Posted on 04/18/2007 8:17:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Everything worth saying about the Don Imus thing — which isn't much — has been said already. We've now moved beyond Imus to the "national dialogue" phase of this familiar cycle. This is where we're supposed to tackle hard questions and deep truths about our society.
People have been calling for national dialogues and conversations for decades. It usually works something like this: Liberals say we need a frank discussion about race (or class or gender) in this country, and then they proceed to bludgeon any conservative stupid enough to take them up on their offer.
Consider a recent non-Imus example: Newt Gingrich said last month that bilingual education keeps some people in the "ghetto." Within hours, the same "let's have a frank dialogue" crowd denounced the former House speaker, insisting that he apologize for being so frank. And Gingrich promptly complied.
That's how the political-correctness Kabuki theater works. There's a reason so many were quick to point out that Imus' "shocking" shtick is museum-lecture dull compared to what black rappers spew on a regular basis. Too often, political correctness is a fixed fight where white guys get beat up for things others are allowed. The selective enforcement of PC shibboleths undermines the credibility of liberal do-gooders. For example, when campus administrators turn a blind eye to goons burning conservative newspapers or shouting down right-wing speakers, it makes it hard to take them seriously when they bleat about free speech.
But don't get me wrong. For the right — not to mention the creators of "South Park" — political correctness can be the gift that keeps on giving.
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I have tried to find the joke here but just can not do it. Appeal to FReepers:
1- Don Imus called the basketball team “nappy headed hos”
2- Don Ho died over the weekend.
3- His wife (Don Ho) was obviously a HO.
Help me out here!!
.....Bob
“But when traditionalists talk the language of decency and morality, the left hears bigotry and theocracy. And when liberals talk about sensitivity and white privilege, the right hears something totalitarian. The result is that the two sides hold separate conversations. And when they do talk to each other, each side is listening for hidden agendas.”
Of course, Ann called Jonah Goldberg a “girly man” which is a nicer word for “faggot” when NR sacked her column after the “kill their leaders...convert them to Christianity”, post-9/11.
What galls me is when (as in the Imus situtation) libs slam Imus for what he said, but try to justify what rappers say because "they're not directing it at anyone in particular". What a load of bovine manure. As if a conservative could get on the air (or paper) and rant against certain ethnic groups without naming a particular person. Make derogatory comments about Jews, Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, Indians, whatever and as long as a person doesn't name names, well according to libs that's perfectly fine.
But we all know it wouldn't be perfectly fine if said by a conservative. That's why it's almost impossible to have these "dialogues" with libs as long as they refuse to face reality.
You make the point..
“Consider a recent non-Imus example: Newt Gingrich said last month that bilingual education keeps some people in the “ghetto.””
That isn’t what Newt said, Jonah. Let’s try to keep it straight.
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