Quote: britneyspearsatemyshorts said: think about it, as a society we have become accustomed to believing if something offends us destroy it, some people were offended by mere words from Imus and werent satisfied till he his career was destroyed, we dont know all the facts on this jerk but obviously he felt like whatever it was that "wronged him", whether it was taunts, an ex girlfriend, whatever that somehow people deserved to die for his perceived slight. at some point society needs to tell people suck it up, there will be good and bad and grow the fuck up....
Now I understand. Good point.
Well argued, from that point of view.
But I would counter that Don Imus didn't kill or threaten anyone. I think what Imus said --calling a women's sport team "Ho's"-- was demeaning, both to himself and to the girls, but he has a right to say it, just as CBS has a right to dump him for someone whose on-air words are more carefully chosen.
As I said on the Imus topic, Imus is just repeating things that are said multiple times hourly in black rap videos, and by black comedians and other black entertainers.
The only part of Imus' stupidity I think is unfair is that blacks shouldn't get a free pass for perpetuating black stereotypes, while Imus gets publicly castrated for the exact same behavior.
If whites saying these words is offensive, then it should be equally offensive for blacks to say them. And at that point opinion of black culture would improve, and there would be a chance of actually eliminating these stereotypes. Where no one gets a free pass to perpetuate these words and stereotypes. And no double standard exists.
