Anubis
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the comments wernt even freeking racist they were SEXIST more then anytning
was what he said inappropriate: YES
did he need to be fored over it: NO
its moronic that people are making such a big deal over this
the comments wernt even freeking racist they were SEXIST more then anytning
was what he said inappropriate: YES
did he need to be fored over it: NO
its moronic that people are making such a big deal over this
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Lifer
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Why is everyone so angry over this? The market has spoken. CBS has apparently determined that firing him is more profitable than continuing his show. Everyone here loves to preach about capitalism, but you have a problem with someone using the free market to their advantage?
Two media companies decided that they did not want this fellow to represent their networks, maybe becuase their advertisers didnt want to be associated with Imus.
Personally I watched his show a few times, not my style, but he would never have captured my viewership again after his statements.
He opinions were offensive and if I or you made those sort of statements in front of a customers, we would have be fired without the two week media frenzy.
His 50s-60s racial attitude has been retired, good riddance.
Personally I watched his show a few times, not my style, but he would never have captured my viewership again after his statements.
He opinions were offensive and if I or you made those sort of statements in front of a customers, we would have be fired without the two week media frenzy.
His 50s-60s racial attitude has been retired, good riddance.
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It wouldn't have gotten to this point if Sharpton/Jackson hadn't fanned the flames. They saw an opportunity to pounce and exploit the issue and did so.
Jason Whitlock from the Kansas City Star said it best on Tucker Carlson's show about an hour ago. Sharpton and Jackson are nothing but terrorists running around the country setting fires in the name civil justice.
The problem isnt what he said, its that he legitimized it by apologizing for it.
You can hear things 10 times worse, 100 times more often on Opie and Anthony or Stern...the difference between him and them is that they don't apologize.
It wont take long before someone else rehires Imus. Might be a smaller market, but he'll be back.
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Did anyone see Imus on Sharpton's show? Sharpton had a weak argument and it showed both in his words and behavior. Parading his daughter out and basically saying Imus called all black women "nappy-headed," when in fact he only called one basketball team that and in fact it was clearly specific to that basketball team and not black women as a whole because he praised the other (mostly black) team.
Then Imus tried apologizing again and again and Sharpton wouldn't have any of it. Imus made it clear that he just goes with the flow and that is how his type of show is performed, and in the moment things can get blurted out like that (which is obviously the case here because his co-host set him up for it).
This victim mentality perpetrated by the likes of Sharpton is holding back the black community and I fear it will for a long time to come. The stereotype of the handout-seeking, race card-playing black person is widening the racial divide because the loudest voices among black people are those who fit that stereotype. Underneath the surface white people are sick of it. Sick of discimination in the form of affirmative action, sick of militant black student groups that hold a double standard by being outraged if any white group was to be formed, and sick of censorship aimed solely at whites in the media when blacks get away with blatant racist speech. The problem is in this environment no voice of reason dares come forward for fear of being the next to come under McCarthy-like attacks from Sharpton and Jackson, and the "reverse" discrimination only escalates.
Then Imus tried apologizing again and again and Sharpton wouldn't have any of it. Imus made it clear that he just goes with the flow and that is how his type of show is performed, and in the moment things can get blurted out like that (which is obviously the case here because his co-host set him up for it).
This victim mentality perpetrated by the likes of Sharpton is holding back the black community and I fear it will for a long time to come. The stereotype of the handout-seeking, race card-playing black person is widening the racial divide because the loudest voices among black people are those who fit that stereotype. Underneath the surface white people are sick of it. Sick of discimination in the form of affirmative action, sick of militant black student groups that hold a double standard by being outraged if any white group was to be formed, and sick of censorship aimed solely at whites in the media when blacks get away with blatant racist speech. The problem is in this environment no voice of reason dares come forward for fear of being the next to come under McCarthy-like attacks from Sharpton and Jackson, and the "reverse" discrimination only escalates.
I now consider Sharpton and Jackson as enemies of the United States Constitution.
The list is actually longer with CBS, MSNBC, GM, Proctor & Gamble and all the other pussy advertisers. Market my ass.
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Lifer
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I just find it amazing that this started out as a tasteless and offensive remark, which he acknowledged was wrong and apologized for. This could have ended there. Hell, it may not have even gotten that far if it wasn't given so much news attention, and it wasn't very newsworthy to begin with (IMO).
Well, now it is very newsworthy, so I guess in one respect you could say Sharpton succeeded, although not in the manner I think he expected. I am personally no fan of Imus at all, but I think by firing him at the call of activists like Sharpton, who serve no other purpose than to prey on the mis-steps of others and support the continued victimization mentality of blacks and other minorities, CBS has really made a big mistake. This is going to upset a lot more people than just a few basketball players and "victimized" minorities. And all of this happening concurrently with the exoneration of the Duke lacrosse players (whom Sharpton actively degraded) is a recipe for quite the storm, and it isn't looking good for Al or CBS.
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Well, now it is very newsworthy, so I guess in one respect you could say Sharpton succeeded, although not in the manner I think he expected. I am personally no fan of Imus at all, but I think by firing him at the call of activists like Sharpton, who serve no other purpose than to prey on the mis-steps of others and support the continued victimization mentality of blacks and other minorities, CBS has really made a big mistake. This is going to upset a lot more people than just a few basketball players and "victimized" minorities. And all of this happening concurrently with the exoneration of the Duke lacrosse players (whom Sharpton actively degraded) is a recipe for quite the storm, and it isn't looking good for Al or CBS.
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