Juan William should have been punished for what he said on Fox

Why Bill? Why?
He is a public figure who's words can affect how people view his emploreys and their company. So he broejk that rule, and he should be punished and wrane dnot to do it agian. I don't think he should be fired.

What did he says that was so bad?
He perpetuated a stereotype, a very negative one at that, about a religious and ethic minority. Now it is legal to say these things all you want. But it is also legal for a company you work for, one that is trying to be the network for everyone and neutral, to fire you if you say them on TV.

Well, he was being honest.
And so was Hitler when he said he thought the Jews were bad (Juan Williams is not Hitler. Really, only Hitler was Hitler, and I just use this exaggerated example to make a point).

Stereotypes are bad, even seemingly positive ones are bad, but a lot of people don't seem to know why. They are bad because even if the majority of a group fits into one, there is still a sizable minority that doesn't and they don't want to be put into that category. They find it a blow to their morale, limiting in their potential and just frustrating simple minded. It can lead to not getting the job they want or school they want, and worse they might even start to believe a stereotype about themselves and feel bad when they don't fit it. Plus stereotypes can be just dead wrong.

I, for instance, can't stand the fact that people assume I am child molester if a child wanders near me in park or a store. I am not. But the parents fear of the single white man in public makes many of them assume I am. I am the father of three kids, have never been arrested in my life, and would give my life to save a child from any harm, even a child I didn't know. I am quite th e opposite of a child molester. But no one wants to take the chance that I am not.

Another example of a positive stereotype that is bad is the assumption that just because some one is black that they are good at basketball, or athletics in general. Sports and thematics are an important part of many African american communities but there are millions of blacks who don't care for sports, aren't good at it, and really just don't care who wins the super bowl. Whites and even other blacks who are into sports may put them down for not fitting this stereotype, and it just make those people feel bad, like outcasts or freaks, when clearly they aren't.

Shouldn't people live in fear of people who fit a steroe type just to be on the safe side?
No. Peopel should use their barins. For example Juan Williams Says  "I am afaird of seeing an othdox Muslim in full regalia when I am on a plane because he could be a terrorist."  If JW used his brain he'd remmeber the 9/11 muslim terrorists tried to blend in- not styand out and draw attention to themselves. So logically the mulsim in full orthodox garb would be the least likely person to be a terrorist. As far as we now know, Al Queda is trying to recruit white european looking muslims to commit terrorist acts because they are using their brains and know we are looking for middle eastern men.

Well I don't want my taxes to go to a station that fires people for saying what they believe. Cut off funding for NPR.
Only 2% of NPR is funded by the Federal Government. And the same argument could be used for funding weapons research.

" I don't want my public money to fund the neutron bomb, nerve gas or land mines, or to support the dictatorship of Oil-Landia." But we live in a democracy and our representatives feel that these things need funding and are in the best interests of the American people. Vote them out if they vote for things you don't like.

Also, to stop funding NPR doesn't just punish Jaun Williams boss, it punishes all the great shows that have nothing to do with politics, such as Scince Friday, All Songs Considered, NPR Playhouse, A Way With Words, and many others. Cutting off fudnding would hurt all those shows as well, just like if one were to cut off PBS funding because you don't like slightly left leaning Bill Moyers, it would hurt Seasme Street, Electric Company, Banrey and Friends, Nova, Front Line, American Playhouse, Ken Burns and Tellitubbies,-all apolitical shows. To me that is classic "throw the baby out with the bath water' mentality. Not a wise move to follow in my opinion.


Here is a list of NPR shows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR#Programming