Imus Fired

[Yeti]

CBS just fired him.

[Rock]

I don't know if I should be happy or sad. But before I figure that out, I'm going to go change my kid's nappies, and then take a wittle nappy of my own, but not until I eat some dinner. I hope I don't make a mess while eating and have to use a nappy, because we are almost out of them. NAPPY.

[Dorothy Wood]

good. he is a creep.

[Yeti]

Is our society really worried about teaching kids tolerance?

I live in very conservative religious area but I have heard more homophobic and racist remarks than ever. I think ignorant & racist parents are still handing down hateful thoughts. I keep hearing----our young people don't need to hear such offensive language. I agree but our society is full of a bunch of liars and hypocrites.

Oh, and by the way.....Imus is a corpse.

[MC Moot]

Good...but watch the twerp go to sattelite radio and enjoy a surge in listeners and salary....no justice,no peace....

[jabumbo]

its more of a shame that this whole ordeal coveres up the fact that rutgers was in the womens champiohship game when nobody really expected them to go that far


i'm sure that you won't find too many people actually complaining that he is gone

[kaiser soze]

I hope none of the girls on the team listen to popular hiphop, there's more misogyny in their lyrics/intentions than what Imus said and they'd be hypocrites for saying what he said was horrible.

Now that this trend is started, let's get Limbaugh off the air and stop buying books from Coulture

[King PSYZ]

I hope none of the girls on the team listen to popular hiphop, there's more misogyny in their lyrics/intentions than what Imus said and they'd be hypocrites for saying what he said was horrible.

Now that this trend is started, let's get Limbaugh off the air and stop buying books from Coulture
That's not the point... while not much better when a rap artist says the word Ho. 1) it's not a political or news report, it's a song, and 2) it's referring to a prostitute or one of equal measure, not a college educated top level athlete.

[MC Moot]

Now that this trend is started, let's get Limbaugh off the air and stop buying books from Coulture

Mr Franken,I believe you should be focused on that run for senate,seriously Al.....;)

[SugarInTheRaw]

i'm sure that you won't find too many people actually complaining that he is gone

Howard Stern might.

[Yeti]

Earlier in the week Howard predicted that Imus would not make it to his suspension. He was right. Howard hates Imus.

[SugarInTheRaw]

Earlier in the week Howard predicted that Imus would not make it to his suspension. He was right. Howard hates Imus.

I had no clue who the hell Imus was until I started listening to Stern back in the day. I didn't make it over to Sirius, but I figured he still hated him and his ranch.

[JobDDT]

His show isn't entertaining. But that should've been why he was fired.

How is nappy racist?

[Documad]

How is nappy racist?
It was "nappy-headed" which is an old-fashioned and unfavorable way to refer to people with brown skin and afros.

It was combined with "hos" as in "nappy-headed hos." How is that not racist?

It was used to refer to women who are african american and who are not prostitutes.

It was used by an old white guy.

This isn't a close one. :rolleyes:

[Documad]

Also: This isn't about the young women and how they feel. This is about the guy who said it and whether the public at large wants to support his broadcast career.

[Laver1969]

Earlier in the week Howard predicted that Imus would not make it to his suspension. He was right. Howard hates Imus.

Howard said today there is a difference between racial humor and being racist.

I hope Imus doesn't end up on Sirius.

[Laver1969]

I had no clue who the hell Imus was until I started listening to Stern back in the day. I didn't make it over to Sirius, but I figured he still hated him and his ranch.

You need to make it over to Sirius. The show is at a new level...better than ever. Free and creative.

[Jitters]

If you've heard the actual audio of him saying it it's actually kind of funny.

He says something like "Look at them, those women look rough, some of them even have tatoos. Those are some nappy headed ho's." It's still wrong but it was just the way he said it basically.

I gave him the benefit of the doubt when people were calling him racist but when he went on the radio and talked to Al Sharpton he was on the phone with an African-American woman and started arguing with both of them and said "I can't get anywhere with you people". Al stopped for a second and said what do you mean you people? Imus quickly said "You two", don't try and play that off on me, "that's jive."

So in short, he's racist and stuck in the 70's.

[adam_f]

I used to have the same avatar, Jitters.

[TurdBerglar]

i never even heard of this guy till that nappy headed hoe incident. and the shit i heard from what he said about those basketball players is something that could totally have been said by me or my buddies(multi racial group we are) and we all would have laughed. i didn't see anything wrong with that nappy head hoe comment. i thought it was hilarious calling those women a bunch of nappy headed hoes. i got a real good laugh out of it.

[pip07]

Howard said today there is a difference between racial humor and being racist.

I hope Imus doesn't end up on Sirius.

Howard ALSO said that Sirius only hires people that they believe can bring more subscribers.

[Jitters]

i never even heard of this guy till that nappy headed hoe incident

Same here, I had no idea who he was.

I'm looking at some of his quotes right now and he's said a TON of racist and homophobic remarks (n)

[JobDDT]

It was "nappy-headed" which is an old-fashioned and unfavorable way to refer to people with brown skin and afros.

