[SoFloFreeper]

Laura later apologized for using the word.

[crosshairs]

Here’s another one: Why is it alright for black people to refer to white men as “white boy”? But don’t you dare call a black man “black boy”. Its all so confusing.

[Jane Austen]

I recall Bill Clinton using The Word and not a peep of outrage.

[edpc]

Lots of words are offensive. Doesn't mean they aren't accurate or don't apply in certain situations. Unfortunately, I have encountered more than a few individuals in my lifetime where disparaging terms are dead on accurate.

If that makes me racist, homophobic, xenophobic, or whatever.....I can live with it.

[FourPeas]

Brave woman. I wish she’d stuck to her guns.

[KenD]

I suppose white people should lay claim to the word “cracker” and ban all other ethnicities from using “the C word” EVEN when referring to Saltines or other objects of similar design.

[dragnet2]

Her words: "Black guys use it all the time. Turn on HBO and listen to a black comic, and all you hear is nigger, nigger, nigger. I don't get it. If anybody without enough melanin says it, it's a horrible thing. But when black people say it, it's affectionate."

She don't get it. Whites cannot use this word as the sound of it makes African,Afro-American's go crazy and get offended...Now, it's okay if African,Afro-American's use the word....

[sand lake bar]

Good for her. It’s about time. Only race cowards would object to what she said.

[The Comedian]

No words for how disgusted I am when someone apologizes for being correct.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Tazzo]

Lenny Bruce (forget his politics for a moment) said that by prohibiting the utterance of an offensive word, we give that word undeserved POWER. His solution was to repeat an offensive word so many times that it becomes meaningless - like Dr. Laura was doing.

[hgro]

Laura doesn’t have to apologize for anything. The old saw that blacks can use the “N” word but it is forbidden for its use by whites is silly on its face. How about the black use of cracker and other derogatory words in describing whites and other non-blacks.

[OrangeHoof]

Your problem, dear Laura, was watching trashy programming like HBO.

[taxesareforever]

Truth hurts. She was right in what she said but due to political correctness she is forced to apologize.

[AD from SpringBay]

How dare she make an honest observation! How dare she! If I were a woman I would call her a ...

[SoldierDad]

Except that Laura didn’t “USE” the word. She simply pointed out the hypocrisy surrounding the use of that word using an example. Laura owed no one an apology IMHO.

[Disambiguator]

South Park deals with the "N" word.

[Lancey Howard]

Laura is such a silly cracker.
(I can say that because I’m white.)

(/Tim Whatley)

[Ol' Sparky]

Why should she apologize? She wasn't using the word nigger as a means of attacking blacks. She used it to make a legitimate point.

When politically-correct insanity end?

[Liberty Valance]

She’s got a point but who listens to Dr. Laura anymore?

[patriot preacher]

THe point she made was RIGHT. The way she made it was not only WRONG, but just plain DUMB. Especially in this climate.

[Pilated]

I heard it, she was race baited by a women of color. She said nothing wrong. The caller - she is the one who keeps the race thang going.