Friday, April 13, 2007
I just had to say something about this whole situation with Don Imus. No doubt, he made a huge mistake making the women's basketball team of Rutger's University the brunt of a bad joke, but did he really need to be fired over it? I don't like Don Imus, but he has truly been scapegoated for saying things that others say all the time without incidence. Both the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jessie Jackson are forever singling out white celebrities who overstep their bounderies with their negative language, but fail to hold accountable black people who do the same to their own race and culture. If you ask me, it's bigotry in reverse. In any event, I won't miss Don Imus because I was never a fan to begin with, but he will surely follow in the footsteps of Howard Stern (the radio jock, not Anna Nicole's boyfriend) and Opie and Anthony and get a very lucrative deal on satellite radio where he can insult every one equally five mornings a week.
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Oh yes I definitely agree with you on this one. I am not a fan of his either but he certainly shouldn't have been fired over it. And I also agree with what you said about them calling white people names and we don't really make a big fuss out of it. I am not racist but I don't think anyone should have gotten mad over this. All they had to do was ignore him and move on. Too many people today hold grudges over things. Life is too short for that. :)
Nope I Don't Think He Should've Been Fired. Make it seems to much like a dictatorship to me. There are so many other people that get away with saying alot of things. I am a Black Woman and I am not being racist. Oh well. I guess next people are going to get arrested for saying anything offensive. Yes its wrong to say bad things but being fired was a little over the edge for me. There is Howard Stern, BET Comic View, Comedy Central, Adult Swim, Dave Chappelle, Actors, Singers, Rappers, etc. The lists goes on and on about people who have said things that were not appropriate and yet they still have their job.
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