rich
Cog in Training
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Imus
Apr 11, 2007 13:44:04 GMT -5
Post by rich on Apr 11, 2007 13:44:04 GMT -5
Like I said before, it's an attempt to reclaim the word, take it back...... Randal: Well, I still don't think "porch monkey" should be considered a racial term. I mean, I've always used it to describe lazy people, not lazy black people! I think if we really tried, we could reclaim "porch monkey" and save it.
Dante: It can't be saved, Randal! The sole purpose for its creation - the only reason it exists in the first place - is to disparage an entire race. And even if it could be saved, *you* can't save it, because you're not black!
Randal: Well, listen to you, telling me I can't do something because of the color of my skin. You're the racist! I'm taking it back, you watch! clickNiiice. Well played.
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Imus
Apr 12, 2007 9:21:52 GMT -5
Post by killer on Apr 12, 2007 9:21:52 GMT -5
The show is pulled from TV. White America better stop being so lazy when it comes to standing against injustice.
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Imus
Apr 12, 2007 10:34:53 GMT -5
Post by bamagatr on Apr 12, 2007 10:34:53 GMT -5
I have no reason to stand up for Don Imus for anything...
...and that has nothing to do with the last few days...I have found him to be repulsive for years....
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Imus
Apr 12, 2007 11:15:00 GMT -5
Post by killer on Apr 12, 2007 11:15:00 GMT -5
That's fine. If you think he should go, then do what you can to make that happen (of course you don't have to now.) My point is that all too often when we see injustice, all we do is complain and say things like, "Can you believe that.... Well, that's just horrible, etc." And then we forget and go back to eating our sandwich -- and supporting those who were a part of the injustice. We supply no action to right wrongs. But the black community does.
What happened to Imus is wrong. Will those who believe this continue to buy Proctor and Gamble products (like Tide) and use their American Express card? I will not. But my guess is that most who are upset by what happened to Imus will.
And remember, this issue is bigger than Imus.
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Imus
Apr 12, 2007 11:20:46 GMT -5
Post by bamagatr on Apr 12, 2007 11:20:46 GMT -5
And remember, this issue is bigger than Imus. Exactly...I probably should have said that I am ambivolent about Imus, personally... I worked for a company that had to give in to the "extortions" of Jesse Jackson in order for an incident to finally get out of the media... What sponsors and employers do is THEIR business...(unfortunately, that is a very painful statement on this particular day)...but they should not allow themselves to get jacked around by a nobody...
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Imus
Apr 12, 2007 11:28:12 GMT -5
Post by killer on Apr 12, 2007 11:28:12 GMT -5
bama wrote, "What sponsors and employers do is THEIR business." True -- but they are into pacifying certain groups -- those who make the noise. Blacks are making noise. Whites are not. White people have become suckers and/or fraidy cats.
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Imus
Apr 12, 2007 15:42:52 GMT -5
Post by bamagatr on Apr 12, 2007 15:42:52 GMT -5
bama wrote, "What sponsors and employers do is THEIR business." True -- but they are into pacifying certain groups -- those who make the noise. Blacks are making noise. Whites are not. White people have become suckers and/or fraidy cats. Yup...that's what I implied in the rest of my sentence that you cut off....
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Imus
Apr 12, 2007 18:24:16 GMT -5
Post by killer on Apr 12, 2007 18:24:16 GMT -5
Will this event or series of events worsen race relations?
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Kat
Apprentice Cog
Birth. Life. Death. Repeat.
Posts: 143
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Imus
Apr 12, 2007 19:15:33 GMT -5
Post by Kat on Apr 12, 2007 19:15:33 GMT -5
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Imus
Apr 13, 2007 8:47:33 GMT -5
Post by killer on Apr 13, 2007 8:47:33 GMT -5
Rutgers girls consider lawsuit.
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Imus
Apr 13, 2007 8:59:36 GMT -5
Post by deovindice on Apr 13, 2007 8:59:36 GMT -5
Rutgers girls consider lawsuit. Ch-Ching! (The sound of the cash register. Not some slam on the Chinese). A PC mandated disclaimer. Like I said in Post #10, it's all about money.
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Imus
Apr 13, 2007 9:03:00 GMT -5
Post by killer on Apr 13, 2007 9:03:00 GMT -5
Money and "Power over the White Man."
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Imus
Apr 13, 2007 9:16:07 GMT -5
Post by killer on Apr 13, 2007 9:16:07 GMT -5
Imus said that one sponsor who stayed was Bigelow Tea. Those who appreciate that they had the courage to stay, buy their tea AND send a letter of appreciation. ALSO, take the time to make note of those who left. Write them and stop buying their products. Stick to it -- long term.
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Imus
Apr 13, 2007 9:30:00 GMT -5
Post by bamagatr on Apr 13, 2007 9:30:00 GMT -5
The original story...
One of the Rutgers players came running into the locker room really elated and excited. Her teammates asked her why she was so excited. She said, "I just heard Don Imus on the radio, and he thinks I'm a ho!!!!"
