Earlier this afternoon I noted the suspension of liberal radio and TV host Ed Schultz after he used derogatory and sexist language towards Laura Ingraham. At the time, I hadn’t had an opportunity to catch up on today’s news, so I didn’t see this gem, courtesy of conservative talk radio host Mark Belling, who airs daily on WISN-AM (1130).
A Menomonee Falls school official is demanding an apology and retraction by conservative talk show host Mark Belling for calling the official a “whore for the teachers union” earlier this week.
Walt Kelly, the attorney for Menomonee School Board member Gina Palazzari, sent his letter on Thursday to Belling and Jeff Tyler, general manager of WISN-AM (1130), which airs Belling’s afternoon show.
“Ms. Palazzari demands an on-air apology and retraction by Mr. Belling and a published apology and retraction by WISN management,” Kelly wrote.
Kelly rightly argued Belling should receive similar treatment to Ed Schultz, but speaking on his radio show, Belling made it clear he’s not sorry for he said, saying, “I will not apologize.”
Apparently Belling has moved on from racism, having called Mexicans “wetbacks” on his show in 2004, to sexism. I’m not sure if that’s progress, but either way Mark Belling is still a big sack of crap.
Uh, Zach, we’re stretching a bit aren’t we? The term “whore” also means a “venal or unscrupulous person”
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whore
The term “slut” only has one meaning
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slut
I would think a school board member might want to use the dictonary. And if Belling would have called her a “slut” I would be all on board. But this is all about nothing, except for the perpetually offended.
Seriously, Mark?! You’re drawing a distinction between “whore” and “slut”?
(*laughing*)
Seriously?! Can’t a rightwinger ever just admit once in awhile that their sh*t does actually stink sometimes.
Maybe you should consult your “dictonary”, again. Or maybe just use common sense this time.
When a right winger doesn’t excuse their actions, no ands ifs or buts — I might actually start respecting them again. I didn’t like what Ed Schultz said because it was a word to invoke emotions. But he apologized, didn’t give any excuses, said no matter what the context – it was wrong to call her that. Not saying “I know it was wrong but –” no covering it up.
Then again asking for responsibility to admit they’re wrong from conservatives is too much. Personally, I wish there was policing on the right-wing spectrum to say when you’ve gone out of line like the left do to themselves.
Mark, are you really saying it’s okay to call a woman a whore?
That tells me all I need to know about you.
Bottom line is the truth really hurts
Mark, how would you like it if I called your wife or mother a whore?
Would you still be saying “the truth really hurts?”
You can’t tell right now, Mark, but I’m giving you a golf clap for your idiotic defense of an indefensible man.
You sir… are a class in yourself.
I award you no points, and God have mercy on your soul.
It depends on what the meaning of “is” is….and what letter you have behind your name!
Bullshit Mark. It’s wrong and a
I’m sick of it.
I call BS also. You can be mean and crass and hateful without having to resort to vulgar slurs. It’s not about being the bigger man, but about being the better man. Idiots like Belling don’t seem to get it.
You can’t be sick of it unless you listen every day, and if you did listen every day, you would know that Belling has often called the school board members whores because they are whores to the unions they serve. This is nothing new.
AND \ Calling Belling an idiot is not better. It is only typical of liberal intolerance.
Yeah, apparently it’s A-Okay to call female school board members whores, no matter what the context.
No Left Turns,
Spin spin spin spin spin spin spin.
Rhetoric, rhetoric, rhetoric, rhetoric.
“Liberal Intolerance”
You guys deserve something better than a golf clap. I give you a sarcastic hurrah.
Man, you people are something fierce.
Idiot = whore? In what world do you live in? One filled with Paul Ryan clones and Stepford Wives?
You mistake me for two things: 1) A liberal. 2) A talk show host with a large audience who listen to me for my opinion. With 2) comes a responsibility, and that is to be professional. Read my previous comment again. Wait, I’ll save you the trouble. You can still be mean, hateful, and yes intolerant, but that doesn’t give you permission to use vulgar slurs to describe people you don’t like. I also do not claim, nor pretend to be 2). Mark Belling is an idiot.
For those keeping score, and to show that I can use Google:
Definition of IDIOT
1
usually offensive : a person affected with extreme mental retardation
2
: a foolish or stupid person
Well then; Scott Walker is a whore, according to Merriam-Webster.
whore (hôr, hr)
n.
3. A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.
2. A person considered sexually promiscuous.
1. A prostitute.
intr.v. whored, whor·ing, whores
1. To associate or have sexual relations with prostitutes or a prostitute.
2. To accept payment in exchange for sexual relations.
3. To compromise one’s principles for personal gain.
If the Shoe Fits Wear It!
FACT: Many school board members WHORED themselves out to the Unions with whom they “bargained”
I know you want this issue to be about words and emotions, but it is really about the principles of the school board members and really having an understanding of who they are in bed with.
When words like “whore” are used, it is about words and emotions, because that’s a word used to provoke an emotional response. You and I both know Belling could have made his point without “going there,” but he chose to anyhow.
Then again, given the fact that this is the same man who once referred to Mexicans as “wetbacks,” I’m not surprised he’d call a woman a whore, and the fact that you’re trying to defend him tells me something.
Scott Walker should be cloned not recalled, every state should be so lucky to have him
Mark,
You and your ilk are in luck. He’ll be needing another job soon and will be free to travel wherever.
As long as I’m on the subject, let’s never forget that Scott Walker told a man he thought was David Koch that ” we ” thought of planting troublemakers in a crowd of peaceful protesters. That’s unscrupuloous,at best.
A man with scruples would have told fake Koch that under no circumstances whatsoever would he or any of his administration ever consider doing anything like that, and that this conversation is now over thank you very much.
