You're probably wondering why I would come to the defense of Megyn Kelly; I've made no secret of my disdain of her for the last few years. But, enough of this "racism" business is enough.
The NBC host is not herself a fan of politically correct culture, but
she still felt the need to apologize for comments she made on her show
Tuesday about white people dressing up in blackface. Kelly
sent an email to her co-workers telling them she was
sorry for implying that it should be OK for a white person to wear
blackface as a part of a Halloween costume. The "politically correct" imbeciles of the left have seized upon her remarks as being racist and are demanding her firing from NBC.
I suppose they would have us somehow believe that mention of the words "watermelon," or "alligator," or "corn bread" stoke the flares of racism, whereas the words "white face," "cantelope,""hippopotamus" or "white bread," do not. The ugly fact is that there are those in this country who want us to be afraid to open our mouths about anything. They are the ones who breed contempt for the law, violence and divisiveness in the nation... the ones who rewrite history and destroy both statues and statutes as they go along.
Blackface is part of our heritage and culture... one more word in a litany of others which define who we are and where we come from. This uproar over Kelly's use of it when discussing Halloween begs me to ask the question: Which political party was it that voted unanimously... unanimously... against the abolition of slavery? Which political party is it today that promises Blacks everything and gives them nothing, and where do they get the gall to accuse Kelly or anyone else of being racist?
Kelly may deserve to be fired, not because of her use of a word, but because she buckled to the PC crowd and apologized for it, and because she has crappy ratings anyway.
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