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Sean Hannity Asks Juan Williams: “What’s Wrong With Racial Profiling?”

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Sean HannityIt would have been a lot of fun to be on Sean Hannity‘s show last night. During its “Great American Panel” segment, a discussion about airport security led inevitably to a discussion of Fergie’s recent experience with a body scanner—which spurred Juan Williams to possibly make Fox history by uttering the phrase “lady lumps” on air. Williams’s comment sparked both laughter and an observation from Hannity, that he had “lost all control of the panel.” And then Hannity had an unfortunate slip of the tongue that only made the segment sillier.

After the actor Vince Curatola, one of Hannity’s panelists, recalled being searched even as TSA agents told him that they loved his work on The Sopranos, Hannity accidentally dropped a bomb: “What’s wrong with racial profiling?” he asked. Williams didn’t miss a beat: “What’s wrong with racial profiling?” he parroted incredulously, turning to Curatola as both began to crack up.

Hannity quickly corrected himself: “What’s wrong with profiling? I didn’t mean racial.” After that, things pretty much returned to normal. The clip up until that point, though, is incredibly entertaining; watch the laugh-filled segment below.

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  • The Real Royal King

    With O’Hannity, I tend to think the slip of the tongue was the truth.

  • Some_Dude

    And following the segment a member of the audience held up a sign featuring of a shirtless Ronald Reagan, sending Hannity to the floor, writhing in orgasmic spasms, as he barked out nonsensical grunts and moans that sounded like “supply side” and “small government”.

  • More Liberty

    You don’t have to racial profile when actually profiling like Israel. Here in the US, we look for the bombs, knives, baby food, and etc. In Israel they look for the terrorist by doing behavior profiling. It’s very different and very effective. In Israel you keep your shoes on, and can take water with you. In the states we have what is called faux security or security theater.

    On a side note, racial profiling, like Affirmative action, is based on historical statistics regarding some hyphenated individual. Neither takes into account the actual person, but data on a historical context. And they are both wrong as they violate the individuals rights, and rights of other individuals.

  • The Real Royal King

    More Liberty said:
    You don’t have to racial profile when actually profiling like Israel. Here in the US, we look for the bombs, knives, baby food, and etc. In Israel they look for the terrorist by doing behavior profiling. It’s very different and very effective. In Israel you keep your shoes on, and can take water with you. In the states we have what is called faux security or security theater.

    On a side note, racial profiling, like Affirmative action, is based on historical statistics regarding some hyphenated individual. Neither takes into account the actual person, but data on a historical context. And they are both wrong as they violate the individuals rights, and rights of other individuals.

    You’re absolutely right. Racial profiling is not only an anathema, but it is also ineffective. And, it bears no relationship to behavioral profiling. I am completely in favor of behavioral profiling, but we have to recognize that there is a cost involved. The agents have to be far better educated and far better trained than ours are. That also means more pay. But, I just pulled out an e-ticket for a January meeting in the UK. I am paying a total of US $294.70 in US and UK taxes, customs, passenger services fees customs, immigration and security fees. There are obviously funds generated to underwrite this cost. And, an efficient, effective security system has to result in cost savings to the airlines and travelers, particularly business travelers. It is hard to makes the case that our current system is the best use of our resources or that it promotes the highest level of safety and security.

  • More Liberty

    The Real Royal King said:
    It is hard to makes the case that our current system is the best use of our resources or that it promotes the highest level of safety and security.

    I couldn’t agree more King.

  • Tony the Fist

    God slap my face, but well said, RRK. Also, aren’t Semetic Arabs technically Caucasian? So it wouldn’t be racial profiling (possible freudian slip) but ethnic profiling. But then you’d have to add certain Africans to the mix (underwear bomber, the Christmas tree bomber). I agree, behavioral profiling would be best. I think the TSA should just randomly shout out, “Death to…” and whoever says “..America! Lalalala!” just pull them out of line. ;)

  • timzank

    The Real Royal King said:
    You’re absolutely right. Racial profiling is not only an anathema, but it is also ineffective. And, it bears no relationship to behavioral profiling. I am completely in favor of behavioral profiling, but we have to recognize that there is a cost involved. The agents have to be far better educated and far better trained than ours are. That also means more pay. But, I just pulled out an e-ticket for a January meeting in the UK. I am paying a total of US $294.70 in US and UK taxes, customs, passenger services fees customs, immigration and security fees. There are obviously funds generated to underwrite this cost. And, an efficient, effective security system has to result in cost savings to the airlines and travelers, particularly business travelers. It is hard to makes the case that our current system is the best use of our resources or that it promotes the highest level of safety and security.

    heh, nice . I love how all of your posts are designed to “slip in” some reference to your supposed international travel, high level meetings, and all around gadfly lifestyle.

