You can't say that.

I think America is in a very bad situation right now. We are so outraged about Paula Deen. Her use of the N word has caused us to penalize her with contract cancellations including closing down her tv show and making her apologize publicly. This week Alec Baldwin apparently made some slurs that has the news chiding him. I don't like racial or sexual epithets any more than anyone else, but I put much value on freedom of speech than I do on the language of bigots. I think Americans should be able to say whatever they like. That's one of the greatest freedoms of this country. If people are offended with Paula Deen, let them stop buying her product or watching her show. Let the American people show their scorn by avoiding such people or not patronizing them. But don't let corporations afraid of not seeming democratic be the arbiters of what's appropriate. Don't insist that someone has to be penalized or ostracized because they used a word of which most of us do not approve. Freedom of speech is too valuable to hand over or abolish because some people use ignorant comments about others.