Hey Reverend Jackson.....Don Imus Related

[Tippster]

Doing what he needs to do to get a paycheck. If we all started getting along Al Sharpton would become an anachronism.

[Benny Profane]

Last time I checked noone on the Rutgers womens team got shot 50 or 60 times. And the last time I checked Rutgers University isnt "an average black person"-its more of a multimillion dollar university with supporters and credibility all on its own.
So then what the fuck is he doing?

He's not letting such a nasty, racist remark seep back down into our culture without recognition. He wants to make it known that it's not OK to say such things about black women by old, bitter, rich white guys on a national media outlet with millions of Americans listening, and, unfortunately, some laughing or snickering. Because, if that happens, it's OK to push the envelope with that shit a little further tomorrow.

"The road to Auchwitz was paved with indifference."

[Brock Landers]

He's not letting such a nasty, racist remark seep back down into our culture without recognition. He wants to make it known that it's not OK to say such things about black women by old, bitter, rich white guys on a national media outlet with millions of Americans listening, and, unfortunately, some laughing or snickering. Because, if that happens, it's OK to push the envelope with that shit a little further tomorrow.

"The road to Auchwitz was paved with indifference."

But I didnt hear him crying about anything 50 cent says. Those are pretty nasty sexist remarks (is it racist if a black mans says the remarks?) I think the envelope is pushed all the time by people of all races, notably in the rap industry. Millions upon millions listen to 50 cent et. al, but there is little outcry and none out of Al Sharpton or anyone else. Granted Imus was wrong, but it is well known he makes remarks while on a panel (he used to be a comedian and for MSNBCers, hes still funny) that he may not truly feel. Kinda like Chris Rock talking about white people or black people or whoever.

WWCD- did you hear O&A yesterday when they questioned Whoopi about Ted Danson?

[WWCD]

WWCD- did you hear O&A yesterday when they questioned Whoopi about Ted Danson?

Sure did. Made me laugh, and I didn't know about the Ted Danson blackface thing.

[Danno]

That was a very nasty, bitter thing to say, and I fail to see one ounce of humor in it.

I agree.

Yet had any non-white radio personality/comedian said it it would have been written off as either risque or funny.

Disagree. It would have been ignored. :shrug:

I can't defend Sharpton or Jackson, nor can I defend the gangsta rappers who perpetuate things like "hos". They are their own worst enemies sometimes. And I don't know whether this whole thing deserved the shitstorm it has become.

I do know that what he said was racist, sexist, mean, hurtful, and wrong. If your daughter was on that team, you'd want to wring his scrawny neck. So at the very least, he owes an apology to those women.

if he was a minority shockjock, say, Carlos Mencia

Joe Rogan showing what a little lying bitch Mencia is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsq1uTLBHBc

[Jer]

What really galls the fuck outta me regarding Al Sharpton is he's the guy who keeps scratching off a scab to show people a wound.

Brutha's gotta make a livin' somehow.

[iceman]

How DO Al and Jesse make a living? Neither one of them has a job. Just wondering.

[Benny Profane]

Probably the same way Clinton, Guiliani, and former coaches make a living. Speaking fees.

[Woodsy]

Reverand
they are paid by their church

[irul&ublo]

How DO Al and Jesse make a living? Neither one of them has a job. Just wondering.

The Rev. Jackson is a practicing extorsionist. He will contact a corpoartion on some raci issue, whether real or fabricated, threaten a boycott or other action, but agree not to in exchange for payment. Sometimes he gets called on it, such as by Cypress Semiconductors, not that long ago.

[Jer]

Extortionist, Reverend, public speaker - whatever. All I know is that if racial bigotry dissappeared tomorrow Jackson, Sharpton, et.al. would be out on thier ass.

Imus makes a living out of being a loud, has-been asshole.

Sharpton makes a living off racial friction.

Hate to say it, but I've got a lot more respect for how Imus makes a living.

[HotCarl]

Bababooey Bababooey!!

[danimal's dead]

Now those girls on the Columbia Falls girls basketball team are some serious trailer park sluts.

I fail to see the difference. What he said was mean, but he was just making fun of some chicks for being ugly.

Last time I checked it wasn't illegal to say people were ugly.

Unfortunately female bball players tend to be a little on the ogreish fugly side, regardless of race.

[72Twenty]

Atleast the media is talking about this instead of Anna Nichole Smith.... OH WAIT.

[irul&ublo]

Atleast the media is talking about this instead of Anna Nichole Smith.... OH WAIT.

Anna and Imus are a lot alike...both in an advanced state of decomposition

[PaSucks]

Imus's biggest mistake was not telling Sharpton off from the begining. By bowing down and going on his show he legitimizes the asshole. If he had gone on the offensive from the beginning he would be doing his show right now and not on suspension.

[BigAirSkier1580]

He's been canned by NBC.

They won't be airing the show any longer. Period.

Not a big loss, but for a lame reason.

[Rontele]

How DO Al and Jesse make a living? Neither one of them has a job. Just wondering.

