Words? I Know Words! And There Are Plenty I Don't Ever Use!

There are two words in the English language that should never be used: the "N-word" and the "C-word."  If you really want to test this social law, just try saying the "C-word" to a group of females and watch them snarl. They are very bad words, and I never used either one. Never felt the need or inclination. One is masogynist, and one is racist. Two words out of an entire language should easy to avoid. They are unpleasant anyway. Every child after the age of three knows not to use these words. These are bad words. Anyone who does, runs the risk of being publicly demonized, privately scourged, or both.

I myself don't have an empire, but I know someone who does. This person did not build her empire on anything as fleeting as the public's goodwill. Empires that I've seen that are still standing are built on the foundations of hard work and really good ideas. You know the old saying,"She who lives by the butter stick, dies by the butter knife," or something like that. Paula Deen lost her empire because she used the" N-word" 30 years ago. Then she appeared with Matt Lauer and demanded that we all throw rocks at her. Instead of feeling sorry for her, I felt compelled to start hunting through my rock collection for nice round stones. If you're going to build an empire on butter, Crisco, or gravy it's going to invariably fall apart. My rapscallion niece and her Facebook cronies use the" N-word" with each other to make themselves sound tough. They have no right to use this word, but I don't waste any time correcting the" kids." They have to figure it out for themselves. Dropping an F-bomb with the C-word doesn't make you edgy, it just makes you gross. Using the N-word just makes you ignorant and gross. And no, "cracker" isn't in the same game. 

I have enough problems with the real "C-word"... Cancer. If a celebrity chef loses her empire because she used the "N-word" 30 years ago, then she probably doesn't deserve an empire to begin with. If she admits to using it once who's to say that she didn't have it in her lexicon and used it all the time? We on the West Coast just don't get it-we don't. Right is right,  ignorance is ignorance, and Paula Deen is what she is. I guess if I want empire building women to look up to, I can always turn to Oprah or Martha Stewart. Last time I checked, you could still buy their crap online if I wanted to buy. Martha did a stretching the Big House, but she still knows her way around a biscuit. You wouldn't catch Oprah or Martha crying for sympathy on TV. If there's one thing America loves more than takedown, it's a come back. I hope she doesn't.