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Stupid or Racist or Both?

Society & Culture  (tags: media, racism, Don Imus, society )

Michael
- 51 days ago - socialistworker.org
Whether Don Imus should be fired has nothing to do with free speech. It's about whether blatant racism is acceptable in sports and on commercial radio.
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Joycey B. (424)
Tuesday July 8, 2008, 2:22 pm
He is both. They just need to get rid of him. Just looking at him scares me. Yiiiiiiiiiiikes!!!!
 

Esther S. (19)
Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:25 pm
I am not a fan of Imus. I do think that he is stupid. However I wonder if he was trying to make the point that the police keep arresting him because he is black. The reason I wonder about it, is that the story states the man in question has been arrested several times but has never been convicted of anything.
 

Birdie B. (112)
Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:32 pm
both
 

Mary Riley (824)
Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:42 pm
I cannot stand his brand of *journalism*, but he is not a stupid man. He says stupid things. And yes, he is blatantly racist. Racism has NO place in society.
 

Cate Groves (535)
Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:51 pm
I have never ever listened to an Imus broadcast, and I'm proud of it!
 

Michael C. (121)
Tuesday July 8, 2008, 4:21 pm
I never have the radio on when he's on the air. Not that I don't have better things to do....
 

serge vrabec (127)
Tuesday July 8, 2008, 4:25 pm
Both! Thx Micheal! Laughable if he was not a public figure!
 

Tim Redfern (437)
Tuesday July 8, 2008, 4:55 pm
If you believe that Imus was actually speaking out against racism, you must also believe the war in Iraq had nothing to do with oil, Bush and Cheney just joined Amnesty International, and Barack Obama is desperately seeking more photo ops with Muslim women.


Cate, honey, you really haven't missed much.
They missed one option;
Imus is stupid, racist, and OLD!
It's time for him to go away, go
to his ranch in New Mexico and focus
on his work for autistic children and
keep his hatred and his racism to himself.

btw, why am I not surprised that Imus is
being defended by such a genuine piece of
sh*t like Sean Hannity?! Professional courtesy?

Thanks, Mike!
noted, w/disbelief
that Imus did it
AGAIN!
 

gran pat (188)
Tuesday July 8, 2008, 4:59 pm
Imus needs to go pack his bags, and move to his ranch out of radio completely. i find his comments on-air, abrasive, rude, and demeaning. thankx, Michael for this post
 

Karen M. (189)
Tuesday July 8, 2008, 10:08 pm
He's a pig and racist comments are not acceptable.
 

Andreas G. (210)
Wednesday July 9, 2008, 6:02 am
Obviously people can be both: intelligent and stupid.
Racist? Pretty obvious,yes.
what an idiot...
 

Littlewing N. (116)
Wednesday July 9, 2008, 6:30 am
DON'T LISTEN TO HIM TY
 

daniella r. (76)
Wednesday July 9, 2008, 8:26 am
I wish that when somebody say's something discriminating or sexist and abusive about women, the same reaction towards the person would be expressed.And even do I do NOT agree with racist and discriminating talk, the way all race"s talk about and discriminate women , on the radio, tv, etc. must be fought.The words rude and demeaning are in order to when it conserning women.
 

Estella Ameigh (20)
Wednesday July 9, 2008, 10:56 am
Why would anyone even want to listen to him if this is the way he talks about people?
 

Rob L. (5)
Wednesday July 9, 2008, 5:02 pm
His track record betrays him,as the racist he is.As for the challenges to Imus being pc gone mad my response is a sinking feeling in my stomach,followed by a long..yyyyyaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnn.
Everytime there is a challenge to bigotry,I hear this anti-historical "pc gone mad" idiocy.
Opposing racism has nothing to do with pc.To judge people by their own individual qualities,and not by race,is basic decency and sense.
Were those who opposed slavery pc?was the civil rights movement built on pc?of course not.People have fought for fairness throughout history,well before the right wing worked themselves up,with their made up,twisted or one sided stories about pc.
Its not surprising that in Britain,the two newspapers most obsessed with "political correctness gone mad",both had nice things to say about Mussolini and Hitler between the wars.
 

Louise L. (3)
Thursday July 10, 2008, 2:05 pm
Why did they hire him back after the first problem? Leopards don't change their spots, and he is what he is! Thanks, Michael.
 

Shawn olsen (4)
Thursday July 10, 2008, 2:16 pm
Sorry this man is not entertaining, period. He makes stupid comments about nothing, he is an idiot. I dont know if he is a racist but I am sure he is a sexist, look how young his wife is, sorry but that is a sign right there that something is amiss, I know my dad was married to someone 30 years younger then him--they have issues!
 
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