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>> i think words do have meaning and words have history and we can't divorce words from their context. that's why it's hard 400 years later for white people to use the n word and it not be seen as deeply entrenched in a white supremacist legacy. black people have used the word in ways that have been different, for redemptive purposes for ironic purposes and also sometimes for painful purposes. it's said that martin luther king jr was looking for andy. he said little niggar where have you been? we wouldn't accuse him of hating black people. context matters. only in the frame of a white supreme ...

Easter bunny and eggs and everything. >> the easter bunny is a religious sign, after all, having died for our sins. >> that's right. one parent says this is absolutely not right. take a listen to this guy. >> i believe this is against the constitution. it's just against the separation of church and state to allow the flyers to be distributed by school officials. >> upset that the kids got the flyers coming home. here's a quote from gray lipper, take a listen to what he has to say. he says, it would be one thing if this were an easter egg hunt and an other secular setting, but this invitation w...

To that you say what? >> my response to that is stop projecting. you've got her father, you've got her husband. why does everybody think they can project into, as jeff says, this kind of stealing away the family's rights here. she is dead. >> you're taking it out of context. >> one at a time. >> she is dead. she is a cadaver. it's ghoulish what you people are talking about. >> sunny, what about that? if she has told her husband, i don't want to be on a ventilator, i'm a trained paramedic, i know what it's like. >> i don't doubt that they had that conversation. i doubt the fact that they would ...

That conversation. i doubt the fact that they would have the conversation in this context. that's why i -- >> aren't you projecting yourself into what she wants? >> no. context matters. we don't know what she wants. >> how can you say that? >> one at a time. >> it's very difficult for women to talk about this without projecting ourselves. any of us could find ourselves in that position. >> that's right. but the issue is, who decides? we have the people who love her most in the world, the people who know her best, say let nature take its course. let her die. alternatively, we have you and the t...

Understand. if this mother knew she was pregnant and going to be in this situation, she would do anything to bring that fetus to life. >> that is right, she may have actually changed her mind in this situation, we don't know that. >> well, we do know that this is someone who is a paramedic. her husband said she's had this discussion. her father said she's had this discussion. and now i've got two females here. i know i'm going to be accused of not having a uterus again. >> there you go, mark. you're crossing the line. >> the fact remains that she did have this discussion. unless you're calling...