Food Network has fired Paula Deen

I agreed with you. But then I looked up the definition of "scandal" and I do think it's pretty appropriate here.


scan·dal
noun, verb, scan·daled, scan·dal·ing or ( especially British ) scan·dalled, scan·dal·ling.
noun

1. a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.

2. an offense caused by a fault or misdeed.

3. damage to reputation; public disgrace.

4. defamatory talk; malicious gossip.

5. a person whose conduct brings disgrace or offense.

It now has the appearance of a competetion, corporations rushing to be the next "me too" Deen dumper?

How many jobs will be lost as a result? All races of workers. Every action has a reaction. Talk about irony.

It is borderline crazy how fearful we are of being called a racist. I would have thought everyone would have waited until after the trial before they dumped Paula. The stigma attached to racism looks to me to be worse than many other heinous and immoral things. To me be it white, black, yellow or green if you are a jackass you are a jackass.

We have become so fearful of the race card that many times we are afraid to speak the truth and call someone out for fear of being labeled a racist. We had more than one person on the fire department who pulled the race card several times. I know from firsthand experience they were the problem, not the other way around. Finally the powers to be transferred them to work with captains that were of their same ethnicity. It took awhile but eventually they were terminated.

Me personally I think Paula Deen is a total fake who worked hard at her persona and got rich in the process, she has always made me sick. I just wish that everyone would have cut her a little slack until after the trial.

Maybe all "heinous and immoral things" should carry stigma. I wouldn't worry too much about the relative amount.

The trial is about the nature of the workplace she created. That's not what's got people angry with her these past 10 days.

People are angry with her about the race views she testified to under oath in a deposition. The outcome of the trial will be what it'll be, it's her sworn race views from the deposition that have caused so many to be disgusted by her.