The first time this "I'm offended! Give me money!" crock reared its head, it should have been laughed out of the court of public opinion. But it wasn't, and the floodgates have been open ever since.
Where do you go to get cultural diversity training? My word, that must be like swimming through Hell.
If some idiot gets on the radio and says something horrible about the Jews, I'll be mighty offended, but it's not going to ruin my day. However, if he gets up and attacks my daughter personally because of her race, religion, gender or supposed sexual proclivities, I might just shoot the bastard. I can relate to other people being offended that their daughters were singled out for attack, and I have no sympathy for Mr. Imus.
The punishment meeted out against an offender is inversely proportional to how much money they make for those they work for.
Imus was likely losing his audience, which is why MSNBC was happy to let him go.
Rosie, as much as we hate it, has drawn an audience to the View, so she could pull a Janet Jackson and wouldn’t be suspended, much less fired.
This ugly lard insulted Chinese people and got away with it. This useless turd says “ching chong “ and other nonsense syllables, mocking Chinese people. She was not kicked off her show.
Reason 1 - Chinese are not officially-government-designated protected class members. Chinese are achievers and so nothing happens if you insult them.
Reason 2 - lardlips is a member of a protected class. No one can accuse her of anything. She is automatically innocent.