So, as we bandy about the meanings of vile and unflattering words, let us never forget those among us who bring them so vivdly to life.
The point is Schultz had to take a week unpaid. If that was not bad enough go to any righties facebook page, blog, fox news, etc… and you will see the same thing. Why do liberals get away with this and it would be the end of a republicans career.
Of course we all know its BS, and now we have an actual case study and some on the right defend him vehemently and some are too busy appalled at schultz to worry about anyone else. I think we have talked about fake outrage before havent we?
You are going to argue semantics on words, and that’s fine.
I can find plenty of words that have secondary and tertiary definitions that show they aren’t offensive.
You can start dropping the “N” Bomb and just say you’re talking about a river in africa… Obviously.
It’s just a simple g slip.
Because you have tertiary definitions doesn’t make what you said less wrong.
For that, No Left Turn/Notalib/The whole spintastic crew, grow up.
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it hundreds of times: Rule Number 1 of Republicans is ‘Our rules don’t apply to us.’ They are pathetic p*ssies.
Personally, given the context of both terms, I don’t see them as warranting such responses as being reprimanded. One said, “she’s a talk slut,” and the other said, “whore for the teacher’s union.” Neither was called something without context. Ed didn’t call Laura a slut in the way dictionaries define it, and Mark didn’t call Gina a whore in the way dictionaries define it.
Both though were said with apparent intent to insult. In my book, that matters and is misuse of one’s position / role to speak in that way.
But given context of the deep division between 2 parties and given the BS that is said daily, as if we ought to throw brotherhood and mutual respect out the window so we can score political points – yeah, given that context, this simply doesn’t deserve anyone being reprimanded or taking weeks off with pay. Ed’s apology is exactly the proper response, and the sort of apology that is real (rather than half hearted). If Mark does nothing given Ed’s actions, it will say more about his character, than if he took 2 minutes out of his day to issue a genuine apology for the inappropriate term he chose to make his point. Hopefully people recognize that the point still stands, even while the language he chose detracts from those of us with desire to (truly) listen.
http://www.cuseorange.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=119
This explains a bunch. Obviously he is willing to call both men and women ‘whores’. Definitely a show I will vehmently avoid. I am sure I can get right commentary elsewhere just as I can get left commentary somewhere besides Ed Schultz.
So now that Mark Belling has proved she is in the Unions pocket and he was right, what do you have to say now? His words were SPOT ON!
@Maga – The word “whore” is questionable (at best) that it is spot on. I don’t think anyone (independent / moderate liberal) thinks Belling’s point wasn’t possibly correct. But his point being laced with loaded words is the very issue Zach was raising, in light of Ed Schultz’s comments.
For even a right leaning independent such as myself knows that Laura Ingraham can be a talk (add disparaging woman remark here). I mean, it’s SPOT ON!
Keep this in mind when you hear all the crocodile tears the righties are trying to pull over Fred Clark’s off-the-cuff comment about “smacking around” someone through a telephone after she yelled at him on a call.
And remember that what Rep. Clark said is MUCH worse than Vicki McKenna encouraging people at a public rally to go after Madison Police officers, and for Brian Fraley going on TV this week saying that Judge Sumi needed to be “slapped down” by the Supreme Court.
The double-standard from the whine machine on talk radio and in the J-S is beyond obnoxious, and needs to be hammered on as proof that these people are too soft to lead.
“…after she yelled at him on a call.”
You obviously haven’t heard the recording. That said, I don’t think what Fred Clark said was that big of a deal.
What Fred Clark said was incredibly stupid, but like Roland said, probably not that big of a deal.
what fred clarke said was a figure of speech, he obviously was not going to fly through the phone line and slap the lady around.
Jake~ Regarding the Fred Clark, the woman didnt yell at him as you stated, she simply said “and isnt that a crime” and hung up the phone. BTW he called her, she didnt call him. Vicki is right, the S court should slap her on the knucles for over stepping her athority. She should be slapped with a fine of sorts. She was nothing more than a Union shill holding up the law so contracts could be extended. She single handly costed this state a ton of Cash and, when these contracs come due again, thats when the firing starts. But its all for the good of the Union.
maga so your a full fledged hypocrite who exhibits textbook examples of fake outrage.
The only reason you all are throwing such a hissy-fit over the w-word is because Belling has caught the Menominee Falls school board dead-to-rights in violation of Open Meetings laws. The people of that community had all of 5 minutes to see what was in that contract before the board rammed it through. That’s the only issue that is significant in terms of the effect on that community…not Belling’s use of a naughty word.
But Jeff I am not outraged. I am not a “hypocrit” I am on the winning side and I am going to Gloat! 🙂 Had this been a Repuclican, I am sure you dems would hang em high… hahahaha…
BTW SCOTT WALKER ROCKS!!!
Roland, I did hear the call its obvious you didnt here it loser. I herd it 4 times. I HERD WHAT WAS SAID LOSER! stop the lie. And I can tell you exactly where I herd it Belling.com LOSER!
Work on those comprehension skills, because Roland’s on your side of this argument.
If you are a right wing cheerleader, and think Scott Walker rocks and less government (out of control) spending is a good thing, AND believe moral values play a part in politics, as a principle, then there can be no justification for the use of the W-word.
It takes away from the point being made. I think the point being made by Belling was a good one, btw.
If you feel strongly that the w-word is justifiable, then please please please stop referring to yourself as “conservative.” You do a huge injustice to us honest conservatives and to the morality of this great country, as if we are one nation (under God).
Again, Belling not apologizing and thinking he is righteous for name calling (aka insulting) to make his points, says a lot about his character. His integrity is questionable.