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When you have someone on ignore and they can't help but follow you around every chance they get to neg you. Gawd, I love knowing how I wreck their day and give don't give two ****s to read their worthless posts. Keep following me, puppy. You know who you are.
 
Being able to make my car honk via remote from across the parking lot, so i can find the darn thing.
 
I was at the Trax trolley station outside the Vivint Dumb Home Arena, and these three stereotypical black kids, in the blaxploitation movie sense, who were about 13 asked an older black dude if they could get a dollar.

Kid 1: "Hey, can I get a dollar".

Pepper haired older black dude: What did you say boy?

Kid: Can I get a dollar.

Older black dude: Listen son, be polite. The way you ask for a dollar is to say "Sir, may I please have a dollar". (While setting a dominating presence of leaning over the boy).

The did repeated that phrase exactly and the older black dude gave him a dollar. Then, another one of the three does the same thing and he got a dollar too. Then, the third kid asks the same thing and the guy says sorry, I don't have no more money and walks off.

There were two lessons learned there at the same time.


What reminded me of this is I was on the same Trax trolley the other day and this black kid says "Sir, can I please have a slice of pizza?" I gave him half the box and I still wonder if that old man's simple advice a few months back somehow trickled down. I wouldn't even respond to "yo dude, can I get a slice of that pizza". But this kid, who was obviously in need and was doing the grocery shopping and riding public transit, obviously needed the help. I appreciated the respectful request from both him and pepper haired old black dude.
 
The guy who did "Prairie Home Companion" is apparently a sexual abuser, so the show is cancelled and they will not rebroadcast the show.

My least liked show on NPR.

Almost as good as KUER stopping the jazz music programming after 8pm.
 
Bulletproof said:
The guy who did "Prairie Home Companion" is apparently a sexual abuser, so the show is cancelled and they will not rebroadcast the show.

My least liked show on NPR.

Almost as good as KUER stopping the jazz music programming after 8pm.
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I hope NPR (or MPR, the place he was fired from) comes out with details. His account of putting his hand on a lady's exposed back and sliding his hand up 6" makes this one sound absurd. He was also very gracious and not defensive in the least in his statement, which does nothing but help him seem innocent.
 
franklin said:
I hope NPR (or MPR, the place he was fired from) comes out with details. His account of putting his hand on a lady's exposed back and sliding his hand up 6" makes this one sound absurd. He was also very gracious and not defensive in the least in his statement, which does nothing but help him seem innocent.
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I hadn't heard the details at all. Hope that's not all it takes for people to lose their livelihood.
 
Bulletproof said:
I hadn't heard the details at all. Hope that's not all it takes for people to lose their livelihood.
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Well it is a fine line in this current atmosphere between addressing legitimate issues and going on a witch hunt. We will see both undoubtedly and hopefully people can see them for what they are. But I am not betting on it. My bet is that, in the facebook/twitter/soundbite generation, we devolve into a full-on media-goaded witch hunt before this fades or ends, whatever that might mean.

The first headline I saw for Keillor basically put him in the same category as Weinstein, which is the media default: sensationalize first, maybe present some facts later. Most people only read headlines anyway, and maybe the blurbs their friends choose to post on FB or tweet, meaning no context, all hype and outrage.

Here is a good article about this situation:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...allegations-stand-out/?utm_term=.43906b876068

Just after MPR’s announcement, which mentioned the alleged victim was “an individual who worked with him,” Keillor emailed another reporter to give his version of an incident:

“I put my hand on a woman’s bare back,” he wrote. “I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it. We were friends. We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called.”

On Thursday, MPR told the Associated Press that the public radio organization had received “a formal complaint from an individual that includes multiple allegations related to Garrison’s behavior.” In a follow-up interview with the AP, Keillor clarified that he hasn’t seen the allegations MPR is investigating and that the story he shared publicly was the “only incident he could remember.” (The Post has emailed Keillor and has not heard back.)

After his Wednesday show in Pittsfield, Mass., was canceled, Keillor held court at a local restaurant, where he told a reporter for the Berkshire Eagle that he found the whole situation “bewildering.”

“I don’t think that people should talk out of bewilderment,” he said. “My situation is that I’ve worked extremely hard on a show that I love for almost 50 years, and somebody else can torch it in one morning, and so it’s all gone. And it’s a difficult thing to discuss.”
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Here come the witch-hunters. Please, do not get me wrong, if the guy did something sexually inappropriate he deserves censure at the very least, but the punishment should fit the crime. Here they full on admit they are firing him over allegations alone. If I did that in my work place I would get my *** handed to me in court. In their own statement they even admit the investigation is ongoing. So what if they find out is it all a lot of horse ****? Will they beg him back? He would have grounds to sue at the very least. Very stupid to take this kind of action over allegations with little to no evidence.

https://www.mpr.org/press/2017/11/2...ing-garrison-keillor-and-a-prairie-home-compa

Last month, MPR was notified of the allegations which relate to Mr. Keillor's conduct while he was responsible for the production of A Prairie Home Companion (APHC). MPR President Jon McTaggart immediately informed the MPR Board Chair, and a special Board committee was appointed to provide oversight and ongoing counsel. In addition, MPR retained an outside law firm to conduct an independent investigation of the allegations. Based on what we currently know, there are no similar allegations involving other staff. The attorney leading the independent investigation has been conducting interviews and reviewing documents, and the investigation is still ongoing. We encourage anyone with additional information to call our confidential hotline 1-877-767-7781.

MPR takes these allegations seriously and we are committed to maintaining a safe, respectful and supportive work environment for all employees and everyone associated with MPR. We want a workplace where anyone who experiences unwanted behavior feels comfortable in reporting concerns to MPR. Discrimination, harassment, retaliation or other inappropriate behaviors will not be tolerated.
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The funny thing is, every legal department I have worked in would tell me that if we fired someone without fully investigating that is basically retaliation, which MPR claims is not tolerated.

If he is guilty then he needs to pay somehow, but if not, then MPR needs to have their asses handed to them. The court of public opinion has spoken. Strike first, strike hard, show no mercy.
 
While I love this atmosphere of finally listening to women, I am not sure that all of these guys should be fired so quickly. But then we only hear what is printed, not the actual allegations. For example, in Keillor's case, he told a story prior to any other story being told about him (getting ahead of it to control the narrative). According to his story, it seems premature for the action taken. However, he admits that this is the only situation he can think of, which doesn't mean that a lot of other things didn't happen. It has always been clear that men do not see many situations that they are involved in as harassment and assault. A lot of men see situations as consensual that are not.
 
JazzGal said:
While I love this atmosphere of finally listening to women, I am not sure that all of these guys should be fired so quickly. But then we only hear what is printed, not the actual allegations. For example, in Keillor's case, he told a story prior to any other story being told about him (getting ahead of it to control the narrative). According to his story, it seems premature for the action taken. However, he admits that this is the only situation he can think of, which doesn't mean that a lot of other things didn't happen. It has always been clear that men do not see many situations that they are involved in as harassment and assault. A lot of men see situations as consensual that are not.
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I agree but my issue with his case is that regardless of the allegations they should complete an investigation first. They didn't just suspend him for a while so they could look into it, they completely gutted his legacy and life's work. A bit harsh if it turns out it was a misunderstanding. But at least figure it out first, then take action. This whole "guilty and fully executed until proven that we can only keep saying he is guilty regardless of what the investigation said, because, you know, we all know he is guilty no matter what the facts say, I mean come on" thing that is going on is a bit scary.
 
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