"Hypocritical Wingnuts Take Aim At Melissa Harris-Perry"

http://crooksandliars.com/2013/12/hypocritical-wingnuts-take-aim-melissa

"Should they have snarked about him? No, probably not, and Harris-Perry has apologized sincerely for it. But the right wing is never going to let go of something that has race, Romney, and a black host of a weekend show on MSNBC in the crosshairs.

Never mind that we've all been buried in fauxtrage over Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson's nonsense. Never mind all that, folks, because Sarah Palin has declared that Melissa Harris-Perry is now 'despicable'. She's let the sharks out of the cage and told them there's blood in the water."

http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/16054-free-speech-phil-robertson-vs-melissa-harris-perry

"Recently Phil Robertson, one of the stars of a reality show on A&E, said some things in a magazine interview that offended people. A&E decide to suspend him (but have since reversed). The public discourse, specifically the socially conservative quadrant, erupted, and a new front in the culture wars was launched. Some argued that what Robertson said wasn’t offensive, so his suspension was unwarranted.

Regardless of my personal opinion, this is at least a defensible position. A person may or may not find something offensive, regardless of the objective fact that it offended others, and so not see the need for disciplinary action. Many instead invoked Robertson’s free speech rights. This is an untenable position from any angle. No one was sanctioned by the government, so no rights were violated. However, A&E also has free speech rights, employer rights, and contract rights, which precious few conservatives stood up for at the time.

It became even more clear Monday how transparent some of these arguments were. On MSNBC, Melissa Harris Perry and her show’s panel made fun of a family portrait of Mitt Romney and all his grandchildren, including an adopted infant who happens to be black. Twitter was set ablaze. Within hours, Fox News hosts were questioning her ongoing employment, and the RNC’s Communications Director directly called for her suspension. I’m guessing these people had a different opinion about Phil Robertson’s situation. Previous examples of this disparate treatment include Martin Bashir and the Dixie Chicks."

Contact MSNBC to make sure they will NOT be doing anything, such as suspending or firing MHP.