Glenn Beck to Don Lemon: If I Used the N-Word, I’d Be off the Air

LEMON: “What is your opinion about that?” 
BECK: “I don't think anybody should use it. I don't think you should use it. I don't think -- I don't you using it -- I wouldn't feel comfortable using it. If I used it on the program, you just used it, as a journalist, in context. If I used it, I can guarantee you that tomorrow or tonight would be the last time I would be seen on broadcast. The words -- sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt us, OK. That's not true in America –“
LEMON: “It's a double standard for blacks and white –“
BECK: “Yes.”
LEMON: “Are you saying?”
BECK: “But it's not just -- no, no, no, it's not just the double standard, because there are many words now we're banning. I think that's a bad word. I mean I was race to hear that word and say that it was bad long before political correctness. My parents taught me that was a bad word. So I don't use that word. I don't associate with people who use that word. I don't understand why it's used in rap lyrics. I'm sorry. It's either a bad word or it's not –“
LEMON: “Yes.”
BECK: “I'm not for banning of words. I personally don't use that word. I don't like this political correct world we live in, where it's gone from a couple of words we stay away from to, now we're starting to ban ideas.” 
LEMON: “And that, well, that's what I want to talk you about. I think that in the context that I say because the president didn't say the N- word, he said the actual word and that's why I said it. Otherwise, I don't like using that word. As a matter of fact, I hate that word –“
BECK: “Yeah.”
LEMON: “You brought up political correctness. Do you think it's harder now, do you think it's made it more difficult to talk about issues. Seriously –“
BECK: “Oh my, God.”
LEMON: “Like race, sex or religion?”
BECK: “I truly believe Don, that the reason why -- I mean, this is happened to me before in my life. This is happened with me and Sean Hannity and Mark Levin. We have a mutual friend who was feeding us things that they said the other guys said about us. Do you know -- you know he said this about you? I didn't know that, no. Oh, yeah, he is not really a fan. Then he would tell somebody else, so you tell one of those guys. Did you know what Glenn what said about you guys? To keep us apart, so we never talk. Until I finally just wrote the guy and said, this is ridiculous. We believe -- we don't believe all of the same things, but we believe many of the same things, and we're in the same business. Why are we talking to one another –“
LEMON: “Yeah.”
BECK: “If I've done something to hurt you, please, let me know and let me correct it now –“
LEMON: “I mean –“
BECK: “That's when the wall fell. The same thing has to happen now. Political correctness is keeping us -- keeping me from talking to you and you from talking to me because some of your viewers won't like it.”