Imus

[sereia 0]

not fired.... i have "nappy" hair and i'm not black...and i wasn't offended. people need to lighten up a little.

its all about MONEY. al sharpton and jessie jackson are bullies who blackmail. MONEY.

im so sick of all this overly PC s$%t i could scream....

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

i have "nappy" hair and i'm not black...and i wasn't offended. people need to lighten up a little.

“Nappy is in the lexicon of racism in the same category as pickaninny—an old Southernism which used to be used to describe a small African American child—and n i g g e r,” said Anne Soukhanov, U.S. editor of the Encarta Webster’s Dictionary and a veteran columnist on language.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18042523/

[Otto 83]

pickaninny

and here I was thinking I'd heard them all...

[me_4_musa 1]

Before any decisions were made whether they were wrong or right they should of handed him a brush.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Basically nothing:

• How many stations can you access on the radio (I'm sure it's a lot more than 1)
  
• Timings -- AFAIK, no program is on 24/7/365
  
• Plus, there is "freedom of speech" (doesn't mean you can trash the OWNER of the radio station on it, but...DOES mean that the speaker is free to prove self as fool)
  

[Queen Jenn 0]

I don't believe that Jackson or Sharpton should be called reverend. I agree with a previous post - what about FORGIVENESS? Imus is a jerk and he says nasty things about LOTS of people. That's what he gets paid to do. Jackson and Sharpton took it way too far.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

I don't believe that Jackson or Sharpton should be called reverend. I agree with a previous post - what about FORGIVENESS? Imus is a jerk and he says nasty things about LOTS of people. That's what he gets paid to do. Jackson and Sharpton took it way too far.

All that "Rev" means is that they completed some courses in theology (somewhere) with passing grades; Sam Donaldson (who proclaims himself atheist) could easily qualify for such a title.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

People are and should be held to account for their speech and behaviour. I think that's what happened in this case - though it seems the punishment rather outweighed the crime, seeing as the guy apologised, and was also forgiven by the people he insulted.

Considering also the likes of Mel Gibson and Michael Richards whose racist rants were rather more substantial than the ill-advised remarks by Imus.

[mawilson 2,133]

I'm really surprised they fired him. On Thursday, his final day on air and more than a week

after his racist remark, his radio audience had more than doubled. Controversy sells.

So what if he offended someone? Big deal. As a white person, I find the "BET" channel

extremely offensive and racist. Do I keep watching it? No.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I was shocked he even was a radio personality after I first saw his show live on CNBC. He mumbles into the microphone while some schmuck acts as his faithful sidekick. He should have been mumified years ago.

[Marilyn. 340]

I was watching Oprah yesterday and they were talking about all of this...

One guest she had on made a valid point.... he said something like that they should take some of the responsibility for this too... because a lot of the Hip-Hop music calls women all sorts of names etc.....

and why is it seem to be ok for them to do that but when a white person does, they are all up in arms....

[chri'stina 190]

sure he has freedom of speech. that doesnt mean he doesnt have to pay the consequences for his actions.

Freedom of speech means there can't be consequences for speech.

But this is not a free speech case. free speech laws prevent government from limiting speech. Private companies are not.

if al shapton and jessie jackson wouldnt have made such a fuss about it nothing would have been done. if it would have been a nobody like me they would have laughed in my face and told me go sit down.

anyway i think he should not be fired over it. i didnt really like his show much but i dont think he should be fired. god knows howard stern is more worse then he is.

anyway...al sharpton and jessie jackson call themselves reverands...havent they heard the phrase...forgive those who tresspass against us? they didnt forgive they went for blood.

I'm offended that Sharpton and Jackson call themselves "reverend"

[Yaads 0]

I was watching Oprah yesterday and they were talking about all of this...

One guest she had on made a valid point.... he said something like that they should take some of the responsibility for this too... because a lot of the Hip-Hop music calls women all sorts of names etc.....

and why is it seem to be ok for them to do that but when a white person does, they are all up in arms....

I have always wondered this myself.

Seems like such a double standard

[mawilson 2,133]

I have always wondered this myself.

Seems like such a double standard

The same reason it's ok when black people call each other niggers, but not ok when white people do it.

[Yaads 0]

I have always wondered this myself.

Seems like such a double standard

The same reason it's ok when black people call each other niggers, but not ok when white people do it.

Exactly