Foot-in-mouth disease

A friend of mine sent me this email today in regard to Imus and his famous comments.

"Hi all! Imus may be cranky, but he's brought more injustices to the American radio table than anyone in the last century. Does anyone realize that after they let him go, they put on a commercial for a Tupac Shakur CD? A rapper who made his living calling black women "ho's and bitches?" Please. This is hypocracy at its finest. I say, clean up the hip/hop community first, let them look at their own back yard.
If you think IMUS got a raw deal send your comment to: viewerservices@msnbc.com "

I think this whole thing has gotten a little overblown. Imus did make a terrible joke, but that is kind of his schtick. He does that every day.

Where is the public outcry against the Ann Coulter's of the world? Sure they get bad publicity now and then, but they keep getting booked for talk shows and news programs. She still gets books full of vile lies published.

People say hateful things all the time that they mean to be taken seriously, unlike Don Imus.

MSNBC did what they had to do. They were losing advertising, so they pulled the plug. That's showbusiness. But lets keep things in perspective here. Imus didn't lynch anybody, and his words (offensive as they were) just aren't that important. He isn't an office holder, he isn't a political spokesperson, he is a comedian who said something rotten about a college basketball team.

His track record is that every decade or so he says something so over the top that it causes a firestorm. That's not bad considering how many hours he is on the air.

The Rutger's women's basketball team should be offended, but one jack-ass making a racist joke shouldn't outweigh the praise they have earned for their achievement.

Reverenend Al, I love you, but you have to pick your battles. Imus just ain't that important compared to the real injustices your people face every day.