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04-09-2007, 04:37 PM
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I hope he keeps his show, I enjoy it.
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04-09-2007, 05:34 PM
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Amazing Imus speaks his mind and is chastised.
Being PC is getting so over board that one cannot say any thing with out getting in TROUBLE?
It may have been His beliefs as He saw it, but how many others say things that are accepted without a word?
Oh, I am not a big Imus Fan or anyother talk radio nut!
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04-09-2007, 05:38 PM
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It may have been His beliefs as He saw it, but how many others say things that are accepted without a word? 
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Is he a deity or something?
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04-09-2007, 05:40 PM
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I'm shocked to hear some of the comments made on this thread. He spoke his mind to millions of listeners and it was not okay in no way, shape, or form. Nuff said.
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04-09-2007, 06:06 PM
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Fine, if he should be kicked off for this, Imus should be fired retroactively for making comments about executing President Bush. Or, we could let the apology stand, stop wasting time being so outraged about petty things, and be productive members of society. Hell, maybe with all that productivity we gain, somebody will invent a magic switch which allows us to turn off something we don't want to listen to or view.
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04-09-2007, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by shinerbock
Fine, if he should be kicked off for this, Imus should be fired retroactively for making comments about executing President Bush. Or, we could let the apology stand, stop wasting time being so outraged about petty things, and be productive members of society. Hell, maybe with all that productivity we gain, somebody will invent a magic switch which allows us to turn off something we don't want to listen to or view.
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Do you even think racism exists in this country? Or is something that us colored folks have been dreaming up in our heads all these years?
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04-09-2007, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by shinerbock
Fine, if he should be kicked off for this, Imus should be fired retroactively for making comments about executing President Bush. Or, we could let the apology stand, stop wasting time being so outraged about petty things, and be productive members of society. Hell, maybe with all that productivity we gain, somebody will invent a magic switch which allows us to turn off something we don't want to listen to or view.
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Who in the hell are you to tell someone what's petty??
Every time something like this happens you can always count on the same MF's to pipe in telling people what they should shouldn't be offended about.
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Do you even think racism exists in this country? Or is something that us colored folks have been dreaming up in our heads all these years?
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Right.
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04-09-2007, 06:29 PM
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Who in the hell are you to tell someone what's petty??
Every time something like this happens you can always count on the same MF's to pipe in telling people what they should shouldn't be offended about.
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I'm right there with you, but I'm trying to be nice about it. This is off the chain.
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04-09-2007, 06:33 PM
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To the moronic defenders:
Making a comment about a specific person based on his actions is ENTIRELY different from making racist comments about a group of people. Just because those comments were directed at the basketball players doesn't keep it from offending all black women. duh
Anyway,
I honestly think the whole thing is a publicity stunt. I never heard of this guy before this. He knew exactly what he was saying and that it would offend black people. He just figured it was worth the risk. Even if he gets fired, someone else will snap him up and give him a bigger audience with more money.
Black people are an easy target. We have hip-hop artists who sell us out everyday. They get rich calling us N's, B's, and ho's. They show black women degrading themselves. Kids grow up seeing this and think that this is how they need to act in order to be sucessful or respected  . Basically, we don't support each other (on a large scale) and we constantly and publicly degrade each other. What's stopping anyone else from doing the same?
Do you really think anything detrimental will happen to him (or the guy he was talking with)? I don't, not in the long-run.
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04-09-2007, 06:37 PM
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I knew it
I just heard on the news that he's getting suspended for two weeks.
Clearly, not enough!
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04-09-2007, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Sahara
Black people are an easy target. We have hip-hop artists who sell us out everyday. They get rich calling us N's, B's, and ho's. They show black women degrading themselves. Kids grow up seeing this and think that this is how they need to act in order to be sucessful or respected  . Basically, we don't support each other (on a large scale) and we constantly and publicly degrade each other. What's stopping anyone else from doing the same?
Do you really think anything detrimental will happen to him (or the guy he was talking with)? I don't, not in the long-run.
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Sad to say, but I agree.
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04-09-2007, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Sahara
To the moronic defenders:
Making a comment about a specific person based on his actions is ENTIRELY different from making racist comments about a group of people. Just because those comments were directed at the basketball players doesn't keep it from offending all black women. duh
Anyway,
I honestly think the whole thing is a publicity stunt. I never heard of this guy before this. He knew exactly what he was saying and that it would offend black people. He just figured it was worth the risk. Even if he gets fired, someone else will snap him up and give him a bigger audience with more money.
Black people are an easy target. We have hip-hop artists who sell us out everyday. They get rich calling us N's, B's, and ho's. They show black women degrading themselves. Kids grow up seeing this and think that this is how they need to act in order to be sucessful or respected  . Basically, we don't support each other (on a large scale) and we constantly and publicly degrade each other. What's stopping anyone else from doing the same?
Do you really think anything detrimental will happen to him (or the guy he was talking with)? I don't, not in the long-run.
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04-09-2007, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Sahara
Anyway,
I honestly think the whole thing is a publicity stunt. I never heard of this guy before this. He knew exactly what he was saying and that it would offend black people. He just figured it was worth the risk. Even if he gets fired, someone else will snap him up and give him a bigger audience with more money.
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Conspiracy theories suck.
Imus is the man and most of the people who would listen to his show are already listening to it. Most of the people boycotting his show weren't really listeners.
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04-10-2007, 11:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sahara
We have hip-hop artists who sell us out everyday. They get rich calling us N's, B's, and ho's. They show black women degrading themselves. Kids grow up seeing this and think that this is how they need to act in order to be sucessful or respected  . Basically, we don't support each other (on a large scale) and we constantly and publicly degrade each other. What's stopping anyone else from doing the same?
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Why isn't there a thread about this instead of Imus? I mean the crap you mentioned gets played over our airwaves (I think) pretty much all day, every day, in every city in the U.S. Why is it just a white radio talk host (and an obscure one at that) being called out?
Honestly, his comments are tame compared to many song lyrics which the FCC has no problem with. Whoever mentioned FCC sactions has got to be kidding.
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04-09-2007, 06:18 PM
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Firstly, I never said he should get kicked off; I simply conveyed my position on him using these blatant derogatory statements. Honestly, I knew nothing about Imus prior to hearing about this controversy so I am not aware of what he's said before. I am, however incensed by the fact that you call it "petty." What is "petty" about those comments? Please help me see what you're seeing. And if I see the light, I promise to apologize for not reading the memo.
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