Sharpton Jackson and Imus

[kma697]

Figured I'd start a thread about it......All of its total BULLSHIT in my opinion.  Sharpton and Jackson are just trying to get their face on TV,  they are 2 of the biggest racists out there.  I can't stand Imus never listened to his show or watched it on TV...but losing your job for what a black man can say on his radio show is unfair in my opinion.  OK guys fire away.....this has been interesting on some boards and it seems to be 50/50 on opinions.

[Zap]

Like I said, I would like to see Imus and Sharpton both 6 feet under. From an individuals perspective, I think you should consider the source. Imus is an asshole IMO, so I wouldn't give a rats ass what he thinks or says. Same goes for Sharpton. From a corporate perspective, you have to consider the bottom line. Imus was fired because he was an economic liability, not because he made racist remarks. So, tough shit Don...life is hard. Rap music, possibly 100 times worse, makes money...so anything goes. That's life.

[kma697]

Well....you just keep swimming in the cesspool of happiness!!!

[87natty]

So, tough shit Don...life is hard. Rap music, possibly 100 times worse, makes money...so anything goes. That's life.

They really do keep each other in business huh? Excellent point.

[Recklessrob]

Maybe the KKK will sponsor a satalite show for Imus. :rofl;

I'm honestly not racist, but I hate the double standards we have to contend with.
Its like racial suppression has taken an about face. I was once racially discriminated
against at a job. I was next in line for a promotion at the location I was at. I had
waited a year and a half for the new position. My district manager (who was black),
moved a tech in from another location who had less time with the company, and gave him the promotion. The tech was also black. I was livid and ended up leaving that company because of it. I don't blame them because they're black. I think that
it would've happened with any race in a similar situation.Abou t a year later, the company pulled out of New England for the most part. So they all had to go job hunting.

[kma697]

Well RR seems like you made the right move anyway.

[DCEPTCN]

I'm particularly disappointed in the broad-nosed victims who, rather than illustrating that Imus means jack shit and is beneath them, turned it into a 'pity me' parade. I usually don't like Patrice O'Neal.....but I couldn't have agreed more with him regarding his comments on the Opie & Anthony show show about this which can be paraphrased as "We (blacks) have made all this progress only to end up with this pathetic spectacle?"

If Imus called me a strupid drunk Kraut I'd see the truth in it, dismiss the falsity and then wonder who the fuck Imus is....?

[Recklessrob]

If Imus called me a strupid drunk Kraut I'd see the truth in it, dismiss the falsity and then wonder who the fuck Imus is....?

If I heard Imus call you that, I'd laugh, and buy you both a beer.

[Top Speed]

Why would you get mad?  He would only be stating the truth!

[Be4u]

As the old crowd dies off, so will racism. I just hope the younger people dont get polluted by the old crowds thoughts.

Look at the "foot in the mouth" club. All old or older. They've learned all these slang terms over the years and now there passing them down to us....or at least trying to. There the ones that need to stop using words considered hateful.

Just today, at work, an old man was talking about "alot of dirty mexicans" down here. I havent noticed the growth but I can tell you, they only seem dirty after work...but when they go out there always clean looking to me. Some of them dress fancy as hell. How is that dirty?

[kma697]

Who wants to go to the casino looking like a slob??  Dee chiks like da klean shavin hombres. :smt028   Or were you talking about the "wetbacks"???  
lol

[Be4u]

Naw man, they go to walmart all cheesed up like that too. Big cowboy hats, fancy boots...the younger crowd has the hip hop thing going on. And the chicks in their hot little outfits, eye candy!

Oh, and I'm a little bit, JUST a little bit, sorry for saying the old folks should die off. I just wish they'd let their slang die off. No need in passing racism down to the younger generations. Just the words. The younger generation is trying to move forward. I was pissed from work cuz I had to just sit there and not say anything to the old guy that was talking about the "dirty" Mexicans. Not only that but the asshole won money off me. Looks like he needed it though...he wasnt to "clean" himself.

[DCEPTCN]

I can have little respect for those who judge by race....and for those who are frightened of words. Both are suckers who only cause trouble.

[kma697]

Trash is trash....regar dless of skin color or origin!

[Be4u]

Sylvan, that about exactly how I feel. I havent even touched on the people that are over sensitive. They just add fuel to the fire and are just as wrong themselves.