Dr. Laura Schlessinger -- First Amendment Champion?

The "N" word is old and outdated and no longer listed in the Webster's Dictionary of English words, so why use the "N" word at all. Use only words found in the English Dictionary. I learned the "N" word had to do with Nigerian and people who lived along the Niger River. So what is so wrong about being Nigerian??????? Should I also ask what is so wrong about living along the Nile River??????? As a child growing up in purochial/religious school, Moses was one of my favorite Biblical heroes. Moses was given up by his mother, put into a basket to float down the Nile River who was eventually found, adopted and carried out God's commands. If there is a dirty word not acceptable by Black African Americans, it should be the word "Black Slavery". Black Slavery was a word used in high school text books. Do Black African Americans object to the word Black Slavery mentioned in history books???????

The black argument that the n-word is ok for them to use and other people can't is so utterly stupid it's beyond logical common sense. All hatred past or present has the right to be expressed. But Constantly being reminded that they were systematically repressed 60 years ago and beyond is getting old. You don't see the Jews bashing Mercedes, Standard Oil, IBM or the United States for supporting Germany prior to our entrance in WWII. You all remember that we hated the Brits for their oppression.

I can easily accept racist bigotry from a child that was left behind, but a PHD holder outto know better; and if she passed through the schoolinstead of having the school passed over here, by now she should know...., " dah-world IS black .

A call from someone in a mixed marriage is offended when the N word is used among people who come into the house. Yes it is an offensive word. So is the S... word or the C... word or the B.... word. I thought we were grown ups.

This is typical of the "Dr Laura" act. First she does something truly wrong, distasteful, hurtful, and rude, and THEN she wants to be seen as the victim of the outrage her actions caused in the first place. She thrives on the controversy she generates. It's almost as if she's addicted to it. In my opinion, the best way to deal with her is to just ignore her. If more people just turned their backs on her, did not reply to her, and did not dignify her outlandish, hateful, conduct by responding to it, she'd go away, as would whatever remains of her corporate sponsors.

I thought the first Amendment applied to everyone not just people who want to say hurtful things. The people who post their objections to Dr. Laura's choice of words have just as much right to voice, print or twitter their comments. Like you said, Mary, to Dr. Laura, Sara Palin and the like First Amendment rights mean I say or print what I want and you shut up and take it. Sorry but the Constitution does not work that way. Maybe a good old 7th grade Civics lesson is in order.

When one black calls another the n word that is fine. When a black calls a white a cracker or any other name it is fine. This is not free speech this is racism. If a white calls a black the n word it is racism. Which of these statements are true

People like "Darryl" and Schlessinger will never get it. They will only complain about their right to be racists or Homophobes being taken away from them. It's not taken away from you, but there are now consequences for being an ignorant racist in a more civilized society. We will never go back to the pre-Civil Rights era and most of us do not want to. Many conservatives wax poetically of how good it was during the era of Jim Crow, most not capable of fully understanding just what they are longing for. Being uninformed, undereducated or just plain ignorant as to the history of our United States and the World. The good thing for progressives, and most people, is that conservatives can never really turn back time. They can slow down progress, and even bring it to a halt for a time. But in the end, progressives always win. Ideals and moving forward are human nature, and scared conservatives can only inhibit it for so long. That's why there are no new ideas that usually emanate from hard core conservatives. They do not have ideas, but only want to go back in time when the white male ruled all. Where women were in the kitchen, Black folk knew their place, and there were not so many brown people everywhere. Even though it will never happen, clinging to the chance is the hard core conservatives only hope.

I don't think Dr. Laura understands how the First Amendment works: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Her actions have NOTHING TO DO with the First Amendment. As Mary mentions in the article, Schlessinger wasn't arrested, and the law never even enters into the equation here. She has every right to say whatever she wants, and I would never want to take that right away from her; but doesn't mean she can't be ridiculed, hated, or fired for it.

Dr Laura did absolutly nothing wrong. She voices her oppinions and has every right too. If a black dosent like what a white person says, it always becomes racist. The gays all think they deserve special rights and the normal, ethical and moral people get bashed. I am so sick of the one sided racist and gay crap that plagues are world today. Dr Laura is right on tract, she has great morals, her head is on right and is an inspiration. Oh i'm white and straight, so I guess you better bash me too.