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cryowizardDon Imus is an idiot.
There's no denying it so I wont spend time doing that. Should he lose his job? I don't know, it's up to his employers, I guess. Normally, people who say stupid shit like that in public are at least reprimanded, and they should be. But that isn't the point.
What pisses me off a lot more that Imus's idiocy is the hypocritical bullshit surrounding him now. Look at all our "civil rights leaders" like Sharpton and Jackson yelling about how insulting this is. Now Obama and Clinton pitched in as well, calling for Imus's dismissal.
I wonder why nobody says dick about rap in this context. Rappers call women 'bitches and hoes' all the time.
Where's the outrage? Where are the demonstrations in front of recording companies that produce rap records? Where is Obama condemning rappers who "insult and degrade" women?
I guess when a rapper says it on a record -- it's part of the "culture", and it's only uncool if an old white guy says it on the radio.
UPD: Well said here
UPD2: Jesse Jackson once called New York City "hymietown" (you do the math on what that means). And this shithead is now expressing his "outrage" to us. Geez.
There's no denying it so I wont spend time doing that. Should he lose his job? I don't know, it's up to his employers, I guess. Normally, people who say stupid shit like that in public are at least reprimanded, and they should be. But that isn't the point.
What pisses me off a lot more that Imus's idiocy is the hypocritical bullshit surrounding him now. Look at all our "civil rights leaders" like Sharpton and Jackson yelling about how insulting this is. Now Obama and Clinton pitched in as well, calling for Imus's dismissal.
I wonder why nobody says dick about rap in this context. Rappers call women 'bitches and hoes' all the time.
Where's the outrage? Where are the demonstrations in front of recording companies that produce rap records? Where is Obama condemning rappers who "insult and degrade" women?
I guess when a rapper says it on a record -- it's part of the "culture", and it's only uncool if an old white guy says it on the radio.
UPD: Well said here
UPD2: Jesse Jackson once called New York City "hymietown" (you do the math on what that means). And this shithead is now expressing his "outrage" to us. Geez.
PPKS
Date: 2007-04-12 07:55 pm (UTC)