QueBert
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- Jan 6, 2002
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I disagree, before this hit the news I had never even heard of Imus, and when I read what he said, without touching the story behind it. I didn't think "racist!" but without even having to think about it I knew it was directed towards females of color. Are people blowing this out of proportion? maybe, I believe it's in bad taste to group females together as hoes. I've never heard white females referred to as nappy headed hoes, it's possible though
QueBert
Lifer
- Jan 6, 2002
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I'm right behind you, I don't care about this story really but it was nice because it bumped the Anna Nichole story off the news, I was getting tired of this.
Imus is a puts, and while ATOTers will never agree weather the comment was racist or not, it was in the least in very poor taste.
you're such an idiot. that is not what the poll says.
25% says he went too far and for no reason
22% says no, it wasn't a big deal.
54% says suspension was deserved, but firing him is an overreaction.
i think you tried to add up 25% and 54%, but they actually don't say he deserves to be punished.
plus, this poll doesn't even try to be accurate. i bet i could punch in a bunch of votes. so could others on AT.
cKGunslinger
Lifer
- Nov 29, 1999
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I had never heard of him, then I assumed he was a sportscaster, since he was talking about a sports team. At that point, I thought, "A sportscaster just called a team a bunch of nappy hoes? That dude is fvcked!"
Then I realized he was just another "shock-jock" and tried to forget all about it, as the sh1t that comes out of the mouths of shock-jocks is constant and inconsequential to most people's lives, including my own.
I feel bad for all the hyper-sensitive people that feel differently. Didn't one player say that this was going to scar her for life? Boy, I certainly do envy the sweet, blissful existence of anyone whose most traumatic life-experience is being called a mean name by an asshole.
I think anyone who's made more than 3 posts in P&N will have been called far worse. I wonder if I can get Rev Sharpton to call for Steeplerot's ban from AT for his constant racist, hurtful remarks to me. :laugh:
Originally posted by: The Cornballer
i hate myself for being white.
i'm sure lots of other people do too =P
first coulter, now this. capitalism spanking shock jocks for their idiocy, my god where is this country headed.
The context is clearly racist!! Imus has said obviously racist things before, and it should be obvious that he meant to insult the girls' racial characteristics, not jokingly poke fun at their "nappy" hair.
This talk about a "double standard" is BS, and it's posted nearly every day on this forum.
I never hear anything saying that about the word "redneck". Guess what- Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy can make redneck jokes, but if I, a brown person, go up to a working class white guy in Texas and call him a redneck, you think he isn't going to be pissed?
It's the same for any race.
You must be some kind of communist if you think that firing someone whose work is unsatisfactory is "over the top". If I said what that guy says while at work, I'd lose my job.
moshquerade
No Lifer
- Nov 1, 2001
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld...,0,3804843.story?coll=ny-top-headlines
Good, time to move on. Now Sharpton/Jackson can apologize to the Duke Lacrosse players, and also they can start waging war on the racist, sexist rap lyrics that pollute our airwaves and ears daily.
moshquerade
No Lifer
- Nov 1, 2001
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You aren't a shock jock on the radio. This isn't the first "off-color" (pardon the pun) comment that Imus has spewed over the years. This is the first one that the likes of Albert Sharpton decided to take issue with. If Sharpton hadn't piped in it's likely the Rutger's team would have ignored the whole thing. Anyone with me on that?
Number1
Diamond Member
- Feb 24, 2006
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You where in such a hurry to call me an idiot that you did not even bother to read the question the poll was aking.
Let me write it for you:
Did Don Imus deserve to be fired by CBS?
If 25% say yes and 54% say he deserve a suspension, that means 75 % think he deserve a punishment.
Any question you IDIOT!
He acknowledged that it was stupid to say, but HE is in the majority when he says that Imus didn't deserve to be fired.
And he didn't. I can go on and on, I've already posted several times, but this whole situation is complete and utter bull.
When are we going to fire Jackson and Sharpton for their comments about the Duke LAX players?
...at least Imus apologized.
...at least Imus apologized.
What he said was more stereotypical than racist. The context he used it in was clearly in a joking manner.
You people are part of the problem and not part of the solution.
And let me just say this since you will pick on it: by "people" Im referring to the thin-skinned, self loathing, politically correct fuktards that are ruining the country. When a black guy refers to a black OR WHITE woman as a nappy headed ho its ok and people laugh. Get over yourself.
Here's something for everyone who's opinionated on this subject.
On the Chicago sports radio this morning, Mike North had a lengthy interview with Jessie Jackson. For those outside of Chicago, Mike North is a devote Republican, and not afraid to voice his opinion whenever there are double standards in life concerning races. He's asking the questions that we all want to ask. They hit upon the Duke case, Imus, if he speaks for all black people, hymietown, and many other questions.
Whatever you want to take from the interview, so be it. But it's a good listen for everyone, this was a live, unedited interview, and you can hear Jackson's opinions not chopped down in two second sound bites on the news. It's on the upper right-hand side of this site:
http://www.670thescore.com
The interview goes much like Jackson on the Colbert Report, and Colbert said later that Jackson will say what he wants, at the pace that he wants, it's like boxing a glacier.
On the Chicago sports radio this morning, Mike North had a lengthy interview with Jessie Jackson. For those outside of Chicago, Mike North is a devote Republican, and not afraid to voice his opinion whenever there are double standards in life concerning races. He's asking the questions that we all want to ask. They hit upon the Duke case, Imus, if he speaks for all black people, hymietown, and many other questions.
Whatever you want to take from the interview, so be it. But it's a good listen for everyone, this was a live, unedited interview, and you can hear Jackson's opinions not chopped down in two second sound bites on the news. It's on the upper right-hand side of this site:
http://www.670thescore.com
The interview goes much like Jackson on the Colbert Report, and Colbert said later that Jackson will say what he wants, at the pace that he wants, it's like boxing a glacier.
Man Mike North doesnt let go of a question like a dog with a bone, I like this guy. Jesse couldnt say anything but "girls dancing naked for college money". I swear blacks can do no ****** wrong in his eyes!
That would require Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to actually HAVE JOBS to fire them from. They get their money from grandstanding during situations like this.
Now I'm going to end this post before I ripoff a famous racial joke about jobs.
I agree. I mean I suppose the company had to fire him to cover their own ass, but these Shock Jocks say stuff all the time. Take their comments and words with a grain of salt. If I got offended by every little comment that a talking head on TV or the radio said I'd go crazy. People freak out more over a single comment like this than they do when Bill Clinton boned Lewinski.
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