Comments on: Freedom of Speech, A Quaint Civil Liberty http://www.skalduggery.com/2009/07/21/freedom-of-speech-a-quaint-civil-liberty/ Skalded Musings and Random Thoughts on Current and Not so Current Events Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The Skald http://www.skalduggery.com/2009/07/21/freedom-of-speech-a-quaint-civil-liberty/comment-page-1/#comment-67 The Skald Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:47:48 +0000 http://www.skalduggery.com/2009/07/21/freedom-of-speech-a-quaint-civil-liberty/#comment-67 <a href="#comment-50" rel="nofollow">@Jeff </a> "L--ns, and ti---s, and bears, OH MY!" Ummm, I can still say "bears" right? Dodging the labeling bazooka can be pretty difficult in normal conversation these days! I read your response to my family and their collective jaws dropped in astonishment - except for my wife, who happens to work in women's corrections. Sheesh. @Jeff
“L–ns, and ti—s, and bears, OH MY!” Ummm, I can still say “bears” right? Dodging the labeling bazooka can be pretty difficult in normal conversation these days!

I read your response to my family and their collective jaws dropped in astonishment – except for my wife, who happens to work in women’s corrections. Sheesh.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.skalduggery.com/2009/07/21/freedom-of-speech-a-quaint-civil-liberty/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Jeff Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:14:29 +0000 http://www.skalduggery.com/2009/07/21/freedom-of-speech-a-quaint-civil-liberty/#comment-50 We don't have free speech in this country any more, if we ever had it to begin with. In fact, you have to be very careful with every word you speak lest you find yourself on the business end of the racist labeling bazooka. Case in point: "I told you boys we're on quiet time, now stop talking," was said on a juvenile detention unit to a collection of 15 male juveniles. The sole black juvenile wrote a grievance to the administration for being called "boy." The staff member in question recieved two 'unofficial reprimands,' one from immediate supervisors and then another from detention center administration. Both suggested he be more 'culturally sensitive' to the residents in what he described as a threatening tone. For this to occur, a systemic acceptance of what white people can and cannot say has to be embraced organizationally. Apparently, it has. As a side note, it is not out of the ordinary to hear black staff members address black residents they have a good rapport with as "n---a." I'm even scared to type it... We don’t have free speech in this country any more, if we ever had it to begin with. In fact, you have to be very careful with every word you speak lest you find yourself on the business end of the racist labeling bazooka. Case in point: “I told you boys we’re on quiet time, now stop talking,” was said on a juvenile detention unit to a collection of 15 male juveniles. The sole black juvenile wrote a grievance to the administration for being called “boy.” The staff member in question recieved two ‘unofficial reprimands,’ one from immediate supervisors and then another from detention center administration. Both suggested he be more ‘culturally sensitive’ to the residents in what he described as a threatening tone. For this to occur, a systemic acceptance of what white people can and cannot say has to be embraced organizationally. Apparently, it has. As a side note, it is not out of the ordinary to hear black staff members address black residents they have a good rapport with as “n—a.” I’m even scared to type it…

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