The Jester’s Quart: What Imus Really Said

[Greg_Wyshynski]

I’m watching MSNBC on Friday morning. The menu on my screen still reads “Imus in the Morning,” but obviously that’s going to have to change.

Bye man, I-man.

I’m watching MSNBC on Friday morning and listening to news personality David Gregory lead a “new debate,” as the graphic called it,...
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[Dmon3k]

I kind of think this whole thing is ridiculous. For one I stand by the right that we have freedom of speech, its not freedom of speech that is politically correct, or freedom of speech as long as it offends no one. If you don't like what a person says don't listen to him. If you are on the Rutgers women's team and feel he is wrong, then sue him for slander. To me if you let the words of some cranky old shock jock ruin your season then maybe you have other issues. But this whole thing brings up a whole different set of problems to me. For one I would consider the words he said as derogatory towards women before I would consider them racist, but thats just me. But no matter what to me its a huge double standard. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson were so quick to jump on Imus for his comments calling him racist and the like. Yet rappers like 50 cent and others call women worse and objectify them in their songs and videos which are aired on both television and radio yet no words of condemnation have come to them. To me its just as "racist" for a black person to say that black people can use certain words and whites can't, than it is for a white person to call a black the n word.

Anyway, thats just my two cents on this whole thing. Figured I'd sound off here because well its the first site I came to.

[BaldBil]

The difference between what Imus said and what rappers say in their,...songs (for the lack of a better term) is that Imus refered directly to a specific group of women as opposed to all women.

I would never defend what he said, or the idiots who have made such an issue of it. I will say this however, he is getting his long overdue smack in the face.

[Rusty27]

It's still a double standard.It's not news unless a white person says something about a black person.

[OriginalBob]

Originally Posted by Rusty17

It's still a double standard.It's not news unless a white person says something about a black person.

Yeah, What happened to the apology that should have been coming from Sharpton and Jackson for what they said last year about the 3 Duke Laccrose players!!!!???? NEVER HAPPEN & NEVER WILL!!!!!