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April 13, 2007 07:54 PM UTC
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Until this morning, I was in favor of firing Imus.
Now I see the hard left conspiracy to censor its opponents on talk radio and TV.
This is part of the moveon.org movement to Sovietize America.
Burn the books. Ban the talk show hosts. It’s the same thing.
Shoot the Jews. Burn the Repulsive Republican Radicals. It’s the same thing.
Media Matters, the hard left censoring tool of the Democratic Party, is on the verge of a huge victory in its campaign against free speech.
So, I take it you’re a big supporter of Ward Churchill then?
He won’t be fired for what he said, but for lying on his resumes and plaigerism, among other things.
If you don’t know the difference, bad on you.
First, it’s not censorship in the traditional manner (government control of media). It *is* somewhat similar to book-burning, though it doesn’t involve publicly-owned books.
To sum it up best, it’s about public manipulation of the “free” market. I don’t know why Imus fell when others (Ann Coulter, anyone?) remain standing. But Imus fell because CBS and MSNBC both got told the show’s sponsorship was drying up over the incident.
I don’t know whether to be happy or sad; removing all controversy from the airwaves isn’t ideal, but then neither is getting a constant spew of invectives. Air America is constantly told that advertisers won’t support their programming. It’s one of the reasons Mike Malloy’s show was cancelled. Was that okay? Is it any different because it’s Imus?
Media Matters provides a great service: accuracy in media. It focuses on media bias of the Radical Right, but the service it provides is still useful regardless of its bias.
What is wrong with pointing out hateful comments and outright lies? An informed public and all…
All the well funded Republican establishment has to do is form their own Media Matters. Why haven’t they?
“Until this morning, I was in favor of firing Imus. Now I see the hard left conspiracy to censor its opponents on talk radio and TV.”
The fact of what Imus and his cronies said do not change because of the manner by which they became news. The fact that you would change your judgment about it because of how it became news speaks volumes about your thought process – it’s driven more by emotion than by logic.
He said that when conservatives say ANYTHING even slightly negative about illegal immigrants, gays, etc, they are called Racists by the left. (This is of course common knowledge)
But when a liberal says something negative or what could generally be considered racist, they defend themselves by saying “that is how they FEEL”.
He and Boyles today both played a parking lot interview with some woman reporter from the Post or RMN that bashed Bill O’Reilly in her paper for calling illegal immigrants, “Illegal Immigrants”.
When confronted she said Bill is a racist for saying “Illegal” (Immigrant) and not “Undocumented”.
But she herself has been caught using the same term several times before.
If someone is in this country without proof of citizenship, white, black, asian, latino, whatever, they are “ILLEGALS”.
Now there’s some long awaited far right accuracy in reporting. You do exlcude tourists in your last oh so accurate sentence, don’t you Gecko.
I expect the Far Right to push back when their racist, hate-filled, anti-American values, divisive, power whoring, corporate co” sucking, drug smuggling, air wave scum are finally called on the carpet. Bring it on!
my work truck and did not write down the lefty liberal’s name.
Listen to Rosen Replay and find out for yourself.
I’m starting to think you’re ILLEGAL! I stopped listening to Rosen a long time ago. While he is well read, his problem is in the interpretation of the facts. He still believes for instance that the media is left wing biased. Now….that’s just plain stupid.
driving your work truck, huh hoss? Aren’t you just the ultimate cliche…
since you are independantly wealthy……..setting nicely in the top 10% of wage earners, paying 75% of ALL taxes in this country, that you would have the time to find out who the scum reporter is.
Or would that interfere with your *hic* wine time?
Not sure what that means. I’m comfortable beacuse of my work ethic. Are you going to call that socialist? My employees rely on my vision and skills to keep their pay checks. I’m not being paid to chase down some anonymous reporter. Especially one you cite.
mental midgets listen.
says anyday over anonomous liberal posters like ya’ll.
Listen to him for awhile and tell me he caters to mental midgets.
He has more knowledge and truth in his pinky than you do in your whole dumbass body.
“I believe what Rosen says anyday over anonomous liberal posters like ya’ll.”
Instead of anonomous right-wing posters like yourself?
The double standard is that neither the so-called “N-word” nor the so-called, “other n-word” (nappy) are offensive, demeaning, hurtful, insensitive or racist *unless* you are white. In pop-culture, these terms are more plentiful than conjunctions and prepositions (combined) used in ordinary English. If you happen to be white, the range of your purported First Amendment expression is somewhat more circumscribed. I’m not complaining –just making an observation of what seems to be to be in plain sight.
It seems odd to me that even a mere joke about a recognizing a “White heritage month,” or “United Caucasian College,” or the NAAWP (Nat’l Assoc. for the Advancement of White People) is germane to burning a cross, yet we are exhorted by our employers, cable channels and even McDonald’s restaurants to pay especial homage to “Black History Month.” Why is that?
The other fit of hypocracy is CBS’s claim that their decision to drop Imus was based on integrity, rather than market dynamics or negative publicity.
Why do WHITE PEOPLE WANT TO USE THE WORD NIGGER!!!!!?????
Yes, if you are white and use the words Nigger, Jigaboo, nappy headed, etc you are racist or at the very least hurtful. I don’t want to use the words Cracker, Honky or White Trash. Why is this so hard for all of you to understand – STOP DEMEANING PEOPLE BASED ON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN!!!!!!!!! Imus should have been fired. He was wrong and hateful. Just like the ball player who said he Hated Gays. What is wrong with this country that we simply can not understand that the words nigger, jigaboo, etc have a horrible history associated with them and they are hurtful and demeaning in any context.
As a matter of fact the word nigger is considered an attack in a court of law. If you call me nigger and I beat your white ass for it – I may get away with it. Just food for thought!
May you keep it as long as up live. It’s called quality of life:-)
I haven’t heard a white person use the really bad “n” word for some time. I usually hear it from the black community. I think that if we are going to get rid of the word and it’s usage, it needs to apply across the board and be unacceptable for both whites and blacks.
it goes back to my initial question,”Why do White people want to use the word nigger (or any other offensive name)?” Despite the issues that Black Americans, as a race, need to deal with, I still do not see why White people want the right to say it.
Statistically, 60-70% of rap albums are purchased by white, suburban youths. I think a certain portion of that group uses the n-word because they hear it there and somehow feel entitled to it. Similarly, I think its prevalence in film, tv, and music makes some people think that it has lost its ability to injure, and see it as a catchphrase (e.g., “my, n—–“). Another possibility is that white youths who have black friends can use it amongst their friends and dont see a problem with it. I was studying late one night in a starbucks where a white (read: russian) guy used the term repeatedly. A black guy sitting across from me stood up immediately and confronted him about. The guy on the phone said its only my friend, dont worry about it. It almost came to blows.
Black people can use the word, but you whites can’t. I don’t use the word, but there’s that justifacation there among those who want to use it. Both sides can point to the other and say “they use it, why shouldn’t I?” And as someone who lived in some parts of the deep, deep, south I have to say, I’ve heard the word used more by blacks than whites.
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He was one of the few popular radio talk shows that regularly had Democratic guests.
was civility, honesty and humanit.