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Originally Posted by Kevin
He's making a mistake by not deflecting any "blame." If black "artists" use words like that (and worse), no one bats an eyelash... but if a white guy on the radio says it... God help him.. national crisis... This whole situations is absurd.
Pansies. The 2-week hiatus is probably his publicist's idea though. Do you think he'll be sitting at home sipping cosmos during this time? Hell no. The guy's going to be on every talk show from Larry King to the "The View." He'll come back and his market share will have tripled.
To even think that you or Al Sharpton or whoever can teach a 70+ year-old man "a lesson" for daring to utter "insensitive" words is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. For some reason, America seems to be lapping that up as well.
Sans the media circus over this and the repetition of the words over and over, no one would have even heard about this thing, the Rutgers women would have been spared their humiliation, etc. Imus' show and his words would have been like that tree falling in the forest where no one was around to hear it.
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Yeah, pretty sure you can say whatever you want....as long as you aren't a white male.
I haven't really commented on this thing....probably a good thing.....but I just can't help it. "Nappy Headed Hoes" is offensive? Furthermore.......it's racist???? People should be more offended by the fact that Tennessee and Rutgers collectively shot 37% from the field in the Championship. As for Al Sharpton....that bafoon should be kicked in the balls. If anyone listens to the Dan Patrick show on ESPN...you probably heard his recent comments. I was proud of him. He stood up for Imus and blasted Sharpton and Jessie Jackson for basically being hypocrites and ignoring the fact that black rappers have basically made it mainstream and acceptable to use words like that. Pretty ironic. Or maybe that its ok to talk like that.........so long as you are a rapper. He also pointed out that when Bill Cosby criticized rappers for calling women "bitches and hoes," he got criticized by the black community and was called an "Uncle Tom."
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