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Thoughts on Imus

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RTibbs

First off I must state I have listened to Imus since I was 10 and I am almost 40 so I have some bias towards the man. Imus was the first shock jock I ever listened too and probably one of the first in the nation. I found his comments disappointing especially since the Rutgers women were despite what some might say not public figures. While I do not think the actions fit the crime his employers had no other choice when sponsors pulled the plug. I do find it to be a double standard though. Am I naive to think that CBS radio stgations have not player songs demeaning to women. Is V103 a gospel station or an urban station that certainly plays songs demeaning to women. Never noticed the protests on Johnson Ferry Rd.

I have on and off over the years been an avid listener. I remember when Stern first joined his station and their battles, his drug problems, his collapsed lung, his brother Fred and his re-invention as political force and the amazing amount money he raised for the CJ Foundation and the Imus Ranch. Some still blame or credit him for Clinton's election. Imus is known for his acid tongue, just ask Steakie but all in all the tone of his show was one of satire mized with politics. Unfortunately the Rutgers comments does not really fit either category.

I do find it funny though that the people leading the charge to have him fired, Rev. Al and shakedown artist Jesse Jackson were frequent targets of his. I am sure that gave them extra motivation.

I will miss Imus on the radio even if he is not the factor he once was. I am sure right before the elections we will hear him again. working for his old boss, Mel. It will be potrayed as the re-invented Imus but it won't be.

Sorry for the ramblings just sopmething I wanted to get off my chest.
 
Imus should know better!
These remarks are especially hurtful to the African-American community because this group of people suffers from low self esteem. They, as a group, have low self esteem because of how they, as a group, have been treated and esteemed in American society for the last hundred years.
I know it is difficult for white folk to understand. That's why we see the punisnment as not fitting the crime. But we have not grown up feeling that maybe we are not quite "human." We have not been compared to monkeys......we have never had to use the back door or use a "colored" bathroom. Whites "live" in a house....many black folk still say "stay." American society has forced this attitude of inequality on the black community for generations.....why is it so hard for us to understand their anger?
Most black people still, in their hearts, feel that white people do not like them. When Imus said what he said it simply confirmed what many folks already suspected.
Most people, white, black, brown, red, and heliotrope, battle bigotry. Let us not forget, the Reverend Jackson has a problem with Jewish folks....he's a bigot too!(Remember Hymietown??) Obama is ashamed to admit the woman who raised him is white....he's a bigot.(Or just maybe a political opportunist.)
It has made for some interesting radio for the last few days! It will also be interesting to see how Imus will be
"raised from the dead!"
 
Don't hold the wake yet. The I-man will land on XMius without missing a beat. They (or someone else) will pay him the same millions he gets now. His radiothon will pick up where it left off. He may even get higher ratings.

One thing certain: after all these years on mostly secondary AM signals--pulling ones and twos--everyone finally knows who he is.
 
Imus will come back from the dead on satellite. Like I mentioned in a previous post, Imus was wrong in what he said
and should have know better. But where did the white man learn this language from??? Maybe some people need to clean up thier own backyard first.
 
While what Imus said was totally unacceptable it was no more offensive than what people say to each other every day.. black, white, yellow.. whatever. Just because he is white and they are black puts no more emphasis on him saying it than if both parties involved were the same race. In the 60s, there was no other way for blacks to get any traction in society other than thinking of themselves as a group. They had to do everything in numbers, or there was no attention paid to their cause at all. That was a very sad time in our country. The way they were treated was wrong, very wrong. But today's society does not look at blacks in the same light as they did in 1965, group think will not get them traction today. People are individuals and in the vast majority of situations today, Dr. King's vision exists.. people do judge people on their character not the color of their skin. What Imus said was a stupid, off the cuff, insult.. something that could be said by anybody. People are stupid even on the radio and it cost him his gig.

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