Don Imus, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Other People Who Should Probably Shut the Hell Up
Posted by Seth Kramer on Tuesday, April 10th 2007 at 10:06pm
the I-Man
So did you hear New York radio host Don Imus said something racist? I'm personally shocked a craggy, 66-year-old white man has racially insensitive opinions. Of course what he said was unfortunate not only because it wasn't funny but it perpetuates racial and gender stereotypes. But everybody seems to be reacting to the whole thing like they've never seen Don Imus before. This is the guy who invented Reverend Billy Sol Hargis the radio evangelist for the First Church of the Gooey Death and Discount House of Worship. The man who routinely refers to politicians by name as "that fat little lying skunk from (insert state)". Come on, lets not play-pretend we didn't know this would one day happen. He crossed a line; he knows it, and he's prepared to accept the consequences.
But as bad as that is, it gets worse with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (as it always seems to with these two).
Dumb and Dumber
First, Rev. Jackson might do well to remember that bit in the bible about specks and planks in people's eyes. Many of us haven't forgotten his "Hymietown" ordeal.
Then there's Al Sharpton, who like Jackson, seems blithely unaware that he is not the aggrieved party in this matter. These two jackasses are demanding heads on platters. And while I generally agree that people have to live with the consequences of their words and actions, the good reverends would do well to defer to the Rutgers basketball team on what action should be taken.
When it all comes down to it. I don't agree, and I don't care. Imus didn't insult me. He's certainly not the first person to say it, and he's not likely to be the last. There's a reason I don't listen to rap music, but I'm not going to pretend it's because they call their "bitches" "nappy-headed hos". It's because it sucks. So I'm not going to get on some high horse, and pretend I'm shocked that Imus said things that aren't half as coarse as what Chris Rock, Dave Chappell, Carlos Mencia, or Eminem are very well-paid to to say.
The last time I checked no one ever told me I had a right to go through life without being made to feel uncomfortable. Guess what? People say stupid things. In fact you don't have to navigate too far into this very website to find stupid opinions, and things that will make some people feel uncomfortable. But it's important to remember that it's not my job to make you feel comfortable; it's yours.
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