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Vin 03:30 pm UTC 04/13/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Imus - Jacqueline 03:19 pm UTC 04/13/07 |
| I just read a quote from the team's coach where she actually used the word "ordeal" to describe the situation. Please. If Imus were talking about a UCLA volleyball team and described them as "bleach-blonde bimbos," nobody would care, except maybe the team themselves (if it even exists; I'm being hypothetical here), and even then, nobody else would care that they cared. > I agree - it's a farce. > > And really...the girls on that basketball team were really > "harmed" - "injured" and "had their dreams stolen" by what > Imus said? Hard to imagine. > > Don't mommies teach their kids the "Sticks & Stones" thing > anymore?? > > > I'm no Imus fan, but this firing is a farce. If CBS > > wanted to fire him for violating some kind of policy, it > > should have happened immediately. Instead, they've just > > kow-towed to pressure. If no one complained, CBS wouldn't > > have batted an eyelash. > > > > I really hope Al Sharpton and his offended followers take > > their outrage down the street to Deathrow/Interscope and > > demand the firing of every musical act that uses the same > > kind of racial language that got Imus fired. > > > > Imus is an elderly white man who wears a cowboy hat and > > owns a ranch; he didn't invent the word "ho," somebody put > > it into his lexicon. Sharpton should go after those > > people, too, or he's a hypocrite. But then, I think he > > established that fact years ago, didn't he? | |
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