Did Don Imus Go Too Far (Again) With His Latest Comments?

I agree - he should be fired and done with. No need to discuss it further.

Or instead of getting into a 1st Amendment battle, just let people decide if they want to listen or not.

Let him speak and let him lose listeners. It will work itself out on his own.

Don't like him? Don't listen. There's a knob on your radio for a reason.


I should note that I pretty much detest the poor excuse for an entertainer and probably haven't heard more than 30 minutes of him in my entire life. But, like Stern, I don't listen and I'm not offended by what I don't hear.

Or instead of getting into a 1st Amendment battle, just let people decide if they want to listen or not.

Let him speak and let him lose listeners. It will work itself out on his own.

Don't like him? Don't listen. There's a knob on your radio for a reason.


I should note that I pretty much detest the poor excuse for an entertainer and probably haven't heard more than 30 minutes of him in my entire life. But, like Stern, I don't listen and I'm not offended by what I don't hear.

That would be too easy.

Unity parades and diversity events do not unify, they point out our differences and "celebrate" why our cultures are not the same. Rather than maintaining our own African, Hispanic, whatever cultures, we should all realize we're Americans together and that in itself is its own culture. Sure, it's OK to be proud of where your family came from, but why continue to use it to separate yourself from the rest of society? Instead of preaching diversity and creating racial and cultural divides, we should just live together.

Point taken. But, there's a fine line between saying we should celebrate our commonalities and saying, "adopt my culture or hit the road." The former is cool and the latter is not.

Many of the people who get so up in arms about people celebrating their heritage (i.e., the "der takin our jobs" crowd) are the very same people who turn around and get pissed because people do not look, act, or talk like your stereotypical American. In other words, "it's okay to celebrate your heritage, so long as your heritage is similar/identical to mine." Most of them don't think twice about St. Patty's day or Christmas, but chuckle when they hear Kwanza. That kind of narrow-minded mental retardation is laughable and sad.

Or instead of getting into a 1st Amendment battle, just let people decide if they want to listen or not.

Let him speak and let him lose listeners. It will work itself out on his own.

Don't like him? Don't listen. There's a knob on your radio for a reason.


I should note that I pretty much detest the poor excuse for an entertainer and probably haven't heard more than 30 minutes of him in my entire life. But, like Stern, I don't listen and I'm not offended by what I don't hear.
Yeah, they tried letting the market "sort it out" for hundreds (thousands?) of years, and it resulted in slavery until the governments stepped in to abolish it.

Yeah, they tried letting the market "sort it out" for hundreds (thousands?) of years, and it resulted in slavery until the governments stepped in to abolish it.
No it was people of these nation that that took up arms and died to end slavery.

No it was people of these nation that that took up arms and died to end slavery.
Right - the government stepped in and ended slavery. We could have an entirely separate thread on the causes of the Civil War, but the market didn't sort it out.

Right - the government stepped in and ended slavery. We could have an entirely separate thread on the causes of the Civil War, but the market didn't sort it out.
Well if it was just goverment that wanted to end slavery they would have had a hard time winning the war with a 100 or so guys.

Well if it was just goverment that wanted to end slavery they would have had a hard time winning the war with a 100 or so guys.
I'll respond when you offer up anything more than a straw man argument.

I'll respond when you offer up anything more than a straw man argument.
Well I guess we won't debate this today.LOL

Slavery was put to an end by one side of this nation (The Union) on moral grounds (got to love Abe Lincoln) as well as tactical grounds. And of course who can forget the Jim Crow Years that only ended 40 years ago.