Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:25 pm
blatant double standard
If an old white dude with a cowboy hat way past his prime says something racist or vulgar, then the reaction is different than if someone else said it. This is nothing new.
Having said that, I have found Imus to be boring the few occasions I have listened to him over the years.
As for the Rutgers player(s) who stated how they will be scarred for life and never be the same after hearing Imus make a couple remarks, they apparently have much bigger problems than the current issue at hand. Then again, maybe they were just repeating what they were coached to say.
I frequently hear older black teenage girls talk to each other much worse than Imus spoke of them, however I realize two wrongs do not make a right. Just hang out in front of Tower City some morning while a lot of students are waiting to change buses if you don't know what I am talking about.
Doug
If an old white dude with a cowboy hat way past his prime says something racist or vulgar, then the reaction is different than if someone else said it. This is nothing new.
Having said that, I have found Imus to be boring the few occasions I have listened to him over the years.
As for the Rutgers player(s) who stated how they will be scarred for life and never be the same after hearing Imus make a couple remarks, they apparently have much bigger problems than the current issue at hand. Then again, maybe they were just repeating what they were coached to say.
I frequently hear older black teenage girls talk to each other much worse than Imus spoke of them, however I realize two wrongs do not make a right. Just hang out in front of Tower City some morning while a lot of students are waiting to change buses if you don't know what I am talking about.
Doug