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My take on this Rudgers vs. Imus thing..
Shallow:
The media picking up the story is what made it so popular. If no one reported then it would have been just another 20 second spot of ignorance in a long line of 20 second spots of ignorance from that show and no one would have been offended except maybe the 2 or 3 black women that by chance stumbled on his show that night. The rest of his audience know what they're getting into when they tune in to him.
Should he be fired? Well that's up to the people that employ him. All these idiots like Sharpton have no right to demand the termination of any man or woman because they don't like what he says. It's up to the people who run the network. If a man comes into my house house for a party and says things I dislike I have every right to ask him to leave, but if I'm attending someone else's party and a guest or resident of that house is pissing me off my right to kick him out does not exist. I can leave, I can tell the owner that it may not be a wise idea to keep this guy if you want to keep your party in a good mood, but I have absolutely no right to tell the owner that the person in question must leave. If I ran MSNBC or CBS Radio I'd have him kicked off the air 30 years ago. I'd also never air any rap videos that promote stereotypes or racism. This would be my choice as a person in charge who wants to run my company my way. The second some idiot like Sharpton tells me I have to fire someone is the second I invite him over to my house, get him to say all sorts of nasty things and get it on hidden camera then air it in place of the program I just cancelled.
Fuck Sharpton and any other communist asshole that thinks it's okay to tell anyone how to run their business. Imus is a dick head and always was one. Where were all these fucks like Sharpton when Imus was throwing the word "rag head" around like it was going out of style? Just a bunch of lobbyist dimwits looking for attention. Why doesn't Sharpton willingly step down from his on air duties due to his remarks about jews? Because he's an idiot hypocrite who put on the air by other idiots just to get people angry. The media is just plagued by irresponsibility, both in the stories they push and in the way they push those stories.
As for the comments themselves. I think it's a real chilidish asshole thing to laugh at a bunch of young girls because you think they're ugly. It's really something you'd expect to see on the schoolyard and I don't see how grown men can enjoy watching shit like that on TV. I didn't find it racist or even all that sexist, but it is "appearancism" and it's something that is very insulting and mean spirited despite what Imus said about that. I think if these were ugly muscular white women with hair on their bodies that him and Rosenberg would be laughing just as much, but then it wouldn't be a big deal. Also, it was Sid Rosenberg that instigated the remark with his "hard core hoes" insult. Why is he getting off scot free, when he has a much larger history with this particular style of hate. Maybe Mel Gibson's dad Hutton maybe have some theories on why he's being protected.
(Rosenberg once called Venus and Serena animals and said they should be posing in National Geographic rather than Playboy, which even I found a bit funny).
Don Jacob:
fuck both parties involved, i'd rather be hearing about something important!
like charles barkley said , he said something stupid, but he should be fied for saying something stupid
and i'll add this; sticks and stones might break some bones but words shouldn't hurt you, that's the oldest saying in the book but it rings true.
let imus say something about me and i'd laugh it up.....then let the media over analyze it like they did here , and i'd go on every talk shoe (yeah i said shoe) circuit and just basically say...."hey, i don't know what he's got against me but i'm not like that, let me show you how i really am"....then i'd bust out and cook some fucking eggs and toast for the audience or something...then i'd look in the camera and say thanks dude you just made me a celebrity for 15 minutes.
IMO if you get offended over words then you believe what that person is saying and are in denial about it.
i'm not saying that any of those girls ARE indeed nappy headed or hoes, but seriously if you're not that inwhich he's saying you are....no need to start your period early over the matter. just laugh all the way to the bank off of his words.
jeromechickenbone:
Not that I listen to him, but Imus says offensive shit all the time. So does Howard Stern, Bubba The Love Sponge, etc. All shock jocks do - it's their schtick. How come nobody gives a fuck about all the other offensive shit he says? It's all such bullshit overhyped and sensationalized by the media and others to further a political agenda. Where were Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson when Tim Hardaway said he hates Gay people?
I'm actually pissed that I even commented on this because it's so fucking stupid.
Samoan Enforcer:
Nappy Headed Ho's lol
Garth Brooks:
well they have pulled his show on msnbc for ever now.... and im completly saddend.. they make fun of everyone no one bitches about it till its blacks.. im not racsit but blacks piss me off.. alot of them... least there were alot of blacks on the news today saying they shouldnt ban imus and he is a good person. and they were arguing with other blacks.. oh well they suck.
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