Imus’ comments were directed as specific young ladies you are not public figures or nappy headed or whores. That is the difference and the minute those girls held that Press conference his job with CBS and NBC were over. This has little to do with Sharpton or Jackson (beyond Imus making the whole matter worse by appearing on Sharpton’s radio program.)
Condi is part of the establishment — much more reasonable and moderate than most, but still a part of the establishment. The establishment point of view is that Imus should have been fired.
You said — “Imus’ comments were directed as specific young ladies you are not public figures or nappy headed or whores. That is the difference and the minute those girls held that Press conference his job with CBS and NBC were over. This has little to do with Sharpton or Jackson (beyond Imus making the whole matter worse by appearing on Sharpton’s radio program.)”
All this does fit together in a grand way. First of all, of course, Condi Rice doesn’t have anything to do with Imus being fired. That’s not her business and she shouldn’t really comment on that. But, if she were to comment on this sort of thing (supposedly as simply a private citizen, because what on earth does the State Department have to do with nappy headed hoes?) — then what she should do is put things into perspective and show how *so much worse* is going on out there and that people should (in addition to reprimanding Imus) — go after those others who promote this kind of abject degenerate behavior and popularize it in rap music.
if she’s “got license” to comment on Imus, she certainly has license to comment on Ludicris. And if she can comment on Ludicris then she certainly can comment on the apparent discrepancy of the Sharptons and the Jacksons in ignoring the “greater evil” of what is being done with these rappers.
THEN, one could also call “corporate America” into account, too. I mean, if corporate America, by means of one company, whom employed Imus, can decide to fire him because of the inappropriate use of *three words* — well then — *how much more* could corporate America do to Ludicris and the other rappers for their *volumes* and *libraries* of degrading words and phrases.
And if the Democratic Party was *really interested* in this matter — when it came down to three words, spoken one time on a radio station, then they should *certainly* be interested in taking some kind of action against those who *flood* the music boxes of all these teens from 13 years old and up and thereby *inculcate* the very behavior that they’re rapping about.
It turns out that the Democratic Party and the others who called for Imus’ ouster are really not interested in this at all. They’re only interested in maintaining a *position of power* and enforcing “political correctness” insofar as it benefits them. And, of course, it doesn’t benefit them, with “political correctness” (in the *context* of the *use* of political power) to castigate the rappers for their *volumes* — over and against the three words from Imus. No, there is a serious discrepancy here.
Furthermore, the *public* is even party to this uneven standard and ignore the “nappy headed hoes” when Ludicris raps, but not when a white boy says three words on the radio.
There is something seriously wrong with our society— that’s for sure, and I can see it even extends to Condi Rice...
Regards,
Star Traveler