Imus show gets canned

Chernabog · 04-12-2007, 01:48 PM

Yeah I think he was stupid and crossed the line, but DEAR LORD the reaction has been way out of proportion.

The usual suspects showed up -- Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson -- and franky I think these people are detriments to the african-american community. They don't just want an apology, they want the person who made the comment painfully eviscerated. Does anyone take these people seriously? The fact that they troll around looking for any old comment to jump on annoys the living crap out of me. Didn't they ever read "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"? When the wolf actually came nobody took him seriously or believed him.

And calling people out on stuff is big business. I worked for a gay organization that did a similar thing for homophobic remarks -- and apologies were only accepted with a large cash donation. Otherwise, it's homophobic branding-time for EVERYONE, even those who made a misguided comment that they didn't realize was or meant to be offensive, as well as those in the truly intolerant category who deserved it.

04-12-2007, 01:48 PM	#11
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Yeah I think he was stupid and crossed the line, but DEAR LORD the reaction has been way out of proportion. The usual suspects showed up -- Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson -- and franky I think these people are detriments to the african-american community. They don't just want an apology, they want the person who made the comment painfully eviscerated. Does anyone take these people seriously? The fact that they troll around looking for any old comment to jump on annoys the living crap out of me. Didn't they ever read "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"? When the wolf actually came nobody took him seriously or believed him. And calling people out on stuff is big business. I worked for a gay organization that did a similar thing for homophobic remarks -- and apologies were only accepted with a large cash donation. Otherwise, it's homophobic branding-time for EVERYONE, even those who made a misguided comment that they didn't realize was or meant to be offensive, as well as those in the truly intolerant category who deserved it. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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