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Digital Paint Community => Other Stuff => Topic started by: KiLo on April 14, 2007, 07:06:56 PM
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I don't think he should have been fired, even though he did make some pretty bad comments.
I think the whole thing was blown out of proportion by Al Sharpton entering into the situation.
In my opinion Don Imus got the shaft!!!
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I Completely agree! :)
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I totally agree too.
Now, here's what was discussed on our local talk radio show: Group Think (tm)
Essentially what happened here was that a comment ( bad joke), directed towards one specific group of people, offended *others* not associated with the group, hense Group Think (tm).
The thought process is like this:
Someone calls PiCaSSo a cracker. It doesn't matter if he gets offended or not, but since I'm white, it offends me and other *white* people, even though the comment wsa not directed towards me or them.
Essentually this was a bad joke and played way overboard. The comments made from the group that was offended ( hint: not the Rutgers girls ) was that it was demeaning to all young African American females.
Great - no problem at all with that, I don't think the comments were appropriate either, BUT WTF ABOUT RAP MUSIC THAT CONTAINS THOSE SAME LYRICS??
You think Al Sharpton and Mr. Jackson are going to do anything about that? HELL NO!!
Hypocrits.....
Sorry, I just had to vent.
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No problem with that Knack. That wasn't venting it was more like preaching the truth.
it was demeaning to all young African American females.
Great - no problem at all with that, I don't think the comments were appropriate either, BUT WTF ABOUT RAP MUSIC THAT CONTAINS THOSE SAME LYRICS??
Also the comment was not completely a racist comment since there are white girls on the Rutgers basketball team. It really was more of a sexist comment.
I was talking to somebody and this person told me that "they" (the all powerful they that no one knows) were going to start to "crack down" on music lyrics too.
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He deserved it.
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the rap music that those nappy haired ho's listen to is 100x worse then what Imus said. It's bullexcrement.
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Who's Don Imus?
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Who's Don Imus?
same
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He deserved it because it was a live radio show. Rap music is known for this, and is therefore labeled or has the parental advisory excrement. That kind of language wasnt acceptable for a live radio show. Get over it, he deserved it.
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Who's Don Imus?
same
WTF ?
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Who's Don Imus?
same
WTF ?
I 2 don´t know who this guy is. Probably another american rapper (hip-hoper) wannabee.
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He is a radio show host who called black women basketball players "nappy haired hoes"
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He is a radio show host who called black women basketball players "nappy haired hoes"
Ohh, was close :) So where does americans practice their freedom of speech? I hate racism, but does USA have any law aginst spreading words of hate, cause if they do they are sending mixed messages to their people. On one hand he can say whatever he wants (support provided by amandmans) and on the other hand the law (if it exist, and if not it should) says he can´t say what he wants?
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He is a radio show host who called black women basketball players "nappy haired hoes"
Truly an offensive depiction...
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hahaha that's hilarious jitspoe :)
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nappy haired hoes should be a compliment after seeing jits picture. I'd intercourse that before any of the players on the team.
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who is this Don Imus and what did he do? is there a news link somewhere?
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OMg did you not read like 4 comments below where EVERYONE explained who DON IMUS IS lMAO!
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who is this Don Imus and what did he do? is there a news link somewhere?
HAHA!
"Who is your daddy, and what does he do?" ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
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I DO NOT HAVE A TOOMAH
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Run! GO! GET TO THE CHOPPA NOW!!!!
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http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/pizza.php
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one 9mm and peperoni to go please
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OMg did you not read like 4 comments below where EVERYONE explained who DON IMUS IS lMAO!
i did read the above posts, and still have no idea what happened. try to be helpful next time instead of a smartass. thanks
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i laughed when i heard about this
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Rofl i'm sorry JOE :) I was kidding... Don Imus was a radio talk show host for Imus in the Morning(never listened to it) But when he was on-air he called the Rutgers University women's basketball team nappy-headed hoes during a racially charged discussion about the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. Imus was not the first radio personality to utter such a phrase on the air. But he got Fired for it :)
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"Who is your daddy, and what does he do?" ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
haha, i have many prank calls with that same line in it, funny as hell
also, Don Imus isn't popular enough or rich enough to be able to recover from something stupid, hence Howard Stern, they told him intercourse you so he said hello Sirius, pure genius, imus needs to goto work for Howard 8^)
-and i voted no, even though it was both racist/sexist...