip I didn't even start could cost me my job in that environment, I certainly wasn't going to talk about my rare-for-here opinions on politics or religion where they could see!
As I said in another post, I would be a lot more worried about potential for danger if she was, say, an OB nurse. I don't think any of the adult white males saying they would be afraid of the care she gave are in any danger of being thrown to wolves, though they might have more justified fears based on her statements about how she'd treat their moms -- but probably only if they'd been one of the jackasses who asked her for an unnecessary spongebath one too many times that week.
But sadly... the firing is justified because it made the hospital look bad, though the firing may also make them look bad.
We support businesses who fire people who make transpbobic, homophobic, and other racist statements that make the company look bad. I do think, especially since she qualified her statement with "Historically", they're overreacting majorly. But if we try to say "free speech can't cost you your job if your employer doesn't want to be associated with that free speech"...
Sadly I wish I trusted the court of public opinion to see those differences, like "historically", and talking to women raising sons like so many white people choose to talk to black women.
whathehell
(29,026 posts)She's a nurse, for God's sake -- People put their lives in her hands!
Behind the Aegis
(53,919 posts)But, always good for bigots to out themselves.
ileus
(15,396 posts)LexVegas
(6,024 posts)demmiblue
(36,816 posts)I wonder what department she worked in, as well as what the other posts said.
Vinca
(50,236 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)I am really curious what tweet this responds to. Has anyone seen that?
treestar
(82,383 posts)Could be a debate that got out of hand.
Likely it was not meant literally
brooklynite
(94,302 posts)...what if she had a sincere religious belief that child sacrifice was called for?
Judi Lynn
(160,447 posts)It serves no purpose whatsoever other than to pitch racist bigots back into their war against people exploited and abused for ages, and those intelligent enough to realize history.
Stir up the emotionally undeveloped, get them out with their cyber pitchforks and torches, and make sure the real information which matters so much gets obscured while the the fascists trying to direct our government are more able to maneuver without interruption.
sl8
(13,658 posts)I know you didn't say it was "from" Fox, only that it would be "expected" from Fox, but I thought it worth clarifying.
As for the rest of your comment, I'm still thinking about it. You've obviously given it much more thought than I did when I originally posted it.
Judi Lynn
(160,447 posts)Many articles are easy to spot instantly which create hostility. The article is designed to lead hot-headed racists to start foaming at the mouth, since they are incapable of grasping the actual meaning, and understanding why any person of an exploited, betrayed, bullied endlessly, and hated by the defectives, would feel so exasperated, so weary, unhappy he/she would feel like venting from time to time.
How the actual information is presented does make all the difference in the world. Should be easy to grasp.
sl8
(13,658 posts)namely that they'll use it to buttress their already formed racist philosophies. It's not right, but it's real.
I' m not sure I can agree with you that the article was designed to create a reaction amongst hotheaded racists. Is this not a valid news story? If so, should the media not cover it because they know that some of their readers will misunderstand it or react poorly?
Regarding the importance of how the the actual information is presented -- how do you think the author/paper should have presented it?
jalan48
(13,839 posts)the statement about black mothers would would be the response?
unblock
(52,113 posts)i'm not supporting her statement for one minute, just noting that justice in response to horribly offensives statements seems only to happen to certain people, and not often to, say, republicans politicians.
jalan48
(13,839 posts)Facebook posts.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)...and making fun specifically of their students. That's what happens as the more self-centered generations grow up and get real jobs without maturing.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)However, when employed, people must realize they use social media at their own risk. You can't say things like this and keep your job.
whathehell
(29,026 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Unfortunately it seems other people can tweet whatever they want and will never get fired.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)Maybe learn to spout hateful shit anonymously instead? LOL Just kidding idiots can't help themselves. Makes it easier to spot them anyway. What a harsh and brutal lesson.
Mike Nelson
(9,942 posts)...I can think of many white women who have raised fine sons.
samir.g
(835 posts)over a little hyperbole from an oppressed person
linuxman
(2,337 posts)I never understood how someone can work towards a position requiring years of school, only to throw it away in an online diatribe.
Her lack of judgement is almost as indicative of being unfit to work in healthcare and her comments alone were.
Oh well, and good riddance.