The Juan Williams Firing

[Lord Bitememan]

Voice your thoughts on NPR's decision to fire Juan Williams over comments on Fox News' O'Reilley Factor.  

[II ninja5 II]

The leader in "progress" in America just fired the only African-American on that news station and they will still say Fox News is full of racist hosts.  

[Underworld Priestess]

I just watched the clip yesterday. While I understand the president of NPR's point of view for the decision, I think it was an over reaction. I think he was voicing an opinion that a lot of us have. Not that it makes it right but I thought of his comment not as all Muslim's are racists, even though it can be thought of as that way, but as a 'what if' sort of fear. I'm not going to say he should get special treatment just because he was the only African American on there but I don't think he needed to be fired. A slap on the wrist would have been fine.  

[Lord Izaran]

I've been so out of it...wow...Juan being fired...I agree with the 2nd post. NPR still has the guts to call FNC racist...

Angela Merkel was right: Mutliculturalism has failed (breeds hate and racism)

Political Correctness does too...  

[madgrunt117]

I was astonished when I heard about Juan's firing; what has America come to where you can't even voice your opinion without being fired? He had the first amendment right to freedom of speech just like any other person on the station.

Now, if this was a Liberal Democrat voicing HIS/HER opinion....that's a different story. NPR most definitely would have let it slide.  

[Darth_Akira72987]

Underworld Priestess

I just watched the clip yesterday. While I understand the president of NPR's point of view for the decision, I think it was an over reaction. I think he was voicing an opinion that a lot of us have. Not that it makes it right but I thought of his comment not as all Muslim's are racists, even though it can be thought of as that way, but as a 'what if' sort of fear. I'm not going to say he should get special treatment just because he was the only African American on there but I don't think he needed to be fired. A slap on the wrist would have been fine.

Agreed