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Imus
Apr 13, 2007 15:54:27 GMT -5
Post by W.O.M.I on Apr 13, 2007 15:54:27 GMT -5
There's a real racial travesty and injustice ongoing, but the Imus flap has totally eclipsed it. I'm referring to the Duke lacrosse players who were accused of gang rape by (yet another Democrat) rogue prosecutor despite not only a lack of evidence that might prove them guilty but a deliberate cover-up of evidence that would prove them innocent. And how is the media- at least some of it- covering the two cases? Well, we see Imus coverage wall-to-wall. then we have elements of the MSM who are actually saying- no joke- that the Rutgers women basketball players had a TOUGHER GO OF IT than did the Duke lacrosse players! (article: newsbusters.org/node/12002)
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Imus
Apr 14, 2007 6:25:23 GMT -5
Post by bamagatr on Apr 14, 2007 6:25:23 GMT -5
As he often does, James Taranto of the WSJ has it exactly right...
"This column has no brief for Don Imus, the liberal radio shock-jock who lost his gig yesterday after calling members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team 'nappy-headed hos.' CBS (and NBC, which simulcast the Imus show on one of its little-watched cable channels) were perfectly within their rights to defenestrate Imus for his gross remark. But by waiting a week to do so, they showed themselves to be craven rather than prudent, and they did more to promote bigotry than to combat it.
It's clear that the networks fired Imus not because what he said was unacceptable but because the controversy it stirred up was not going to go away. This means that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson--two men whose bigotry has done a thousandfold more harm than Imus's--are able to declare victory and pose as moral arbiters."
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Imus
Apr 15, 2007 1:13:58 GMT -5
Post by lawman on Apr 15, 2007 1:13:58 GMT -5
As he often does, James Taranto of the WSJ has it exactly right... "This column has no brief for Don Imus, the liberal radio shock-jock who lost his gig yesterday after calling members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team 'nappy-headed hos.' CBS (and NBC, which simulcast the Imus show on one of its little-watched cable channels) were perfectly within their rights to defenestrate Imus for his gross remark. But by waiting a week to do so, they showed themselves to be craven rather than prudent, and they did more to promote bigotry than to combat it. It's clear that the networks fired Imus not because what he said was unacceptable but because the controversy it stirred up was not going to go away. This means that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson--two men whose bigotry has done a thousandfold more harm than Imus's--are able to declare victory and pose as moral arbiters." Agreed!Nevertheless, Sharptongue and Jackson WILL NEVER BE TAKEN more seriously than Barry Bonds PHONY, illegitimate Home Run record!
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Imus
Apr 16, 2007 8:20:21 GMT -5
Post by killer on Apr 16, 2007 8:20:21 GMT -5
lawman,
Are you being sarcastic? Just wondering because Sharpton and Jackson ARE taken seriously by weak, white men who run this country -- politicians and corporate leaders.
We know they should just be ignored but they are heard and their requests are most always met.
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Imus
Apr 16, 2007 9:17:31 GMT -5
Post by 5REHJC9 on Apr 16, 2007 9:17:31 GMT -5
killer, I am serious about them never being taken seriously as being legitimate Preachers by TRUE, wise Christians....are even reasonable people of both (ALL) races!
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Imus
Apr 16, 2007 9:19:57 GMT -5
Post by lawman on Apr 16, 2007 9:19:57 GMT -5
The above post is mine.......name mistake!
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Imus
Apr 16, 2007 10:39:38 GMT -5
Post by W.O.M.I on Apr 16, 2007 10:39:38 GMT -5
lawman, Are you being sarcastic? Just wondering because Sharpton and Jackson ARE taken seriously by weak, white men who run this country -- politicians and corporate leaders. We know they should just be ignored but they are heard and their requests are most always met. killer- That's a great point. It wouldn't surprise me all that much if more weak white liberals supported those two than blacks...
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Imus
Apr 16, 2007 13:27:48 GMT -5
Post by killer on Apr 16, 2007 13:27:48 GMT -5
Why just "white liberals?" Why exclude white conservatives?
I'll answer that. Because white liberals will stand beside those like Sharpton and Jackson in their support. Conservatives say among friends they do not support such, but then they send the check.
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Imus
Apr 16, 2007 13:30:27 GMT -5
Post by lawman on Apr 16, 2007 13:30:27 GMT -5
Now killer, Careful, you really are breaking the code!
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Imus
Apr 16, 2007 18:05:05 GMT -5
Post by W.O.M.I on Apr 16, 2007 18:05:05 GMT -5
"White Man's Guilt" is pretty much exclusively the province of the Left.
About the only place you heard any comments along the lines of "Who made THEM (Jackson and Sharpton) in charge of who can say what?" was on Fox News.
I happened to watch a rebroadcast of "Meet The Press" and it was almost comical to see several white Liberal males falling all over themselves apologizing for doing the Imus show, claiming that they didn't know what kind of show it was or didn't know what Imus had said before (yet one guy admitted that he had been on the show numerous times over MANY YEARS).
Hmmm.....think Henry Waxman will investigate that? Assuming he can work one more partisan witch hunt into his already busy schedule.
Fact is, I can't think of a single conservative that thinks Sharpton and Jackson have the moral standing to be the primary voices in this- or any other- affair.
Fact is, I can't think of a single liberal that doesn't think they do.
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