It was combined with "hos" as in "nappy-headed hos." How is that not racist?

It was used to refer to women who are african american and who are not prostitutes.

It was used by an old white guy.

This isn't a close one. :rolleyes:

Um, no. I don't know if you realize this, but not everyone on the Lady Rutgers basketball team is black.

And by the way, nappy was first and mostly a term used to describe the texture of hair, usually unfavorably. Annotating it to race is purely subjective.

Sexist? Yes.

[JobDDT]

Same here, I had no idea who he was.

I'm looking at some of his quotes right now and he's said a TON of racist and homophobic remarks (n)

Well who the fuck on the radio doesn't have those these days? Dick fuckin' Clark?

There are shock jocks. Get the fuck over it and quit being a crybaby.

(For the record, Imus' show is boring).

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[kaiser soze]

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[Rock]

l...better than ever.
No way.

Artie and Gilbert Godfrey's laugh are the main reason worth listening most of the time these days.

[Yeti]

Don't slight Richard Christie. His phone calls have been gold the last couple of weeks.

[QueenAdrock]

There's just one thing I want to get straight.

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[Rock]

Don't slight Richard Christie. His phone calls have been gold the last couple of weeks.
True......i can't believe I forgot about Richard.

[Yeti]

The only reason I care about this story is that free speech and opinions are being attacked. Our society is growing more conservative and touchy by the day.

Read this article which was written by Jason Whitlock an African American columnist.
http://www.kansascity.com/182/story/66339.html

I love this quote from the article.....Imus is what he is — a washed-up shock jock who is very easy to ignore when you’re not looking to be made a victim.

The Imus flap is about hypocrisy. I always thought my generation would look at people as neighbors and not judge people by color. The problem is that old one toothed rednecks and old radical black leaders that lived through segregation will not let our young people move on. Censorship and race baiting is horrible and it is here right now. Our kids are being bombarded from all sides with stinking thinking.

Oh, and Imus is a corpse.

[QueenAdrock]

I could be wrong, but I'm sure there are greater cases of injustice going on somewhere that should be getting more resources and attention than this crap.

You mean like Darfur?

Oh, that's just silly.

[Yeti]

She has the right to call people a faggot. Now, we all know she is an idiot.

[Yeti]

What do you think Dallas fans call TO? I just can't believe that in 2007 racism is so prevalent.
When my son goes out looking for hookers I hope he will give the nappy headed hos a shot.

[Yeti]

Hahaha

That reminds me, this caller to a morning talk show said that he now gives all white Dallas Cowboy fans permission to say the N word. And then invited them down to 5th Ward to try it out.

Ah, the 5th Ward.....home of the Geto Boys. I bet Scarface didn't get all upset about Imus.

[abcdefz]

I love this quote from the article.....Imus is what he is — a washed-up shock jock who is very easy to ignore when you’re not looking to be made a victim.



That's pretty beautiful.

[Yeti]

That's pretty beautiful.

Imus is what he is — a washed-up shock jock who is very easy to ignore when you’re not looking to be made a victim.

I think most of todays martyrs are really victims.

The real leaders are not on Larry King talking about Don Imus. They probably don't watch Larry King.

You know what? I was watching Anderson Cooper last night. He did not give much coverage to Imus and he did not cover Anna Nicole. How dare Anderson!

[abcdefz]

To put those kinds of stories in perspective, they really need to do cutaways to John Waters.

[afronaut]

I'm sure Imus has said a lot worse things more deserving of getting fired than "nappy headed hos." I mean, really. yawn. who cares? while i do think it's a stupid thing to say, free speech, anyone? and while i am in full support of all/most civil rights and against bigotry, i think it's sad when special interest groups can suppress free speech by causing a larger uproar than is needed.

I mean, what about that "Dr". Kamau Kambon who literally called for the execution of all white people live on C-Span? Where was the uproar about that? And I'm not saying there should have been an uproar about that. There just shouldn't have been an uproar about so me old fart named Imus either. It's not important. There are bigger issues facing the black community than some shock jock.

[Documad]

Um, no. I don't know if you realize this, but not everyone on the Lady Rutgers basketball team is black.

And by the way, nappy was first and mostly a term used to describe the texture of hair, usually unfavorably. Annotating it to race is purely subjective.

Sexist? Yes.
Yes, I realize that a mere EIGHTY PERCENT of the team is black. :p

I've never heard "nappy-headed" used to describe an Aryan.

But clearly the comment had nothing to do with race. :rolleyes:

[JobDDT]

Yes, I realize that a mere EIGHTY PERCENT of the team is black. :p

I've never heard "nappy-headed" used to describe an Aryan.

But clearly the comment had nothing to do with race. :rolleyes:

Since when did 80% become 100%? :rolleyes:

Well then, you must not watch Flavor of Love, where "New York" called the white girl who spit in her face a "nappy headed wig wearing (bitch or ho, I don't remember)".

Clearly the comment was what you WANTED it to be about.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: