[Rhodes22-list] Don Imus

[Brad Haslett]

Slim and Rik,

I'm with you on this one Slim, what's the big deal? Sure it was tasteless
and mean spirited, but my radio came with an ON/OFF button as well as a
tuner.  Rik makes a valid observation, listen to rap music (or better yet,
don't).  Michelle Malkin at michellemalkin.com published the lyrics to the
current top five rap songs.  All are full of references to 'ho's' and the N
word that is reserved for only certain people. All the usual professional
race-baiters have appeared right on schedule - Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton,
et al.  There is definitely a double standard!  I've written two letters to
the editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal calling out one of their
columnists, Wendy Thomas, for race-baiting.  Both were published but I soon
realized it was easier to quit reading that newspaper.  Racism, or rather
accusing others of racism,  is a new growth industry in the US.  I'm sick of
it!

Brad

On 4/13/07, Rik Sandberg <sanderico at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Slim,
>
> Ya just gotta laugh ......
>
> Seems like we should have been seeing picket lines outside of all the
> rappers offices for a while now, if they're going to make such a stink
> about this. Don't recall any of them being even much noticed let alone
> fired. But wait ..... could there be a (gasp) double standard here???
>
> People been calling me a dumb Swede for years. Maybe I am ..... just too
> dumb to care???
>
> I expect Imus will be able to thank all these fools for the free
> publicity later ..... after his book comes out.
>
> Rik
>
> Slim wrote:
> > What's the deal here?  Don Imus is a shock jock and he's hired to be
> > shocking and now has been fired for being... um... shocking.  He
> referred to
> > the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos" which is
> certainly
> > racist and offensive to be sure, and I'm in no way defending that
> rhetoric,
> > but he's supposed to be shocking, right?  No less than CBS CEO Les
> Moonves
> > personally caved in to public outrage and fired him for doing his job.
> > Isn't this just a sticks and stones thing?  Freedom of speech?  Do shock
> > jocks now have to be PC?  Howard Stern (I'm no fan of his either) has
> done
> > much worse.  I really don't like either Stern or Imus and I'm not sure
> why
> > I'm writing this but it seems like a stab at freedom of speech and I
> feel
> > bad that Imus was fired--he shouldn't have been.  I've been known to use
> > some very un-PC songs and jokes myself and it's all in the context of
> humor
> > and entertainment.  If you don't like it, there's a Chucky Cheese right
> down
> > the road--go there and have fun!
> >
> > Slim
> >
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