These girls weren’t in elementary school though. They were a very accomplished group of athletes, who had done nothing to provoke such a stupid comment. Given his history, I think Imus is unfunny and racist. IMO MSNBC was correct in dropping his show. The principle of free speech allows him to say things like this without going to jail. (as it should) Outside of that, MSNBC has the right to fire him for saying things that are offensive to others. (as they should)
Which means they are basically a bunch of thin-skinned morons, in my opinion.
They exposed themselves as such the other day when one of them mentioned that they weren't really offended by the comment until they did some research and found out that he had made other comments like this in the past.
Just think about that for a second . . . If someone made derogatory comments about you in public, would you really give a sh!t about whether he/she had made similar comments in the past?