BY BY Imus..

[Scrumhalf]

I think a lot of folks are missing the point. If Imus had taken on a politician, a celebrity, basically a person of some power and standing, and ranted and raved about him/her in as obnoxious a manner as he wanted, he would have got away with it. He has been doing it for years.

The problem was - he picked on a group of defenseless college students who had done nothing to deserve his vituperation. As far as I can tell, they were fine upstanding citizens who have acted with total class during this whole sordid affair. It's like picking on a sixth-grader who had a meltdown in the national spelling bee and throwing vile epithets at him - it was appalling not so much because of what was said but because of the power mismatch. Imus was not taking on his equal, but someone he had no reason to pick on. I think that was the straw that finally broke the camel's back.

Now, I for one am not shedding any tears about his firing. If this brings back just a modicum of civility back into our public airwaves, then good riddance.

[beefcake]

It's so true. It's like if you're a minority like chappelle or mancia, you can say anything about any race, but if you're white, then god help you. Where's the frickin double standard coming from?

[Bouncer]

Who cares about my nationality??? I don't care if people call me a spick...or whatever...:rofl: I'm not saying what he said was right...But WTF....Some white man says some shit like that and they blow this shit out of the water....Fuck that!


Black people are the 1st to pull out the fucking race card; fuck them:)...When some black person gets shot by a cop; oh wait...It was racially motivated:rolleyes: If some black person was called a nigger by a white man; oh wait....He's a racist....bla bla bla.


I'm sick and tired of this "Black" bullshit in America...So what, he said something maybe he should of not; so be it...Look at rap music...But that's ok right? It's the same shit bro...

you specifically said, "nappy headed hoes". i agree with you in terms of the race card and Sharpton and Jackson. you were talking about the female basketball team. they did nothing wrong.

[hardy]

for the first time i agree with rado....

[Bouncer]

You're right...They did nothing wrong...But it was funny:rofl: I don't care what you think, but it was funny...:D

Would you think it was funny if your daughter was on a sports team and some guy says they are bunch of hoes? It would be funny if he was making fun of sharpton or some rapper but not a bunch of kids that play a sport.

[Bouncer]

for the first time i agree with rado....

who the fuck cares.

[Scrumhalf]

Am I the only one to think it was not funny at all? When Dave Chappelle makes some comment about blacks or whites, there is some context that he makes the joke in, and it may be uncomfortable but it is funny.

This was just completely out of left field, because of the total lack of context. It is like walking down the street, punching some unsuspecting person in the gut and laughing at the way he doubles over. Imus might well have insinuated that the players' mamas were wearing combat boots, that was the level of puerile 4th grade humor that he indulged in.

[Bouncer]

Am I the only one to think it was not funny at all?

have you read my post in this thread?

[Bouncer]

Who cares about my nationality??? I don't care if people call me a spick...or whatever.

Would you care if your daughter came home from school and told you that someone called her a greasy burrito eating monkey? What would you think about a grown man that finds that funny?

[blm]

a greasy burrito eating monkey?

:laughnew:

[Shibby]

My point that I think is stupid is how everyone assumed it was racist because of the remark. Well all those people are racist too for stereotyping the comment. He did not use any racial language. He use degrading words to a group of WOMEN, not black women, that's it.

[Scrumhalf]

have you read my post in this thread?

I did read all the posts ...sorry.. that was a rhetorical question.

[Bouncer]

rado, you really are to stupid to try and argue with.

[Bouncer]

My point that I think is stupid is how everyone assumed it was racist because of the remark. Well all those people are racist too for stereotyping the comment. He did not use any racial language. He use degrading words to a group of WOMEN, not black women, that's it.

shibby, "nappy headed hoes" is both racial and sexest. if he was talking about a bunch of white golfers, do you think he would refer to them as "nappy headed"? come on shib, open your eyes bro.

[hardy]

shibby, "nappy headed hoes" is both racial and sexest. if he was talking about a bunch of white golfers, do you think he would refer to them as "nappy headed"? come on shib, open your eyes bro.

but if he called the golfers a bunch of white bread krackers.....nothing would be said.....no uproar nothing. just seems like we have to tip toe around blacks tired of that shit