Roger (& Me) on Imus/Sharpton Hullabaloo
In a comment to a previous post, Gene in Pennsylvania wrote that he was eager to see a “GP post on Imus.” Perhaps Bruce will weigh in with some thoughts of his own, but I hardly think the hullabaloo merits as much media attention as it’s getting.
Radio host Don Imus said some pretty offensive things about the Rutgers women’s basketball team “which includes eight black women.” After he apologized to Al Sharpton (what the #!@$&* was he doing apologizing to that charlatan?), the grandstanding reverend “called it ‘too little, too late’.” Imus’s show will be suspended for two weeks.
I didn’t think I’d post on this until I read Roger Simon’s post on the topic. His thoughts are similar to my own:
No more tedious individuals exist on our national landscape, although they are in a certain sense exemplary. They represent the triumph of narcissism over intelligent discourse in close to its purest form. No idea or thought exists free of how it affects them — their fame, their glory and, ultimately, their cash.
Now that I’ve whet your appetite, just read the whole thing!
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Imus stuck his foot in his mouth (who hasn’t?). But no one can honestly say that his comment has had any material impact on anyone that didn’t want it to.
Sharpton, et al, are so predictable. They’s be hilarious if not so destructive. The race hustlers revel in this stuff. If it weren’t for slip-ups like this, Sharpton, Jackson, and their ilk would be irrelavant. And they’d have to find real work.
Why is it that anyone gives Al Sharpton (Tawana Brawley, Freddies Fashion Mart, etc) a platform for his drivel is beyond me. It’s like making David Duke a spokesman for whites.
Comment by Robert — April 10, 2007 @ 7:03 pm - April 10, 2007
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Pingback by Politics: 2008 HQ » Blog Archive » Roger (& Me) on Imus/Sharpton Hullabaloo — April 10, 2007 @ 8:39 pm - April 10, 2007
(what the #!@$&* was he doing apologizing to that charlatan?)
White Guilt absolution.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 11, 2007 @ 1:40 am - April 11, 2007
Well, he was a legitimate Democrat presidential candidate recently. Remember how Kerry and Dean bowed and scrapped before him in the debates?
Comment by VinceTN — April 11, 2007 @ 9:28 am - April 11, 2007
**…I hardly think the hullabaloo merits as much media attention as it’s getting.***
ESPN must’ve spent 3/4 it’s Sportcenter time on it last night. Whatever happened to saying sorry and moving on? And to apologize to 2 black supremists is insane! Imus should be ashamed for grovelling to that trash. If Imus wants to make it right, all he should have to do is apologize to the Rutgers team and MOVE ON!!!! For the LOVE!!! When will Sharpton apologize for the Tawana Brawley fraud? When will Jackson apologize for furthering the myth that the Duke LaCross team raped that stripper? When will Jackson apologize for calling New York, “Hymie Town”? My God, does everyone who is some kind of minority get a free pass when being racist and bigoted??? Thanks to liberalism and white guilt (for what, not sure), I guess so.
Comment by LesbianNeoCon — April 11, 2007 @ 11:43 am - April 11, 2007
Comic Garrett Morris did a hilarious sketch back in the good ol’ days of SNL (back when it was funny) where he said he was setting up the “White Guilt Relief Fund” for people to expiate the sins of past generations through charitable contributions. At the time, we all laughed and thought it was just a funny sketch.
Turns out now that it has almost become reality.
Nowadays, if you say/do something offensive, you must contribute to the mandatory White Guilt Relief Fund, i.e. a shakedown by Jackson, Sharpton, Mfume et al before your name is cleared. Even if you are NOT guilty (see the Duke Lacrosse Case, for instance), you still must pay your dues to black society.
Maybe Garrett was on to something after all. Who knew?
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — April 11, 2007 @ 12:25 pm - April 11, 2007