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Originally Posted by ladygreek

Mr. Thomas has exposed his volatile side before.

I have followed it and am not outraged. But then I wasn't outraged about Imus, either. I've gotten more selective about what outrages me as I have gotten older--it's that high blood pressure thing. LOL

Excellent point.

If we as a people were more selective about what to really get outraged about (read: make a public outcry of some sort) and what to just let slide (read: discuss among ourselves, but not make a big fanfare about it) on a more consistent basis, then the public outcries we do make would have more of an impact, would get everyone's attention, and would be more likely to garner constructive results rather than the public blowing us off at every little instance we get slighted and accusing us of playing the victim card.

I originally "sided" with Dlta22's original post, but after reading the responses here, I agree with the consensus: sometimes it is just best to keep quiet and let the wheels of justice do its job; sometimes by having the public make a bunch of noise over the matter actually aggravates the matter and sometimes is counterproductive.

That said, I think Don Imus' remark, while highly inappropriate, the reaction to it was blown WAY, WAY outta proportion, especially considering his personal character and demeanor (read: everyone knows how Imus is; why is now everybody is shocked). His firing solved nothing, it only created an illusion of rectification.

LG is right, we need to better pick our battles.