tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post391784185854458015..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Whip FeinsteinDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-20637466801604093902007-08-08T20:19:00.000-07:002007-08-08T20:19:00.000-07:00calling someone a "good ole nigger" was not a raci...<I>calling someone a "good ole nigger" was not a racial slur, and that the offending employee could not be fired--or indeed, punished in any way whatsoever--for making it. </I><BR/><BR/>Nothing that you say here is true. The appeals court didn't say that this wasn't a "racial slur"; quite the contrary, the court said that there's no excuse for using such a term. The appeals court did NOT say that the agency couldn't punish the woman "in any way whatsoever." Quite the contrary, the court said, "we do not suggest that a public employee's use of racial slurs or other terms of opprobrium directed toward a coworker is a matter beyond the authority of the employing agency to discipline. . . . When such an incident occurs, it is incumbent upon the employing agency to<BR/>deal with it in an appropriate manner."<BR/><BR/>The only thing the appeals court said -- and the Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously agreed on this point -- was that automatic firing for this one offense was too harsh a punishment. Rather, the appeals court said that the agency review board wasn't "arbitrary and capricious" in finding that the firing was too harsh a punishment. <BR/><BR/>You're a smart guy; try to be accurate before letting your emotions get carried away. <BR/><BR/>You can read the opinion here: http://www.andrewhyman.com/confirmthem/nword.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com