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| Don Imus Discussion | |
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| Yoyo | Apr 16 2007, 08:01 AM Post #1 |
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now, i didn't listen to his radio show or anything, but from what i gathered Don Imus of Imus in the morning wasn't exactly a kind fellow. his shtick was to insult people, for the most part, and he made a good twenty years doing that. recently if you've been watching the news, Imus was fired from the radio station after he made a few racial and sexist comments against the Rutgers basketball team. Some say he had it coming for years now, and it's true he might have been pretty edgy with his content up until now. But, I have a few problems with the entire tale i need to get off my chest.
as expected, this comment didn't sit well with the african american community, and they started to pretty much rally against the guy. Sure, he was a bastard, from what i've seen, but the guy's a radio show host. freedom of speech and all, I figured. in any case... Al Sharpton got involved in the case, and- and this wasn't even asking, it was demanding- Imus be fired for his comments. Now, if you'll look back a bit further, Sharpton stuck his nose in another case recently about the african american man who got shot up by white police officers in brooklyn. frankly, the guy can do whatever he damn well pleases if you ask me, but I just wish he would come out and say that HES the one that's the racist in the case he's discussing. Since a few years back when he took a case- the Tawney Brawley Contreversy- where... well, you can read the Wikipedia clipping.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton#T...ley_controversy Hmph. I found this other clipping from the same Wiki section almost amusing... almost.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton#A..._and_Homophobia notice it says he didn't do anything about the racist portion of his argument. hmm. In any case, he's been around a lot recently, and I'm sick of seeing him popping up whenever there's a black person in need somewhere. He likes to pick fights as well, it seems, as he was the one who called Don Imus for an interview on his own (sharptons) radio program, again stating that he should be fired for, and i quote... ok, i can't quote it exactly, but Sharpton said that it was racist and sexist of Imus. and it may have been, but i'm sure Sharpton was really one to talk about being racist. it's a bit ironic, i think. or hypocrytical. whichever sounds better. ah, by the way; any supporters of Sharpton, if you can prove that he's not a racist, try to. aside from Sharpton, however, the other side of the story that positively infuriated me was the Rutger's response to Imus's appology. This one i CAN quote.
Source: TCPalm News The women on the Rutgers team seem to think that thy were personally attacked by Imus, and while they were, what he did was nothing more than a punch on the shoulder. they make the entire thing seem as if he had taken them by the throat and started punching them in the stomach. Its nice and all that they have to struggle for attention like this, but let's be fucking serious here; three words from one guy on a radio show is not going to destroy your future. It might hurt for a while, but for god sake, people, GET THE HELL OVER YOURSELVES! Ah, by the way. OF COURSE ITS SAD FOR SOMEONE TO LOSE THEIR JOB, HES BEEN AT IT FOR TWENTY BLOODY YEARS!
*calms down some* I know the Rutgers team is in the NCAA chamionship, or at least, was at the time, and they were doing pretty well for themselves. but once again, if you didn't want your 'moment of grace' lost, why the FUCK would you make such a big deal out of the story when you've got bigger things to do with your time, like celebrating that grace and all?! what's more, Imus apologized on the air live, not once, but two times to try and get the Rutgers team to forgive him. While he may have deserved to be fired, if they truly forgave him like they said they were going to do, why was he still fired? most people wouldn't want any punishment given if they already forgave the person in question. one more thing: the news has been talkiing about the case recently and acting as if the fact that Imus was fired for his remarks was actually going to change anything in the way we screen radio shows or anything, or something like that. My view on that side of the argument is that THIS THING WONT DO SHIT. It was a one-sided battle with one man against a few thousand, hundred thousand protesters who probably didn't know the full story. all of a sudden people aren't just going to go, "oh, since this happened here we should stop doing this on our station," or anything like that. this thing is like throwing a pebble into a lake, it ripples out a bit, but the lake still swallows it up. Nothing is going to change from this, except one man loses his job and the protesters get their fill of blood for the day, then things move on. nothing else is going to happen as a repercussion of this. perhaps this is just a tirade, and I know it won't change anything, but its been on my mind and i needed to get it off my chest. the entire case seems wrong to me, from the Rutger's team to Sharpton's involvement, to pretty much all of it. Discuss, I suppose. |
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