    Please. You’re trying too hard junior. Make it more subtle and maybe more people will buy into it.

    I still say you’re a sophomore at a community college.

  • BatBoy

    Since we are fighting Terrorist…should it be called “Terrorist Profiling aka “Behavioral Profiling?”

    Since most of the terrorists have been Muslims, that is a religion.

    Hell, you lefties “Profile” Christians every day….so I ask again…what is the Big Deal about profiling terrorist?

  • More Liberty

    Tony the Fist said:
    I agree, behavioral profiling would be best. I think the TSA should just randomly shout out, “Death to…” and whoever says “..America! Lalalala!” just pull them out of line. ;)

    LOL…that was awesome.

  • skyfet

    To adopt his dumb logic,during the IRA bombing, Hannity would have been selected as a possible bomber due to his Irish background.

  • pakattak

    More Liberty said:
    You don’t have to racial profile when actually profiling like Israel. Here in the US, we look for the bombs, knives, baby food, and etc. In Israel they look for the terrorist by doing behavior profiling. It’s very different and very effective. In Israel you keep your shoes on, and can take water with you. In the states we have what is called faux security or security theater.

    On a side note, racial profiling, like Affirmative action, is based on historical statistics regarding some hyphenated individual. Neither takes into account the actual person, but data on a historical context. And they are both wrong as they violate the individuals rights, and rights of other individuals.

    It doesn’t happen often, but I agree with you on all counts.

  • timzank

    skyfet said:
    To adopt his dumb logic,during the IRA bombing, Hannity would have been selected as a possible bomber due to his Irish background.

    And in your world (which is obviously clueless) when a bank is robbed by 3 large black men, your police force will immediately begin searching for 2 short overweight hispanic males.

    Gawd you have no common sense.

  • DonnaK

    Big-head Hannity knows exactly what he is doing when he makes “mistakes” like this. He just wants to get more attention for himself and his show. It seems to me that Fox and all it’s shows now are just reality, publicity seeking pieces of crap—how they can say with a straight face that they are a news organization is laughable.

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: TSA should ask passengers before boarding.”Do you believe in Mohammed”? Depending on the answer is weather you get the pat, screen or just get let thru. Another fly pigs on each flight if a Muslim wants to kill themselves it’s done with fact they died with the pig!

  • timzank

    DonnaK said:
    Big-head Hannity knows exactly what he is doing when he makes “mistakes” like this. He just wants to get more attention for himself and his show. It seems to me that Fox and all it’s shows now are just reality, publicity seeking pieces of crap—how they can say with a straight face that they are a news organization is laughable.

    Millions of your fellow citizens obviously feel quite differently.

  • skyfet

    @timzank
    Lol, you have no idea, am agreeing with O’Hannity. If Police were looking for IRA Bombers in the UK in the 80′s and 90′s O’Hannity will fit the bill. Capiche

    What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. ahhhhhhh.

  • Some_Dude

    timzank said:
    And in your world (which is obviously clueless) when a bank is robbed by 3 large black men, your police force will immediately begin searching for 2 short overweight hispanic males.

    Gawd you have no common sense.

    Your analogy fails because in the case you cited law enforcement is already aware of the race, sex, and general size of the culprits.

    The person you cited was correct, because they were pointing out how racial profiling could have irrationally been used to single out Hannity due to his ethnic history.

    You’re not clever enough to be telling anyone that they lack common sense, by the way. And I love the 14 year old girl way of spelling it Gawd. Like totally for sheesles!

  • timzank

    skyfet said:
    @timzankLol, you have no idea, am agreeing with O’Hannity. If Police were looking for IRA Bombers in the UK in the 80’s and 90’s O’Hannity will fit the bill. Capiche What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. ahhhhhhh.

    Your honest beliefs are “no profiling”, we know this from your numerous lefty cluless posts, you were being facetious.

  • skyfet

    @timzank
    Now you are telling me I don’t believe what am saying? so you are being defensive when the table is turned? ahh, hypocrisy I smell.

