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Herald: Boston's Black Pastors Don't Want Imus Back

And what precisely are they 'doing,' according to this article, D.R.? As far as I can tell, they were contacted by the reporter for their opinion, and they gave it. What's the problem?
 
Are we supposed to break out the world's smallest violin for them? If they want wholesome radio, turn the dial. It is easy as that. No one is forcing them to listen to any of stuff they get turned on to because Rev. Al says it is offensive so listen and them complain about it.
 
Until I see them all in the news on a weekly basis protesting blak comedians usage of all the words they despise, I won't take anything they say or do with a grain of salt. If this is so offensive, they should have been marching at public venues years ago.
 
Again. The Herald called THEM and asked for their opinion. They gave it. End of story.

What have they done wrong?? What, are they supposed to love the guy??

Seems to me that the Herald is trying to start something, not them.
 
D. R. Tucker said:
I couldn't care less about Imus returning, but considering the violence that is tearing Boston apart, don't these ministers have more important things to do than go after an aging talk host?

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1042891&format=text
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Yes, they do. But, this is endemic of a certain ideology. An ideology that manifests itself in Philadelphia (as an example) by focusing on targets such as trans fatty acids, smoking and Boy Scouts rather than worrying about the 420 homicides that the city will log this year. That pesky violence is just an inconvenience caused by "kids", apparently.

Kudos to Citadel for casting a blind eye on such stupidity. I wish everyone else would do the same and put hucksters like Al Sharpton and Jesse "Yaba Daba Doo" Jackson out of business.
 
Frankly, the Black Boston Pastors have more important pastoral work to do - specifically to help stop the killing of young Black boys in particular on the streets of Roxbury and Dorchester. Imus should not even be on their radar screens.
 
Well, my goodness. Everyone seems to be on board with condemning ministers who, as far as the evidence to date shows, did nothing but respond to a question posed to them.

Gee, I wonder why Heslam wrote about this topic today?? Anybody wanna bet that Howie opens with this topic this afternoon, now that she's got you all fired up for him?

Sheesh.
 
Do these "reverands" report to Jackson and Sharpton? Do you think they EVER listened to Imus??? I think NOT. ::)

BRING BACK IMUS IMMEDIATELY! :D
 
AGAIN, no one has answered Finn's question. If the reporter went to them and asked them the question about Imus, WHAT WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO SAY? If they avoided the whole question, then...never mind. ::)
 
SonicAl asks a good question. What would "Reverend" Larry Johnson say? Just exactly which church is the good reverend Johnson a member of? It's obviously a church that doesn't require a degree in Theology..........or anything else for that matter. I wonder how he reconciles his tracing(plagiarism) of cartoons with his religion. Must be the same way that "Reverends" Jesse and Al do it after they shake down a company.
 
Funny how these "reverends" also seem to have forgotten about that basic Christian tenet of forgiveness. They seem to be big on it when someone of their "demo" is about to be executed for murder, but not so much when the offense involves a verbal "crime" such as what Imus did.

Interesting, isn't it? ::)
 
This thread is an incredible example of right wing propaganda. How it is started and how it creates its own issues and agendas. Finn is right, there is nothing to see here until the right actually creates it. If Imus comes back it will be because someone is willing to pay him to come back. That's all. The reason he lost his job is because someone said they wouldn't pay him anymore. If he lost his job because he sucked I guess that would be OK? Aren't republicans all about right to work non-entitlement thinking (no one owes you a job, you don't have a right to be on a radio show or get equal time). Imus made a racist comment on air, then people dredged up a whole host of other crud he has been saying for years (Gwen Iffel looks like the White house maid, other stuff too). Started to look like this wasn't just a one-off. Given the fact that Imus was allowed into that clubby inside the beltway world he was suddenly shut out, and rightly so IMHO. It wasn't like he was Ann Coulter or Savage, which no republican politician would get near. Now Imus will join the ranks of these talkers, where he can spew his populist BS without fear of retribution. I bet most people in the US would be fired if they made a racist comment at work, why does Mr. Imus get a pass?
 
robbbc said:
I bet most people in the US would be fired if they made a racist comment at work
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Not until such time as the first amendment is entirely tossed into the dust bin of history.

Then again, those who are so intolerant as to label valid opinions as "right wing" or who imply racism whenever possible (in an effort to invalidate opinions that they disagree with) should probably don brown shirts - just as their intellectual ancestors did.

I'm done here. :-X
 
Has anyone reminded the Reverend Jackson about his hymie town remark?
How about Sharpton and the Tawana Brawley hoax? Anyone remind him of that?
 
deff junction said:
Has anyone reminded the Reverend Jackson about his hymie town remark?
How about Sharpton and the Tawana Brawley hoax? Anyone remind him of that?
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I guess two wrongs don't make a right, but it makes it even, huh. It's funny I'm not a supporter of Al or Jesse, but the media constantly seeks these two out for their comments and you guys get mad at them, are you serious? How did this thread turn into an Al and Jesse thread anyways? No one has still answered the question, how were the ministers supposed to respond to a specific question about IMUS that the reporter asked?
 
Good job to sell newspapers Boston Herald , look like sum of these dumb@$$ folks are brainwashed, of what the herald is doing . How many Pastors did the Herald ask , Before a few Pastors answer this bull$h/T question ? The Herald will do anything to sell papers !
 
BRNout said:
robbbc said:
I bet most people in the US would be fired if they made a racist comment at work
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Not until such time as the first amendment is entirely tossed into the dust bin of history.

Then again, those who are so intolerant as to label valid opinions as "right wing" or who imply racism whenever possible (in an effort to invalidate opinions that they disagree with) should probably don brown shirts - just as their intellectual ancestors did.

I'm done here. :-X
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You should be done, because racial slurs at work or on air are not first amendment issues at all. This Imus thing is stupid all around, Imus had lost it, he was circling the drain, said somethign stupid, Sharpton and others jumped on with their own stupid crap, Imus was fired, wins lawsuit, gets new gig at best talk station in the US for big bucks, same stupid people say the same stupid things, WABC will get a jolt, Imus will go back to sucking, he will become irrelevant, he will go away. Winner Don Imus.
 
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