Outcast celebrity chef Paula Deen got support from the mot unlikely of place: Bill Maher.
The hot of “Real Time With Bill Maher” took up for the use of the N-word by declaring it freedom of speech on par with hip hop music.
“People shouldn’t have to lose their shows and go away when they do something bad,” said Maher. “It’s just a word. It’s a wrong word. She was wrong to use it. But do we always have to make people go away?”
It may have been Maher just playing evil’ avocate
Here’s how the discussion went down on “Real Time With Bill Maher.”
“If they use that word? Yeah,” journalist Bob Herbert answered. “They gotta go away.”
“I disagree,” Maher answered. “She f—– up. Really, for one f— up?”
“Didn’t sound like it was one,” Herbert countered.
“That’s somebody else’s testimony,” Maher insisted after some cross-talk between the panelists. “That’s not what she said.”
“You can’t call somebody a racist anymore,” said Herbert, who is African-American. “You gotta have like dyed-in-the-wool proof and that sort of thing. There’s gotta be some kind of a line. So, for me, that word is the line. People need to stop using that word.”
“Did you watch her show?” Maher interjected. When Herbert said he did not, Maher continued, “So I’m guessing lots of black people did not watch her show.”
“Yeah? What’s that got to do with her using the n-word?” Herbert shot back. “The brothers need to stop using the n-word. Nobody should be using that word.”
“So they should go away, too?” Maher responded. “So, what, we should ban rap records?”
What do you think? If they can fire Paula ean than can they ban rap records for saying the same word?
Take a look at the video exchange below with Maher and his panelists.
