Shirley Sherrod Goes After Breitbart On AC360 (Can Breitbart Sue Sherrod Over What She Said Here?

YouTube ^ | 7/22/2010 | HotAirPundit

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Shirley Sherrod: "I think that he [Breitbart] would like to get us struck back in the times of slavery. That's where I think he would like to see all black people end up again."

Anderson Cooper: "You think he's racist."

Sherrod: "I do."

[FrankR]

"Shirley Sherrod: "I think that he [Breitbart] would like to get us struck back in the times of slavery. That's where I think he would like to see all black people end up again." "

Words designed to fire up the blacks, that's all that is; she was caught with her hand in the cookie er, CRACKER jar, and needs support from "her kind" - using her phrasology.

As I have previously stated, whites don't want slavery times back again, there are some things that are just not profitable or enjoyable to own.

White people - like Breitbart - have enough to deal with, without the feeding and caring of another human being, at least one they did not procreate.

The most obvious point that makes her statement absurd - and yes, racist - is that there a hundreds of laws and safeguards in place to prevent such a thing from ever happening.

But Shirley needs to really take this to heart, WE DON'T WANT ANY SLAVES, period. She's still stuck in the 19th century, like most of her NAACP supporters, and I guess as long as that scenario works to create VICTIMS, she will remain there.

Obama and his race-based administration has created an atmosphere of distrust and intolerance that was supposedly on the wane; we're back to walking on eggshells and avoiding mention of any "color" to the point people are contemplating removing the black crayon from their kids' crayolas.

How much more ridiculous and childish can this bunch get? No one alive today can help what happened in slavery days. White Republicans eradicated slavery, and did most of the heavy lifting for civil rights, but because of handouts, they have been brainwashed to think the dems are the end all, be all of political parties.

Shirley, even if it did come back, no one would want you to listen to all the bitching. Go enjoy your new job and leave Breitbart alone...after all, all he did was expose you and your words to America, and let them see the NAACP agreeing with those same inflamatory words.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The transcriber owes you a “?”.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

If AC had said “DO you think he is a racist”? that would have been a question.

“You think he is a racist” is not a question.

[kbennkc]

depositions

You just know she would feel entitled to determine which questions she wants to answer. I wonder have many trips for orders and sanctions it would take to get her attention. Please , please let there be video tape of her deposition.

[swain_forkbeard]

Keep talking, Shirley.

[chatter4]

Shirley Sherrod is a racist. Although she was let off the hook in the case of the story she told about the white farmer, later in the video she clearly states that the ONLY reason people oppose Obama is because they are all racist.

[Maverick68]

To think of all the people on this forum that went out of their way to defend this lady and slam Breitbart....

[hosepipe]

Breitbart NOW can counter sue her.. and probably WIN...

[isthisnickcool]

The only thing she would prove by suing is that she is very stupid. Litigation will not allow her to dictate what happens. She is not in charge of some government program if she sues him. She cannot control what happens. It is not a one way street. She will get her head handed to her.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

In conversational English, a “declarative” sentence spoken with a rising inflection, as Mr. Andersen used, is a question. In a court of law it might be seen as a leading question, but journalist ask leading questions to elicit provocative answers. If Ms. Sherrod had said, “Oh, no, I don’t think that!” it would not have been provocative. Of course the poor, widdle, befuddled Sherrod obviously thinks any conservative is a racist.

[Enterprise]

She thinks she’s some sort of civil rights warrior. I bet she doesn’t have the mental toughness to withstand tough depositions. Then, even if she doesn’t have to answer questions if deposition, a good attorney can still get her to screw up on the stand and once she says something she will HAVE to answer more questions once she opens the door.

[bmwcyle]

Do I think liberals are the real racist of our age?

bmwycle: I do.

[Enterprise]

LOL - Shirley got caught with her hand in the cracker jar.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“You think he is a racist” is not a question.

In a transcript, I agree, but voice inflections are very important in determining if something is actually a question. English is not a monotonic language, although our use of inflection is not remotely as complex as in Mandarin Chinese.

[freespirited]

I’m not a lawyer. But based on what I know I think the court would hold that both of them are public figures.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Problem is, is that whether or not something can be demmed as “rising inflection” is in the eye of the beholder, and a few on a jury might think of it as being a question, while the rest may think of it as being a declarative statement.

Not open and shut at all.

Secondly, she added to Coopers statement. She said that Breitbart is “vicious.”

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

It is nearly impossible for public officials to sue others.(politicians are public officials)

[jessduntno]

“The transcriber owes you a “?”.”

Was that a statement or a question? Which, of course is the point, right?

There’s no difference between a question and a statement.

There’s no difference between a question and a statement?

When read, do these two sentences mean the same thing?

Yeah, a transcription needs punctuation.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

If you listen, Andersen is clearly asking a (leading) question. Lawyers are not allowed to ask leading questions, unless the judge has deemed a witness hostile or unresponsive (like a child). Journalists ask, especially television journalists, ask leading questions for a living.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

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