Fire Imus?

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Sarah

But none of that matters, because he's a baaaaad, baaaad, evil, hate-mongering person. Right?

None of that matters when the race card is played - and he was dumb enough to play it.

Interestingly, CBS and NBC would have ignored this until his largest sponsors yanked their support. Money talks and Imus walks. Again, he has no one to blame but himself because anyone with half a brain cell knows that a white guy calling a black person a nappy headed ho is going to cause trouble.

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

None of that matters when the race card is played - and he was dumb enough to play it.

I'll agree with you that he was dumb enough to play it, but I don't think that this SHOULD overshadow the charity work. it will, but it shouldn't.

I like being American, but we are a crazy bunch of people. We want handouts. We want free speech. But then, we want to chastise and tell each other to shut up. F-ing crazy.

[ELIUD]

Originally Posted by Sarah

I'll agree with you that he was dumb enough to play it, but I don't think that this SHOULD overshadow the charity work. it will, but it shouldn't.

I like being American, but we are a crazy bunch of people. We want handouts. We want free speech. But then, we want to chastise and tell each other to shut up. F-ing crazy.

Exactly why this is some scary ****. He and his producers said some really stupid remarks, they were offensive to women in sports in general and of course African Americans and just anybody, I was offended and outta my respect for Howard Stern - I just plain hate the guy. But what this confirms is that we really do live in a country that is enforcing politcal correctness and making it unsafe for broadcasters who have opinion shows to say very much at all.

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

None of that matters when the race card is played - and he was dumb enough to play it.

Interestingly, CBS and NBC would have ignored this until his largest sponsors yanked their support. Money talks and Imus walks. Again, he has no one to blame but himself because anyone with half a brain cell knows that a white guy calling a black person a nappy headed ho is going to cause trouble.

I'm guessing that there wouldn't have been an uproar if he had called some nappy-headed 'ho's "nappy-headed ho", instead of upstanding college ladies.

Originally Posted by Sarah

F-ing crazy.

That's ****ing crazy, dear. Even though you can't say ****, you can still say ****ing or ****ed or I think even mother****er and it still works.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by The Tower

I'm guessing that there wouldn't have been an uproar if he had called some nappy-headed 'ho's "nappy-headed ho", instead of upstanding college ladies . . . .

Amen on that!