Comments on: Imus In The Mourning

[proudameric3]

The sensitivity police have worked their magic again. What about that saying: %u201CSticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me.%u201D Everyone one of us has said something we regretted the moment it passed our lips but unfortunately we cannot recall them. An apology in most cases is accepted and the parties move on. There appears to be a culture within one or more ethnic subsets within our country whose sole purpose for being is to live in the past and thrive on pulling everyone else down to their level. Some of the supposed leaders call themselves Reverend; theoretical men of the Bible whose sole role in life is to perpetuate dissention among the races because they are not spiritual leaders but money changers in disguise.

Don Imus was just another unfortunate individual who said the wrong thing at the wrong time and was food for their cause.

[jtsnow07]

As a middle aged white boy (if I can say that), when I was a young boy I would walk down the street and encounter African Americans that would call me white boy, cracker, honkey, and a couple more names! When I was a teenager I would be driving down the street and the same thing would happen! And even worse remarks towards me girlfriend! I never once cursed!!!! After getting laid off because my company did not have enough African Americans I still did not curse! But this just takes the cake. I didnt go on welfare I went and got a job at Wal-Mart!!! The next time one of my co-workers calls me a cracker or white boy THERE FIRED! What would happen if there was a Miss White USA? Or if we had a White college fund?

[chuckcbs1]

DFor those who want a laugh:

Jackson called the firing "a victory for public decency. No one should use the public airwaves to transmit racial or sexual degradation." - Mr. "Hymie"

Said Sharpton: "He says he wants to be forgiven. I hope he continues in that process. But we cannot afford a precedent established that the airways can commercialize and mainstream sexism and racism." - Mr. Lair

Those two quotes says it all about what they are about.

[tawanda6]

I will never watch or listen to CBS again. I can't believe you caved into pressure from Sharpton and cronies. This is a travesty. Don Imus: we're waiting for you to find a new home for your humor, your politics and your charities.

[cavitation]

It%u2019s unfournatute that CBS, MSNBC, and the advertisers have succumbed to the pressures of the hypocrite, Mr. Sharpton and others. I believe this %u201Cover the top%u201D discipline will not have the effect they desire. Mr. Imus made a huge mistake and I believe he said it without malice. But it appears that no one cares about that. Why don%u2019t you just shut down the entire network and hand it over to the supreme hypocrite, Mr. Sharpton. The double standard is alive and well in this country.

[slohanjames]

I for one don't spend much time listening to Don Imus but when I do he is a good host and entertaining. Now I have to rely on Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to tell me what I can listen to. The ceo of CBS just pulled the biggest boner any man can do to himself. He has let his own race down and has done it in the guise of being nonracial. This man who caters to rap artists on BET and let's them get away with comments in their songs about nappy headed ho's and white ***'s so his record division can make big bucks is the biggest hypocrite in the industry. I don't think Imus has done anything that in anyway did any damage to Rutgers girls in any fashion. They get talked about everyday like this from the boys of the hood and rap artists in general. Imus is white and the double standard is alive and kicking with JJ and AS and all they want is their minutes in the sun. People like the ceo give these creeps power and credence. Without this type of missdirected attention those two burrheads would just be dollar 2 ninety eight babtist preachers that only a few howling babtists go to see.

[chuckcbs1]

rgabriele...I'd like to see you go into the New York City subway system and preach what you said to the kids that ride them everyday. All those "nasty" words you mention are "EVERYDAY" language! It is now part of the language of this society like or not. So why is someone getting shut down for "EVERYDAY" langauge??? You people who preach this is bad and that is bad don't get it. Until you stop it in your OWN household, from your kids, how do you expect the rest of the world to? Stop it on the street before you crucify someone who is copying street talk.

[rcataldo]

I guess it's not surprising that Les Moonves and CBS management in general turned out to be the same kind of spineless weasels as their counterparts at MSNBC. I half expected they might be better able to put this whole mess in perspective, but, alas. Perhaps they can fill the time slot with something new, how about "Sharpton in the Morning"? This might just be the final nail in terrestrial radio's coffin. I hope XM/Sirius pays Don twice as much.

[mgc114]

CAN YOU SAY HYPOCRITE? The only racism I've heard or seen during this IMUS debacle is from the self-righteous, self-serving spotlight craving "shock-reverends" that you just caved in to. Since you have benefited from the I-MAN for so many years, clearly you have understood the perspective and forum he has offered, and you won't allow him to use that forum to recover from an admittedly insensitive and stupid remark? SHAME ON YOU. The best I can hope for is that you actually give the morning slot to the "shock-reverends". Maybe then you can apply the same censorship to their consistantly inflammatory rants as you did to Imus. And to can him right in the middle of his telethon? Now there's some real courage. You should be proud to support this man who does so much for so many and who you KNOW could bring real changes to this national discussion that will continue on without him. I look forward to listening to Don as soon as someone has the sense to benefit from his show the same you way you, politicians and journalists have done for so many years.

[i-mon]

Imus I will seriously miss waking up to you everyday. I look forward to your return on Sirus.