Too few understand that this kid of public lynching and trial by media without due process is a shocking violation of the man’s civil rights. Taking away a man’s living without proof of violation of the law is vigillante justice we haven’t seen since the lynching of Emmett Till. Goerge Soros has done it twice in 6 months, and we get all caught up in the charges and blythefully assume our spots in the lynch mobs. It is frightening to me, but, of course, I have experienced what it is like to be tried by media piling on. There is no right of hebeas corpus or any other right.
If heard it repeated here and elsewhere that the firing of Imus was just a simple business decision but it was a business decision made at the point of a spear.
We could call it the result of a boycott but there was never any boycott to begin with. The people who are reportedly outraged generally don’t listen to Imus anyway. I have yet to see any outrage from the general black population and all I’ve seen is the outrage of a handful of so called “black leaders”.
Taking away a man’s living without proof of violation of the law is vigillante justice we haven’t seen since the lynching of Emmett Till.
That’s a bit of an overreaction, don’t you think? The comparison to Till is ridiculous. Imus didn’t have to violate any law, just the corp’s pocketbook.
Imus is an idiot, and furthered his idiocy by running to Jackson and Sharpton.
BTW, of all the emotion filled angst over Imus losing his job, I’d like to see a poll of those to see how many are Imus fans and listeners; just to see a poll on objectivity, as it were.