The fact that he said it is bad enough - if he said it, took it back, apologized profusely, and tried to pass it off as a lame attempt as a joke, then it could have all blown over. That I could understand, and we could resume our regularly scheduled discussion of how he's BB's possible answer to Judd Sergeant.

But he not only said it, he tried to justify it. I suppose that, once this hair salon takes off, he'll open one aimed at black folks and have a hair salon for n-----s. And it's OK because they know what they are and their parents know what they are.

Adam is so obnoxious, I actually rooted for Jacob to stay last night. And I hate that jerk.

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LAST EDITED ON 02-15-08 AT 03:43 AM (EST)

>The fact that he said it
>is bad enough - if
>he said it, took it
>back, apologized profusely, and tried
>to pass it off as
>a lame attempt as a
>joke, then it could have
>all blown over. That I
>could understand, and we could
>resume our regularly scheduled discussion
>of how he's BB's possible
>answer to Judd Sergeant.
>
>But he not only said it,
>he tried to justify it.
>I suppose that, once this
>hair salon takes off, he'll
>open one aimed at black
>folks and have a hair
>salon for n-----s. And it's
>OK because they know what
>they are and their parents
>know what they are.
>
>Adam is so obnoxious, I actually
>rooted for Jacob to stay
>last night. And I hate
>that jerk.
>

All too often when someone makes a politically incorrect remark, he or she feels the need to grovel and apologize. Regardless if they are right or wrong.

In this case, Adam refused to kowtow to political correctness. He stood tall and basically told Shelia (not in these exact words) "I made the remark. I'm not sorry! Deal with it!" Shelia was trying to play the role of the politically correct thought police. Adam would have none of it. For that I give Adam props!

Under some circumstances, I would agree, but in context of the game, he's a colossal moron for fouling up his chances as well as his partner's in the game.

Besides, he actually works with those kind of kids. People have lost their jobs for less than that on reality shows (see Strobel, Heidi, Survivor: Amazon for an example.)

Politicall incorrect may be forgivable. Colossally stupid? Not so much.

I just love when the "politically correct" flag gets thrown in to play because right after that will come some excuse for something that is indefensible.

What Adam said was wrong, hurtful and uneducated. It is astounding that anyone would actually hire him as a PR Manager, let alone as a PR Manager of an foundation looking to support people with special needs.

Just so you know, there are quite a few people out there who are now investigating whether his foundation is actually legit (so far it looks pretty fishy).

Also, some advocates of the autism community are blogging about this and providing CBS's phone number, website, etc. recommending that people who are upset by this contact them and let thier opinions be heard.

As a mom of a teenager on the spectrum, I know what I am going to do!

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Agreed.
AZ - Do you have any links?
eta
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_brother_9/bio/adam/bio.php
the comments below his bio mention his org.

Sure do.....

Go to one of my fave bloggers in autismland www.autismvox.com and you can also check out the autism hub to see who else is writing. Good stuff, good people!

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All too often when someone makes a politically incorrect remark, he or she feels the need to grovel and apologize. Regardless if they are right or wrong.

In this case, Adam refused to kowtow to political correctness. He stood tall and basically told Shelia (not in these exact words) "I made the remark. I'm not sorry! Deal with it!" Shelia was trying to play the role of the politically correct thought police. Adam would have none of it. For that I give Adam props!

Your perception of what "political correctness" means is somewhat skewed.

Here are some examples;
African American = politically correct
Black = not politically correct but understandable and not that big a deal
"N" word = bigoted, unforgivable, ignorant, foul, vile ...

Mentally Challenged = politically correct
Retarded = not politically correct (this also depends on the context in which the word is used) but understandable and not that big a deal
Reee-tard = bigoted, unforgivable, ignorant, vile, mean-spirited, stupid...

Shar's World

http://www.unitedautismfoundation.org/

People have been talking about problems with the site -- saying it looks shabby, and the only thing that works reliably is the Donations button. Judge for yourself.

There's also a rumor going around that Adam used to work for CBS (sales), but the network claims he went through the full application process -- which for this, reads as 'what recruitment'?

Either it's a fake page or very poorly done as every link cannot be accessed. The last time I had this problem was when I read the book Rose Red and went to the website and found that it too had the same issues (after all the Rose Red house as well as the Rimbaur's are fake...stupid me..lol). Something is definately fishy.

As for Adam's remark, it's offensive. It's even more offensive because he of all people should know well enough that the word is not considered as a nice way to describe individuals with mental impairments. If he was truly ignorant to the hurt involving that word then it would be a bit more excusable. Maybe the fact that he felt it was acceptable is the telltale sign that he doesn't really have that job or maybe he's pulling a scam on his fellow contestents and other unsuspecting people who donate via the site.

Adam is such a moron, he should be kicked off the show. And so are most of his male house mates for definding him and saying he is a nice guy who cant see why his partner cant stand him. But i think BB picked the most shallow class of people ever the show.

Lowe's pulls ads from BB broadcasts

OUCH!

I guess not all publicity is good publicity, eh SeeBS>?

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