[tsowellfan]

The only line Imus crossed was apologising every minute for the last several days of his TV/Radio career and kneeling at Sharpton’s feet. At that point I knew Imus had to go.

[GregoTX]

"Whitey"?

Should I be offended by that racial slur? Maybe I will have a white version of Al Sharpton to tell me when I should or should not be offended, until then I will continue to ignore such comments.

[ClearCase_guy]

Generally speaking Whitey’s too dumb to know where the line is.

This misses the point. In my experience, people wait for Whitey to take a step, then they draw the line behind Whitey and act shocked, "You crossed the line!"

By the rules of the game, knowledge of where the line is, or will be, is withheld from Whitey.

[TheZMan]

He must tread carefully since it’s the only line on the whole map of the world that he didn’t draw.

BAM!

[massadvj]

All the groveling Imus did was fruitless as far as preventing the MSM enema he was given. If it were Rush or Savage they would simply have lashed back, especially at Sharpton. But Imus depends on MSM advertisers and that means he has to play by liberal, politically-correct rules. Now he is the one who is a hoe, and as far as I am concerned, he’s always been nappy-headed, in more ways than one.

[Cicero]

Nappy-head, it turns out (excuse my whiteyness), means a black person who has allowed their hair to grow naturally into a tightly curled afro. It’s a term that can be used self-referentially with pride or disparagingly about others. Being a racial thing, its power is in the mouth of the speaker. Or is it in the ear of the listener? It’s complicated, so, in the interests of a quiet life, don’t use it unless you are very confident or, in fact, a nappy-head.

Fire him!

[elhombrelibre]

Screw the crass Imus. He is a fool who Liberal sissy boys have sucked up to for years. If I want ghetto vulgarisms, I will get them from the experts who will be voting for Obama (by the way), not from this frail poser who is such a feeble geezer despite the fact he is admired by the other flabby old white boys that constitute anile Liberalism, an academic schoolmarmism that is bereft of any personal experience or common sense.

[Tall_Texan]

These white radio boys were sniggering about that.

If he'd said "snigger", he'd be in even bigger trouble.

[Verginius Rufus]

A Brit can’t use the word “guy” or his tongue will be cut out? First I heard of that rule. Fortunately, I’m not a Brit. (Thank you, George Washington.)

[Tallguy]

He’s (Imus is) quite amusing and articulate in a resolutely uncomplicated way and had a huge listenership generating vast advertising revenue.

Debatable... right down the line, debatable.

[Obie Wan]

“Imus apologised, offered no excuses, was roundly vilified and endured the measured, disproportionate wrath of Al Sharpton when guesting on the black activist/pentecostal minister’s radio show”

Sharpton’s about as much a Pentecostal minister as I’m one of the Flying Wallendas !!!

[The_Republican]

Blah blah blah blah....... all this blahing can’t explain away shameful, disgusting and racing comments that Imus made.

What’s wrong with those girls? Are they not best of what society has to offer? In their most glorious moment, Imus hurled sickening insults. He didn’t know that people may get offended because he doesn’t have a ‘racism’ detector in his head (or it momentarily stopped working).

[tsowellfan]

Is it just me or does anybody remember a few years back when Hillary was trying to justify her stance on the right to choose and she used a scenario of a white woman being raped by a black man... anybody remember that? I was looking for a video of this or audio on YouTube but could not find it and I would LOVE to post it on YouTube if there does exist audio or even better a video of this.

Anybody remember this?

[OKIEDOC]

Piss on this politically correct crap and the liberal hate mongers and race baiter's who promote it.

There, said it and mean it, no apologies.

[F.J. Mitchell]

The line is where ever Jesse, Sharpton,the rank and file of Race baiters Inc., along with the politically correct white liberal thoughts and words police, say it is at any given time.

[Generic_Login_1787]

Let’s be careful about some rear-guard defense that “nappy-headed hos” really isn’t that bad. This whole thing has been ugly and stupid from back to front.

[Spirochete]

He must tread carefully since it’s the only line on the whole map of the world that he didn’t draw.

Out of the ballpark!

[TheBattman]

OK - soooooo....

Sharpton and Jackson, since they claim to be SOOO offended by Imus’ terminology, must spend countless hours protesting in front of concert venues, music stores, and in front of the record industry headquarters because those use the same words - and MUCH WORSE... all with the specific intent of being offensive...

Oh - wait - that is Different....Just have to love double standards!

[Clemenza]

Keep pushing us, my swarthy cousins. Our generosity and politeness can easily go away, and what will come will make the Tulsa and East St. Louis riots look like target practice. ;-)

Of course, I reallu dom't blame the black folks here. I blame the neutered white guys who run the media, particularly those of the baby boom generation. The only thing that earns RESPECT and OBEDIANCE is B-A-L-L-S, not "apologies."

[Savage Beast]

"any Briton, by the way, who uses 'guy' or 'guys' deserves a glossectomy"

Hmmmmm. Yes, I agree.

Come to think of it, I never use the word "guy" either. Never. And I'm as American as anyone can get. I find myself saying "man" or "boy"--never "guy".