As a greedy old bastard yourself, you should know.

they make a living through corruption.

[Jer]

Not a big loss, but for a lame reason.

Agreed. Maybe Al Sharpton could provide a list of terms that us white folk can't use when referring to blacks...errr, African Americans. Although I'd guess such a list would change drastically from day to day (and from case to case for that matter).

[MeatPuppet]

Somebody had to post this here...


justicebrothers

[Tippster]

Fucking gutless advertisers. I don't even like Imus and I think he's getting shafted.

[lionelhutz]

Interesting column by Jason Whitlock
Referenced on Opie and Anthony this am and Steven A. Smith's espn.com show yesterday.

http://www.kansascity.com/182/story/66339.html

Imus isn’t the real bad guy
Instead of wasting time on irrelevant shock jock, black leaders need to be fighting a growing gangster culture.
By JASON WHITLOCK - Columnist

Thank you, Don Imus. You’ve given us (black people) an excuse to avoid our real problem.

You’ve given Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson another opportunity to pretend that the old fight, which is now the safe and lucrative fight, is still the most important fight in our push for true economic and social equality.

You’ve given Vivian Stringer and Rutgers the chance to hold a nationally televised recruiting celebration expertly disguised as a news conference to respond to your poor attempt at humor.

Thank you, Don Imus. You extended Black History Month to April, and we can once again wallow in victimhood, protest like it’s 1965 and delude ourselves into believing that fixing your hatred is more necessary than eradicating our self-hatred.

The bigots win again.

While we’re fixated on a bad joke cracked by an irrelevant, bad shock jock, I’m sure at least one of the marvelous young women on the Rutgers basketball team is somewhere snapping her fingers to the beat of 50 Cent’s or Snoop Dogg’s or Young Jeezy’s latest ode glorifying nappy-headed pimps and hos.

I ain’t saying Jesse, Al and Vivian are gold-diggas, but they don’t have the heart to mount a legitimate campaign against the real black-folk killas.

It is us. At this time, we are our own worst enemies. We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude and behavior expressed in this culture is anti-black, anti-education, demeaning, self-destructive, pro-drug dealing and violent.

Rather than confront this heinous enemy from within, we sit back and wait for someone like Imus to have a slip of the tongue and make the mistake of repeating the things we say about ourselves.

It’s embarrassing. Dave Chappelle was offered $50 million to make racially insensitive jokes about black and white people on TV. He was hailed as a genius. Black comedians routinely crack jokes about white and black people, and we all laugh out loud.

I’m no Don Imus apologist. He and his tiny companion Mike Lupica blasted me after I fell out with ESPN. Imus is a hack.

But, in my view, he didn’t do anything outside the norm for shock jocks and comedians. He also offered an apology. That should’ve been the end of this whole affair. Instead, it’s only the beginning. It’s an opportunity for Stringer, Jackson and Sharpton to step on victim platforms and elevate themselves and their agenda$.

I watched the Rutgers news conference and was ashamed.

Martin Luther King Jr. spoke for eight minutes in 1963 at the March on Washington. At the time, black people could be lynched and denied fundamental rights with little thought. With the comments of a talk-show host most of her players had never heard of before last week serving as her excuse, Vivian Stringer rambled on for 30 minutes about the amazing season her team had.

Somehow, we’re supposed to believe that the comments of a man with virtually no connection to the sports world ruined Rutgers’ wonderful season. Had a broadcaster with credibility and a platform in the sports world uttered the words Imus did, I could understand a level of outrage.

But an hourlong press conference over a man who has already apologized, already been suspended and is already insignificant is just plain intellectually dishonest. This is opportunism. This is a distraction.

In the grand scheme, Don Imus is no threat to us in general and no threat to black women in particular. If his words are so powerful and so destructive and must be rebuked so forcefully, then what should we do about the idiot rappers on BET, MTV and every black-owned radio station in the country who use words much more powerful and much more destructive?

I don’t listen or watch Imus’ show regularly. Has he at any point glorified selling crack cocaine to black women? Has he celebrated black men shooting each other randomly? Has he suggested in any way that it’s cool to be a baby-daddy rather than a husband and a parent? Does he tell his listeners that they’re suckers for pursuing education and that they’re selling out their race if they do?

When Imus does any of that, call me and I’ll get upset. Until then, he 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.

No. We all know where the real battleground is. We know that the gangsta rappers and their followers in the athletic world have far bigger platforms to negatively define us than some old white man with a bad radio show. There’s no money and lots of danger in that battle, so Jesse and Al are going to sit it out.

[lemon boy]

wait a second...racism isn't a big problem but music is bad?

[lionelhutz]

wait a second...racism isn't a big problem but music is bad?

I think his point is that there are bigger underlying issues that need to be addressed.

[Tippster]

You're being obtuse, LB.

At this time, we are our own worst enemies. We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude and behavior expressed in this culture is anti-black, anti-education, demeaning, self-destructive, pro-drug dealing and violent.