    When the IRA were being hunted O’ hannity would be taken aside for extra screening plain and simple.

    So you’ll have it for others, but when the table is turned you start crying “Freedommmmmmm” like Wallace in Braveheart, you sir are not William Wallace, you sir sound like a phony to me. Capiche

  • Bonnie_Mazel

    I don’t know if Hannity is smart enough to say anything correctly and if he makes a mistake it is because he just isn’t very bright guy. He didn’t have his script in-front of him to read and when he alibis he always screws up. He can’t help himself, he is just a bigot.

  • valkyrie101

    See, already Juan Williams is paying dividends.

  • The Real Royal King

    timzank said:
    And in your world (which is obviously clueless) when a bank is robbed by 3 large black men, your police force will immediately begin searching for 2 short overweight hispanic males.

    Gawd you have no common sense.

    Actually, it makes more sense than your comment. Profiling is pre-crime or pre-suspect screening. You have described suspect identification. That is permissible, and it always has been.

  • The Real Royal King

    Bonnie_Mazel said:
    I don’t know if Hannity is smart enough to say anything correctly and if he makes a mistake it is because he just isn’t very bright guy. He didn’t have his script in-front of him to read and when he alibis he always screws up. He can’t help himself, he is just a bigot.

    He is singularly dimwitted, isn’t he? I tend to forget that, and I am constantly surprised by things he says and does. Maybe that’s not always that bad. Beckerhead is bright enough to be an adept snake oil salesman, Bill-o is sharp enough to realize he has made a mistake and then get really shrill and mean to try to mask it, O’Van Susteren is cunning enough to be able to pander mercilessly, but a bit too thin-skinned to ever truly bust into the top. O’Hannity is rather the Il Douchey of the evening blabber shows.

  • The Real Royal King

    timzank said:
    Your honest beliefs are “no profiling”, we know this from your numerous lefty cluless posts, you were being facetious.

    I should add the skyfet has rather consistently been opposed to RACIAL PROFILING.

  • StewartIII

    Hot Air| Video: Muslim author says, “Profile me!”
    http://hotair.com/archives/2010/11/30/video-muslim-author-says-profile-me/

  • writer

    I think it would be nice if everyone on this site would describe the different places they’ve traveled to. It should be included in every post… no matter the topic. The farther away and the more often you’ve traveled, the more impressed everyone will be. (slide show optional)

  • The Lantern of Truth

    I ‘m KING . I profile no one . Some sunny Sundays , I motor South in the Royal Plymouth to the border to give rides to any undocumented visitors . I never ask what their business is , or why they’re here . I merely register them to vote as good Democrats .

  • writer

    Anyone offering rides to people slipping across the border should regale them with tales of places they’ve traveled. Makes the trip more enjoyable.

  • The Real Royal King

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    I ‘m KING . I profile no one . Some sunny Sundays , I motor South in the Royal Plymouth to the border to give rides to any undocumented visitors . I never ask what their business is , or why they’re here . I merely register them to vote as good Democrats .

    That makes you a liar, pure and simple. No surprise there, Kumquat.

  • dummy123

    Racial profiling??
    The news will not even tell us the race of wanted violent criminal….unless they are WHITE?

  • writer

    I traveled to Illinois last week.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    I ‘m KING . I profile no one . Some sunny Sundays , I motor South in the Royal Plymouth to the border to give rides to any undocumented visitors . I never ask what their business is , or why they’re here . I merely register them to vote as good Democrats .

    KING here . I often regale my passengers with my interesting stories of my many trips to Dallas , various meals I have supped and stories of why Fox “News ” is dangerous to our way of life the way they demonize our beloved President . After a while , a lot of them ask me to pull over and let them out . Some don’t say a word , and just open the car door and leap while the car is still moving .

  • writer

    Whenever I’m staying at Buckingham Palace, I always make sure to bring photos of my trip to Kenya.

  • leftofsocialist

    We’re most revealed when we are flustered. Notice what Hannity’s instinctive reaction is when Williams calls him out on his “racial profiling” comment: “I didn’t sa….” He catches himself and then seconds later says,”I didn’t mean racial ..” This fits with all the other false denials Hannity is known for making. If he had cojones he’d speak his mind instead of staying so scripted. Like a little abused altar boy he just recites litanies. Sigh!

  • tws258

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    KING here . I often regale my passengers with my interesting stories of my many trips to Dallas , various meals I have supped and stories of why Fox “News ” is dangerous to our way of life the way they demonize our beloved President . After a while , a lot of them ask me to pull over and let them out . Some don’t say a word , and just open the car door and leap while the car is still moving .

    LOL !

  • The Real Royal King

    dummy123 said:
    Racial profiling??
    The news will not even tell us the race of wanted violent criminal….unless they are WHITE?

    That’s not accurate.

  • skyfet

    @dummy123
    They don’t mention race unless they have witness who saw the assailant. I guess you wouldn’t know that since you are a dummy. Coming from someone who calls himself a dummy, I shouldn’t take your comments seriously.

  • chatmandu002

    What is wrong with criminal profiling???? What is wrong with terrorist profiling???

  • dummy123

    skyfet said:
    @dummy123
    They don’t mention race unless they have witness who saw the assailant. I guess you wouldn’t know that since you are a dummy. Coming from someone who calls himself a dummy, I shouldn’t take your comments seriously.

    Sorry Skyfart…. I live in the NYC area so i am giving you a huge test sampling.
    The race of non-Caucasian suspects in NEVER given even during a breaking news situation where a detailed description could help to quickly apprehend a violent criminal.
    Come on I know a lot of you media room knuckleheads are reading this……help a dummy out please.

  • skyfet

    @dummy123
    Dummy, let me break it down for ya. A suspect’s ethnicity can’t be defined unless there are witnesses to that fact or he was seen in a security camera. Capiche!

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    While we’re at it what’s wrong with segregation and slavery, right, Sean?

  • LibertySister

    I see racial profiling everyday i watch a TV commercial or a sitcom.
    Who’s always the idiots or clueless stupid ones too get the laughs?

  • jooce81

    Juan Williams response to Sean Hannity’s question should have been “Nothing Cracka”

  • TCinAZ

    What’s wrong with The Prophet Osman The Prophet’s wanting “A Whole Bunch Of People to Blowed Up REAL Good”?

    Well for One thing, it would hurt a LOT of Haji Extremists and Progressives Feeeelings (Aww) because he Wasn’t The “Next” Tim McVeigh. And we can’t have That, Now Can We. : (

  • http://www.armwood.com armwood

    Tony the Fist said:
    God slap my face, but well said, RRK. Also, aren’t Semetic Arabs technically Caucasian? So it wouldn’t be racial profiling (possible freudian slip) but ethnic profiling. But then you’d have to add certain Africans to the mix (underwear bomber, the Christmas tree bomber). I agree, behavioral profiling would be best. I think the TSA should just randomly shout out, “Death to…” and whoever says “..America! Lalalala!” just pull them out of line. ;)

    Technically there is no such thing as a race. There is not scientific basis for the concept of race.

  • http://www.armwood.com armwood

    pakattak said:
    It doesn’t happen often, but I agree with you on all counts.

    You totally misunderstand affirmative action, geez. Please learn some American history before you post:

    President Lyndon Johnson

    “You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: ‘now, you are free to go where you want, do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please.’ You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race, saying, ‘you are free to compete with all the others,’ and still justly believe you have been completely fair . . . This is the next and more profound stage of the battle for civil rights. We seek not just freedom but opportunity—not just legal equity but human ability—not just equality as a right and a theory, but equality as a fact and as a result.”

    Executive Order 11246 enforces affirmative action for the first time

    Issued by President Johnson, the executive order requires government contractors to “take affirmative action” toward prospective minority employees in all aspects of hiring and employment. Contractors must take specific measures to ensure equality in hiring and must document these efforts. On Oct. 13, 1967, the order was amended to cover discrimination on the basis of gender.

    Read more: Affirmative Action Timeline — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/affirmativetimeline1.html#ixzz17032r7hn

    Read more: Affirmative Action Timeline — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/affirmativetimeline1.html#ixzz1702W8nIz

  • CAconservative

    Not profiling is idiocy. Profiling is the most important policing tools there is and we’re not suppose to use it because someone’s feeling will get hurt…too damned bad! We are suppose to put in harms way because some clown thinks he/she is being discriminated against? This political correctness crap is going to get people killed.

  • timcajun

    I don’t think there is anything wrong with profiling. Its all part of the “final solution”, which reminds me, all persons besides the teas, should report to your local internment camp! “schnell, schnell, schnell”!

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