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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 08:09 AM
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'wetbacks" ok for now


Radio host returns, will 'test leash'

http://www.madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=17990&ntpid=1
November 16, 2004

MILWAUKEE (AP) - A conservative radio show host who was taken off the air for using an ethnic slur resumed his show Monday, saying he intends to "test how long my leash is."


Mark Belling used the word "wetback," a derogatory term for undocumented Mexican immigrants, on his Oct. 27 show about potential voter fraud in Wisconsin......

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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 08:46 AM
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1. I told you all. PC is dead.
Has been for a long time.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:27 AM
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2. Long Live Bigotry!
So we just give up and get used to hearing things like the 'N' word again?
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 11:55 AM
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3. Again? Did they ever stop?
Do you really believe that white people DON'T say it? Are you serious? As long as they think they're among their own, they say it. The only change is that they don't say it in front of black people unless they know they have a running start. That's the best that your little PC crusade did for you. They don't express the word in public, not because it's the courteous, respectful, civil thing to do between people of different races, but because they're afraid of setting off a firestorm.
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