Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Black Racism=Imus' Firing..'
In a message dated 4/12/07 1:39:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But I think what has so many of us so annoyed by his latest insult is that is was just so damned mean, so damned nasty, so incredibly uncalled for even under the standards of the political/media culture we live in today. The RU basketball team wasn't asking for it. I guess you and I see it entirely different. My take was that nothing was said out of meanness,with the intent to cause hurt feelings but rather Imus got a little too comfortable with Ghetto speak, yet couldn't pull it off right without sticking his foot in his mouth. Somebody is always waiting to be offended to claim their status as a victim and all that goes along with it. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Black Racism=Imus' Firing..'
Imus is rich. Those women are not. They are world-class scholarship athletes with a chance. And when it comes to men in their lives my bet is that they're treated with respect. Imus is in the socio-economic elite and is out of touch. Satellite radio may not want him as they cater to a younger demographic than MSNBC and CBS. May he be reduced to interviewing Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci, the longest tenured mayor in American history, when Cianci finishes his five years in Club Fed next month. And may Cianci get the better of him once again. - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Black Racism=Imus' Firing..'
In a message dated 4/13/07 12:52:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: guess you and I see it entirely different. My take was that > nothing was said out of meanness,with the intent to cause hurt > feelings but rather Imus got a little too comfortable with > Ghetto speak, yet couldn't pull it off right without sticking > his foot in his mouth. Somebody is always waiting to be > offended to claim their status as a victim and all that goes > along with it. Yeah, I don't think these teenagers were just waiting for him to hurt their feelings. It came out of the blue. Why on earth would they expect a big-time radio and TV host to make fun of their appearance and call them whores? And they accomplished more than winning the game. They got their fifteen minutes of fame and will be remembered long after the winners of the game are long forgotten. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Black Racism=Imus' Firing..'
In a message dated 4/13/07 12:52:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He no longer has a show, but he still has a big potential audience and a lot of reporters eager to give him a platform. He now has a terrific opportunity to make up for what he did by speaking out against the on-air ugliness that's become such a curse in this country, encourage people to protest when Limbaugh and Savage and Beck and O'Reilly and Hannity and their ilk indulge in it. He could become a real force for reform. Have you ever listened to any of these guys or do you go by what others say they said? ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Black Racism=Imus' Firing..'
In a message dated 4/13/07 11:04:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah, I don't think these teenagers were just waiting > for him to hurt their feelings. It came out of the blue. > Why on earth would they expect a big-time radio and TV > host to make fun of their appearance and call them > whores? > > And they accomplished more than winning the game. They got their > fifteen minutes of fame and will be remembered long after the > winners of the game are long forgotten. So you don't think their feelings were really hurt, they just wanted to get on television, right? Gee, you should have told Imus that. He wouldn't have gone to all that trouble to apologize to them and meet with them. Don't you get that *Imus himself* thinks he said a terribly hurtful thing? Possibly, some on the team could be overly sensitive. Not being an Imus fan myself, I do know he makes comments like these all the time, it's his job, he was hired as a shock jock and nobody takes him seriously. My take on his comments was that he was actually paying them a complement, Ghetto style, and it backfired. Tattooed, nappy headed, ho's sounds like a tuff bunch of girls, playing a tuff game. http://www.aol.com.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Black Racism=Imus' Firing..'
The minute the Imus racism thing came out Howard Stern said Imus was toast. Stern believes that all along CBS has just been waiting for a pretext to unload him. authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With black slang terms saturating our culture, and a very > strong knee jerk chain reaction in place, I don't think > much good is going to come of this mess. It just ensures > that no politician can have any serious dialog in the > minefield of race, just as has been the fate of legalizing > drugs and other social issues that have gone under the no > talk rule. Not sure which unnamed social issues you're referring to here, but Gov. Richardson of New Mexico made news-- and controversy--recently when he signed a bill permitting the medical use of marijuana. And I can't imagine why you think the Imus incident will somehow *stifle* discussion of race. If anything, it's pulled it up front and center. It's also hardly a "knee-jerk" reaction. With Imus, it's as much the sexism of the comment as the racism, maybe even more the sexism, although obviously they're intertwined. You don't have to be black to find the remark personally offensive. We still haven't gotten over judging women's value by their appearance rather than their achievements. But overall, the reaction has been a boiling-over of built-up resentment of the general nastiness of the public dialogue these days. Anne Coulter lost a bunch of advertisers when she called John Edwards a faggot recently. It's just ironic that the first of the nasty-talkers to have his career seriously damaged by the backlash wasn't one of the right- wingers, who are by far the worst offenders. If the Imus firing has given them a bit of a shiver, though, that's all to the good. The really idiotic part of this is the howls from certain quarters about "free speech" and "censorship," as if the only way one can express one's views is by spitting excrement. Nobody's trying to change content, just its tone. - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Black Racism=Imus' Firing..'
In a message dated 4/14/07 2:17:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My take on his > comments was that he was actually paying them a complement, > Ghetto style, and it backfired. Tattooed, nappy headed, ho's > sounds like a tuff bunch of girls, playing a tuff game. Oh, please. "Hos" isn't a compliment, even ghetto-style. Oh, but even the most outrageous words can be complements or terms of endearment when spoken in the proper tone, in the proper context, in the black ghetto. You might let some of the older black comedians explain that to you. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
