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i have talked to a few african americans about this. none were offended by it they thought it was a harmless joke. i personally think jackson and sharpton are nothing but bottom feeding pos. there not for black rights there for filling there pockets. u are going to sit there and tell me they never said anything racial towards white people. the race card gets pulled so easily and it discuss me. imus apoligized to the basketball team and thats good enough. sharpton took a harmless joke and turned imus in to the leader of the kkk. imus does alot of chariatable work. he is a good guy.next thing u will see is hookers calling for oand a or howard stern to be fired because its degrading to there life style.
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And this is why the focus is lost. This is not about Sharpton and Jackson. We already know about those two. And you know what, just like Imus, they do charitable work too. So what? Imus gets a pass because he does a telathon? Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton do a lot of charity work too. Where’s their free pass? You may hate Jackson and Sharpton, but at least they are consistent. Remeber when Gore’s wife teamed up with Delores Tucker going after all the rappers and such for language? That’s when the parental advisory warnings started going on CDs and games. Who was marching lockstep with them? Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. You think they don’t clash with the rappers, comedians, etc. on this issue too? They ALWAYS have.
If the joke was so harmless, why is everyone so pissed off? Since when was Imus a comedian? If that was a joke, it sucked. And there is the crux of it.
I’m not saying Sharpton or Jackson are not hurting the whole situation, but Imus isn’t doing it any good either.
And we can go right down the line and point fingers.