Whoopi!

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Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell's replacement on ABC's "The View," wasted no time to start controversy. According to Reuters, in her debut, Goldberg attempted to justify football star Michael Vick's dogfighting as part of Southern Culture:

" 'He's from the South, from the Deep South ... This is part of his cultural upbringing,' Goldberg said of the Atlanta Falcons quarterback, whose recent fall from grace has been one of the most stunning in the history of U.S. sports."

Too bad Jeffrey Dahmer wasn't from Papua New Guinea, he might have had a better defense for cannibalism.

Not only did Goldberg manage to become a Vick apologist, she managed to stereotype Southern culture and make claims about Chinese people eating cats:

Further, how dare Whoopi Goldberg claim that dog-fighting and torture are a part of the common culture of the south. How dare none of her ABC co-hosts challenge such a maliciously bigoted falsehood. The vast majority of southerners that I know hate dogfighting and look down on the thugs who do it. Are ABC and The View endorsing negative stereotypes about the south?

Y'all listen up. We southerners are tired of being lumped together into one mindless mire. We are sick and tired of being openly portrayed as stupid, backward, ignorant, racist, sexist, hot blooded, lazy, inarticulate, corrupt, violent and unable to take responsibility for our own actions. Such talk toward any other group would be called hateful and intolerant. Shame on the View for allowing such blatant bias to go unchallenged.

Vick is guilty – he admitted it. Enough with the excuses.