Posted on 02/06/2022 2:14:55 PM PST by Impala64ssa
On Friday, following co-host Whoopi Goldberg’s incendiary comments about the Holocaust earlier in the week, “The View” co-host Sara Haines ripped people who felt that Goldberg’s two-week suspension from the show was insufficient punishment, pontificating, “To learn from a moment is all we can ask of anyone. And prioritizing punitive measures at the expense of the message/issue (and teaching moment) are misguided.”
Prior to that Instagram message, Haines had posted a photograph of her and Goldberg snapping a selfie on the set of the show, captioning it, “This just popped up and warmed my heart. That’s my Whoops!!!!” as The Daily Mail reported. She followed by adding a message on Instagram stating, “I’d like to invite people trolling the post to go play somewhere else. To learn from a moment is all we can ask of anyone. And prioritizing punitive measures at the expense of the message/issue (and teaching moment) are misguided.”
The original controversy was triggered by a conversation on the show on Monday in which Goldberg, discussing the Holocaust, said, “This is white people doing it to white people,” then later added, “The Holocaust isn’t about race. No. It’s not about race,” and repeated, “These are two white groups of people.”
On Tuesday night, The Daily Beast reported that some of Goldberg’s co-hosts were reportedly “furious” at the network for suspending her after her incendiary comments regarding the Holocaust.
“Multiple sources said that Goldberg’s co-hosts Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar, and Ana Navarro are furious with the network’s decision,” The Daily Beast stated.
Navarro, who intermittently guest-hosts on the program and was appearing on the show when Goldberg made her comments on Monday, told The Daily Beast, “I love Whoopi Goldberg. I love The View. … This was an incredibly unfortunate incident. Whoopi is a lifelong ally to the Jewish community. She is not an antisemite. Period. I am sad. And I have nothing else to say.”
As The Daily Wire reported, Kim Godwin, president of ABC News, said that Goldberg would be suspended for “her wrong and hurtful comments” about the Holocaust, which included her repeatedly claiming that the Holocaust was “not about race.”
“While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments,” Godwin said. “The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities.”
Meanwhile, The New York Post reported that a source they described as a well-placed insider said that Goldberg was “livid” and felt “humiliated” over the suspension.
“She feels ABC executives mishandled this. She followed their playbook. She went on ‘The Late Show With Steven Colbert’ and then apologized again on ‘The View’ the next day,” the source told the Post. “Her ego has been hurt and she’s telling people she’s going to quit. Suspension from ‘The View’ is like getting suspended from Bravo. The bar is very low.”
Sara should stick to hosting game shows.
Oh, shaddup.
Commies are such hypocrites, these are the same punks who want Joe Rogan gone forever..and everyone else that they disagree with..Roseanne lost her JOB, her livelihood because of a tweet, Sharon Osbourne lost her JOB because she defended her friend..but Whoopi, which isn’t even her real name, gets a 2 week suspension, oh poor babe I weep for her
Felt the same about Joe Rogan... Dontcha?
If a White person does it their career has to be destroyed. If a black person does it it’s a “teachable moment”.
Where were Whoopi’s supporters when conservatives who had scheduled speaking engagements were forced off college campuses? Where were they when conservatives were deplatformed from internet media? When their buffoon does her buffoonery and steps on the the third rail this time, they are crying for mercy. Ordinarily I would support Whoopi’s staying and continuing her buffoonery but, in today’s climate, off with her head!
Webster’s dictionary ...
Race: (noun) any one of the groups that humans are often divided into based on physical traits regarded as common among people of shared ancestry
Color of skin is not definitive - except to the ignorant
Translation:
“Only leftist on OUR show are allowed to make stupid untrue statements and even lie freely. So called “conservatives” on OUR show are just punching bags and EVERTHING they say is to be treated as stupid, untrue and lies. If they get a little to uppity, we get rid of them. If you don’t like that, BITE ME.”
The punishment is the teaching moment.
Teaching moments for all?
When it involves a leftist. If you are conservative your innate racism needs to be punished.
Celebrate diversity.
the poster girl for the Theory of Evolution!!
There seems to be a “grading curve” for leftists.
For me, it is simply the word “diversity”. I don’t even need the word “celebrate”.
I abhor diversity in they way the Left uses it and describes it. The only diversity that is important, are the diversities of thought and competency. All other diversities are sexist or racist in nature.
Of course, the word itself, with it’s original meaning, is just fine. But it is rarely heard in that context now. Now, it is simply a tool in a Marxist toolbox.
Marxist tools that manipulate sex and race instead of class. Though I feel they have been working hard to make class differences relevant by intentionally destroying the economy.
They hope to harness Marxist theory to race, sex, and finally, in its original iteration, class.
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