Sharpton didn't waste any time jumping on Imus's back this time proving what an opportunistic slob that race baiter is and I'm not ashamed nor afraid to say it out loud, he can kiss my a**.
I found this commentary closely aligned with my feelings which surprisingly are hard to find in the media since most of these people make their livings doing what they do they cannot always speak what they truly think unless they possess the gravitas of a Bill O'Reilly or a few others too big to be pushed around by their employers.
It's nice when others feel the way you do as this columnist does.
The Race Police Need to Lay Off Imus
| Views | TheRoot.com: "Some of us are too pre-occupied with taking offense. We should be careful about limiting free speech, since we may be the next victims.
June 25, 2008--Although I didn't think it was possible, the latest Don Imus controversy is almost as ridiculous as the first one. Imus recently made an off-hand remark on his radio show about Adam 'Pacman' Jones' string of arrests, noting that 'Pacman' was black. 'There you go,' he said. 'Now we know.' Some people chose to infer that Imus meant that Jones' blackness lay at the heart of some inherent criminal proclivity. Suddenly people are up in arms, ready to gather a posse, fire the torches and go after Imus. Again.
Never mind that his explanation is completely plausible. Since his kerfuffle after he referred to the Rutgers women's basketball team as 'nappy headed hoes,' there have been people out there unfulfilled by Imus' public, ugly mea culpa, unhappy with his dismissal and completely predictable return to the airwaves. These people, consumed by the business of taking offense, have been waiting for him to say anything that could be construed as racist, ready to pounce and take him down. Again. He may say something insensitive to blacks in the future, but his latest sound bites don't rate.I found his comments about the Rutgers team insensitive but only slightly off-sides. Imus commented that the girls team was a little mannish and rough-looking (real talk). These observations were not altogether shocking or fresh; black commentators have said similar things about other female basketball players for years. And even though his jibe was consistent with his other shtick designed to rile sensitive ears, Imus should not have called those young women names—they didn't have a knock coming. He apologized. His mistake then, as now, was trying to explain himself.
Once you begin apologizing, you can never stop, and it will never be enough for some. continued
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