Don Imus - What was he thinking?

[thrown_hammer]

Holy Crap! CC said something I agree with!

[fingpilot]

Is CC blonde?

I'm sorry, I'm too lazy to look back thru 5 pages of this thread, but someone said that their attitudes changed after having lived abroad.

I'd like to second that comment. It's only here, in this country, that this type of problem, and the discussion that it engenders, comes up.

I'm pretty sure CC is only slightly blonde. Wouldn't make a damn bit of difference to me. She's got a brain and the bod to match. Wow...

And yes, I finally agree with something shes' said.

Now... what was the question?

[kwm]

btw, there are dozens of black comedians who say "white people" jokes all the time.. and it's not news. how is that?
I guess racism is a one-way street.

It is not news b/c we are not a bunch of cry babies walking around with our hands out waiting for the next hand-out like Al and Jesse and oh yhea we also have a sense of humor. The only reason rasicm is still around today is mostly b/c of activists like Sharpton and Jackson b/c if there were no racism there would be no Al and Jesse. I think it is a shame that thier race has not called those two losers out and kicked them out of the public eye. If they were a part of my race I sure would.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

I had some women's basketball players call me a honky-ass cracka' the other day. You don't see ME getting offended by it. . .

I think they were just mad 'cause I could dunk on 'em.

[Keith Perry]

What was it that these girls did again to warrant being called names?

[cairns]

Nothing. But I don't think anyone's arguing about that.

[Rick Lee]

What was it they did to warrant hours of tv coverage yesterday and their photo on the front page of the Wash. Post today? They aren't even the champs.

[kwm]

Originally posted by Keith Perry
What was it that these girls did again to warrant being called names?

Grow up.......and grow up to everyone else who has issues with crap like this. You sound like you are in the 3rd grade. But but mommy...he called me a nameeeee...... When did everyone become so entitled to so much respect just b/c they breath oxygen and are covered in skin......respect is earned not given...and if you have not earned it then you only deserve however much of it someone is willing to give. So someone was called a few names. No one was hurt and no one lost an eye so get over yourselves if this offends you. Speaking of when did it become a crime to offend someone anyway.

[cairns]

They were called names. The Washington Post sells papers (the tearful photo was so touching...) CNN, ABC, CBS and the rest sell advertising. Most (if not all) of those compete directly with MSNBC which also sells advertising.

Frankly I think they (and everyone) oughta get over it accept the apology and move on.

But the press will drag this out for as long as they think it increases their sales of advertising. They don't care who they hurt or who they help.

[Jims5543]

Its all a load of crap, AL and Jesse should be 100X more offended by what is said in Rap Music than what some 60 year old man dressed like a cowboy on holloween said.

Imus lost what little respect I had for him (I used to listen to him on WNBC AM in NYC when I was very young) when he was kissing Jesse and Al's butts.

The team lost my respect when they did a press conferance turning the whole thing into a circus.

I simple press release from the teams coach would have been a classy move.

Now, I am finding the entire media circus entertaining. Its even made Anna Nichole stories side notes.

It almost made me forget to vote for Sangina last night.

[berettafan]

Originally posted by Jim Cesiro

It almost made me forget to vote for Sangina last night.

Quote of the week!!!

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Imus should grow a pair and say "I called it like I saw it. If they don't like it, too bad - that's life. Not everyone's going to like you".

I mostly disagree with his assessment but an important lesson these kids should be learning in college is that sometimes EARNING respect involves a lot of work and even then, there are some people that will never give it to you. Sad, but that's life.

Now they've been taught nothing other than to play the race/sex card in order to "git dat RE-spekt".

[Jims5543]

Anyone catch Imus' slip up? He named Rev. Harkas by mistake and quicky recovered. I laughed really hard at that.

[JeffreyNMemphis]

Originally posted by kwm
No one was hurt and no one lost an eye so get over yourselves if this offends you. Speaking of when did it become a crime to offend someone anyway.

You don't get it? Someone was hurt. Do you think the only way to hurt someone is to poke their eye out?

[Rick Lee]

They were only hurt because the media chose to report and repeat ad nauseum. I think all of the girls on the team said they had never listened to Imus before.

[the]

OK, I had to consult the urban dictionary to try to figure this out.

Nappy = "dirty, messy"

or

Nappy head = "A person who behaves like a kid!!! Kiddish behaviour!!!"

and

Ho = "Prostitute, Whore, Hooker, Tramp, Slut" or the more colorful "a girl thaat goes off messin around with a **** load of guyz at the same time."

Are those roughly correct?

If so, this is an incredibly goofy, silly matter. That statement means nothing, it's so non-specific as to be meaningless. He probably doesn't know a single thing about any of those basketball players. People think he seriously called these national level college basketball players hookers? He doesn't know anything about their sexual proclivities.

It's such a stupid statement, not that much different than calling them a bunch of stinky poopy heads. It's just stupid nonsense.

I'm amazed at what becomes huge national news these days.

[K. Roman]

And Imus is fired!

Yeah!!!!

[Porsche-O-Phile]

The day is coming when someone will raise a stink/ruckus/lawsuit over being called a "poopyhead". I swear it's coming.

When that day comes, it'll be time to hoist the black flag and start slitting throats in the name of taking back our country again.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally posted by the
OK, I had to consult the urban dictionary to try to figure this out.

Nappy = "dirty, messy"

or

Nappy head = "A person who behaves like a kid!!! Kiddish behaviour!!!"

and

Ho = "Prostitute, Whore, Hooker, Tramp, Slut" or the more colorful "a girl thaat goes off messin around with a **** load of guyz at the same time."

Are those roughly correct?

If so, this is an incredibly goofy, silly matter. That statement means nothing, it's so non-specific as to be meaningless. He probably doesn't know a single thing about any of those basketball players. People think he seriously called these national level college basketball players hookers? He doesn't know anything about their sexual proclivities.

It's such a stupid statement, not that much different than calling them a bunch of stinky poopy heads. It's just stupid nonsense.

I'm amazed at what becomes huge national news these days.

You are joking right?

So you would not be offended if I called you a ******* worthless piece of s**t instead of a seriously valuleless excresion?

[RickM]

Isn't it Knappy?