IMUS IMUS IMUS.........................

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Originally Posted by Unisex

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Originally Posted by Kabuki

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Originally Posted by Kramer

All we want as white people is 1 set of rules for EVERYONE!! No special treatment/rules for black people for a change!!! 8)

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What an idiotic statement. When did the majority of white people treat minorities equally in the states?

I'm also really annoyed by the generalized statements about the black community. Last time I checked, all black people didn't listen to rap music. Or use the "N" word. You allow the media to shape your view of the black community or just choose to be ignorant. Last time I checked, there are middle and upper class black citizens, and they deal with more crap than you will ever know. They work hard everyday without complaints. It seems like they should complain more, but then you'll have people like you saying they're using the racism card. Get a clue people. The system is flawed. The fact is that white america created this mess. Now lets move on, and try to make some changes. Is that possible?

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You really think they are going to listen to you? The door is completely open now and they are stating their prejudice views with no remorse.

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You're right. I doubt some of these people have listened, and the other half are hiding behind their computers. It's amazing how many people want to stereotype us. Or just insult us. Depressing somewhat.

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Originally Posted by Felicia Katt

I put in my two cents here before, but they apparently fell behind the seat cushions. amid all the well spoken but misdirected outrage.

Imus was censured, not censored. Censure is a process by which a formal reprimand is issued to an individual by an authoritative body. Censorship is the removal or withholding of information from the public by a controlling group or body.

Imus is still free to speak as he wishes. He just doesn't get paid a handsome salary to do so over the public airways.

Censorship" is often used as a pejorative term to signify a belief that a group controlling certain information is using this control improperly or for its own benefit, or preventing others from accessing information that should be made readily accessible. What Imus said wasn't information. It was opinion in the form of a joke and a not very well reasoned or funny one at that.

Comparing a radio host to a rapper is a false comparison, like saying an Ipod is the same as an old transistor radio. It completely ignores that you get to pick what you put on an Ipod. Its private, whereas what comes out of a radio is broadcast. You own your Ipod, the public owns the radio frequencies. Imus is free to put out a CD or do a podcast if he thinks there is demand for his schtick. I don't see any gold records in his immediate future though.

FK

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Nicely said felicia,like you stated this is no free speech or censorship matter he was fired from a privately owned company for not following their rules,if he said that stuff on his own time and money thats another story.

So I see the "1 set of rules for everyone" idea was flawed, eh? So black people, you want a separate set of rules for yourselves I assume?

Isnt that the double standard many people here have mentioned? :roll:

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Originally Posted by Unisex

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Originally Posted by tubgirl

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Originally Posted by Unisex

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at what age were you put into slavery?

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16, the legal working minimum age.

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the same as most other americans...

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What does that have to with Imus calling the Rutgers team Nappy headed ho's? :?:

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about the same as you calling people posting in this thread racists just because they have differing views...

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Originally Posted by Legend

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Originally Posted by Felicia Katt

I put in my two cents here before, but they apparently fell behind the seat cushions. amid all the well spoken but misdirected outrage.

Imus was censured, not censored. Censure is a process by which a formal reprimand is issued to an individual by an authoritative body. Censorship is the removal or withholding of information from the public by a controlling group or body.

Imus is still free to speak as he wishes. He just doesn't get paid a handsome salary to do so over the public airways.

Censorship" is often used as a pejorative term to signify a belief that a group controlling certain information is using this control improperly or for its own benefit, or preventing others from accessing information that should be made readily accessible. What Imus said wasn't information. It was opinion in the form of a joke and a not very well reasoned or funny one at that.

Comparing a radio host to a rapper is a false comparison, like saying an Ipod is the same as an old transistor radio. It completely ignores that you get to pick what you put on an Ipod. Its private, whereas what comes out of a radio is broadcast. You own your Ipod, the public owns the radio frequencies. Imus is free to put out a CD or do a podcast if he thinks there is demand for his schtick. I don't see any gold records in his immediate future though.

FK

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Nicely said felicia,like you stated this is no free speech or censorship matter he was fired from a privately owned company for not following their rules,if he said that stuff on his own time and money thats another story.

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msnbc is a pay channel...

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Originally Posted by Kramer

So I see the "1 set of rules for everyone" idea was flawed, eh? So black people, you want a separate set of rules for yourselves I assume?

Isnt that the double standard many people here have mentioned? :roll:

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Would you stop with your racially charged questions,anyway i seriously doubt anyone will take you serious or even address your questions will you refer to them as "so black people"!

What your doing is making this thread ten times worse it isn't about black or white people but people in general.

A this point this thread has become redundant.Nobody is saying anything new,nobody is willing to confront the real issue or admit to the flaws posed by other posters.direct Q's are being asked and nobody except for a save few are attempting to answer them.....so as always it has decayed into a good old fashioned bar room brawl....Im out.

Man legend you really seem dumb. Now there is something wrong with
" so black people" ????????????????

Geez, are you fukin nuts??? How shall they be addressed then?

Yo, Homes?

No seriously, how should they be addressed? I gotta hear this........ :roll:

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Originally Posted by Kramer

Man legend you really seem dumb. Now there is something wrong with
" so black people" ????????????????

Geez, are you fukin nuts??? How shall they be addressed then?

Yo, Homes?

No seriously, how should they be addressed? I gotta hear this........ :roll:

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How about people who differ from my opinion please reply,oh and being refer to as dumb coming from you is highly laughable.

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Originally Posted by Unisex

It really only leaves that exploit available of criticism. You don't like minorities, Just say that. Don't make up anything abstract to the topic at hand. but i have never said i don't like minorities. however, right after one of my posts, you came in posting how the closet racialites (is that even a word) came running. how was i supposed to take that?

Instead of just admitting the topic @ hand, "Imus said something he shouldn't have said, got caught by the press, white america still has a 1 dimensional view on minorities."

The belittling of our ethnicity or culture is constant in this thread. Barely even 50+ years has passed since segregation has been lifted and to this day and we're still treated like assholes with constant slandering may it be direct or indirect and we're just supposed "move on"? I don't think so. constant slandering? wtf? you are typing to a white guy that about 7 years ago got turned down for a very lucrative position in state gov't because of the "token" system. we all went in, took the tests and left. there were 7 positions open. out of 200 some-odd people, i scored in the top 5. TOP 5!!! i should have been a shoe-in. however, i didn't get the position because they needed to hire someone who was black (or colored, or african american, or whatever). they gave this guy 20 basis points just because he wasn't white. should i not care about that?

Imus said it, he's white, he fucked up. (if) You're white, then too bad. You deal with it. We've dealt with it for centuries. I'm pretty sure the 2 minutes of negative air time White people are receiving on the bitter end they can handle it.

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"We've dealt with it for centuries." <--- see, that's just it. YOU haven't been dealing with it for centuries. YOU can only have dealt with it for as long as you have been alive. and the fact that you have the means and the freedom to post your thoughts in here on the subject means that you are not, nor probably ever were, a slave.