Unintentionally hilarious post of the day.

CBS plugged the pull on this fool so thats that!!!

For some reason, I see a career for him at Sirius.

Blackmail works.

I agree.

I wasn't saying that we should ignore this. I think we need to apply the same standard across the board.

I personally haven't listed to Imus in well over a decade and didn't realize that he wasn't still in the "shock jock" business, because he very much was a "shock jock" when he was being carried by a local Detroit radio station. I think that all shock jocks have said things this bad or worse. His business was offending people for a long time. There are a lot of shock jocks who are making a living by being offensive. If one is fired for it, then all of them should be.

It was his producer that made the "jiggaboo vs. wannabe" reference and who, in fact, started the conversation, but nobody is slamming him at all. I find that odd too. Shouldn't they be equally responsible here? Held to the same standard? I hope that he has been fired also.

From what I've read, particularly on Wikipedia, he has been an equal opportunity offender. Some excerpts:
Don Imus’ behavior has often drawn the attention of the press. He famously called Rush Limbaugh "a fat, pill-popping loser" and Lesley Stahl a "gutless, lying weasel." His exchange of insults ("fat pig") regarding his show’s former news reader, Contessa Brewer, made news as did Brewer's response ("cantankerous old fool"). When Tucker Carlson brought up Brewer on the program in 2005, Imus hung up on him, calling him "a bowtie-wearing pussy." Some of his targets have not been so prominent, and his attacks often display a more vindictive quality; see Controversies.

Imus has repeatedly referred to Arabs as "ragheads."[8] He has berated many female newsreaders, most recently Contessa Brewer, which caused her to leave the show. After she left the show, Imus went on a tirade, saying, “With that fat ass she’s got, she wouldn’t be one of ‘em,” (a beautiful woman). Imus said on the air, "That skank has to spend three hours with makeup in the morning." The tirade was also tied to comments that were overheard of Contessa's calling Imus “a cantankerous old fool” at a dinner in a restaurant in 2005, when she was still newsreader.[9]

It goes on and on. He probably should have been fired a long time ago.

These issues are not comparable at all. I still cannot believe that white people cannot understand why the connotation when they use 'racial slang' is different than when used by people of the same race. Since apparently most white people are not willing to acknowledge that difference, evidenced by their continued attempts at incorporating it into their dialogues, the best solution for white people is to just leave that language alone. This is especially true since there's such a negative outcry when it's used. Why keep trying? Why worry about it? Why all of a sudden is white America so concerned with the language that blacks use toward each other? I'm not buying the double standard crap. White people don't use that kind of language for any positive reason. Who are we really kidding here?

It is called going main stream.
I do not like, enjoy, or think very highly of the anti-women, the anti-cop, the anti-law, the pro-drug messages et al I see and hear in many of todays music. And who is making these songs?????:eek: :mad: :( And I am NOT talking per se about the music companies.
And where is the "good" Rev on this issue? Hummm.....

I agree, white people shouldn't use that language, any of it.

Imus got fired. The End.

Then I never, ever want to hear the word honkey or camel jockey out of a black person's mouth ever again. And don't worry why they shouldn't use it. Let us white people and Arabs worry about it. :mad:

Because it's the latest trend to excuse the racist tendencies of some white tv/radio personalities.

I'm glad that idiot is out of job.

Imus = Sirius + multi-million $$ contract.

He isn't going to be out of a job for long.

I agree with what you are saying. The funny thing is though....I really don't give a shit if it happens. If some random black guy wants to call me a honkey or a cracker....then so be it. Congratulations. I certainly can find better things to do than start a huge hoopla over it. Chances are the guy is some ghetto fabulous thug who I'll probably be paying to wash my car soon.

Smite me.

I don't think any language of that sort is used in a positive way, unless calling your wife a ho is considered classy in the black community. I'm sorry, you can't own a word or stop just certain people from using a word, especially when it's everywhere around you, from music to movies, to overhearing it in the malls and even in school. You can't expect white people to forget that these words exist if blacks won't stop using these words as well.