worse thing Imus did in my opinion was try to smooth over Sharpton by saying he’s not one of those right wingers ... so, that implies it depends who is saying the comment on whether it is okay or not? That is just wrong.!
I don’t like Imus but he shouldn’t be fired for comment ... you hear worse stuff in muscs lyrics?!
We've gone back to the days of Lenny Bruce. Beware the thought police.
And lets not forget SOUTH PARK which is produced by NBC. The stuff I have heard on that show make what Imus said look tame. I don’t see anyone demanding that show be canceled. I don’t see sponsors pulling adds.
Imus was engaging in “trash talking”. There was a program dedicated to it on some Viacom network not to long ago. It may have been called “Snaps”. Where 2 people square off with their crew throwing insults back and forth.
The temas themselves may even engage in such behavior.
It was entirely unprofessional for a radio host to engage in such behavior. This was not trash talking to throw them off their game. This was personal insults designed to savage their appearance. But given the level of discourse we have today (look at the racist drawings of Condi Rice, the slurs levelled at Ann Coulter, Ms. Harris in Florida, Linda Tripp, et al) and this is being blown entirely out of proportion. Blown out of proportion by Al “Jew them down” Sharpton, a man who is a vile bigot in his own right.
The Macaca Moment syndrome continues. Send Imus to the gulag for political “rehab”.