When was the last time ANYONE (especially Sharpton & Jackson) called for ANY black to be fired (or even chastised) for using the term “Whitey”??? If that’s not a racist term, then how can “nappy-headed” be???

If his comments truly hurt the Rutgers women’s basketball team- then fine- HE APLOGIZED ALREADY!! The rest of this should be worked out between IMUS and the RUTGERS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL team. AL SHARPTON- AS USUAL - looks for an opportunity to exploit situations for his own pocket and publicity. He’s a freakin’ loser with nothing better to do than to instigate situation that do not require his input. He’s a joke. If I were black I wouldn’t want a man like Sharpton representing me or my culture at all!

And as for MSNBC for dropping IMUS- they are nothing but a bunch of spineless jerks who instead of dealing with the heat from the media for the sake one of their biggest personalities- instead they sell him out b/c blacks are crying over comments that a white man made- rather repeated right off of one their own stupid, degrading rap songs. Where the hell else would IMUS get “napping headed hos” from? White folks don’t use that slang, garbage language daily like many blacks do.

IMUS is not a racist- he was trying to be “cool” “part of pop culture” by using the same trash language that many blacks use. Stupid mistake by IMUS, yes- but look at your communities closer- look to the real problem- you shoot one another and disrespect your women. You created the language, but ofcourse this is typical “double standard” in our country. Many blacks always cry racism right away…b/c they don’t want to deal with the bigger problems within their communities. Al Sharpton and everyone else on IMUS’s case are nothing but hypocrites!

THANK YOU AL SHARPTION- YOU JUST MADE ME A RACIST!

Let’s try to keep our eye on the ball and recognize and discuss when important issues in our field arise, instead of wasting our time discussing how 10 people where offended by some radio personality. Even if the penny-pinching execs at MSNBC put that radio personality on TV.

Where’s the forgiveness?

Calling for the firing of anyone who makes offensive remarks smacks of socialism. Unfortunately, that seems to be the direction many in this country wish to go. Any group that has been “previously oppressed” at some point in our nation’s history feels they can squelch any speech they feel is hurtful. This behavior highlights numerous double-standards and exposes the true racists in our society.

It’s really up to each group of people to determine what’s offensive to them, isn’t it? Let’s face it - double standards are a part of the game. There are things that are fine to say within your own group that are absolutely not fine for “outsiders” to say to you. You may or may not like that, but that’s the way it is.

I’m not in the least bit bothered when Imus makes jokes about Howard Fineman being Jewish. If he only mocked Jews, I’d be offended. But that’s up to me.

Whenever people go on about how “Imus isn’t funny” or “Stern isn’t funny” it troubles me. “Funny” is personal. We all agree on what’s sad - but no two people agree on what’s funny.

And, like funny, “offensive” is a matter of personal opinion and taste too. Calling African-Americans a “special interest group” is just plain wrong.

Imus truly is, like Don Rickles, an equal-opportunity offender. I believe he means no harm to one group more to any other. But that’s just opinion. If a group decides they don’t care for the kinds of offense he offers, they are well within their right to do so.

Imus screwed up and said something incredibly stupid. However, before he’s thrown under the bus, one needs to step back and think about the bigger picture of who the special interest groups go after, before anything is done.

Any racist humor on there is always done with a wink, kind of mocking racism in and of itself.

This is why I can’t be entirely SHOCKED AND APPALLED by what Imus did…but at the same time, him not airing for 2 weeks won’t exactly end civilization.

…so while I don’t like people being stifled in what they’re allowed to say, less of him on the air should probably be considered a win.

The guy’s a jerk and his show’s a snoozefest. I pass out in my cereal flipping past it to get to the Weather Channel in the morning.

As David Carr in NYTimes.com points out, Imus is cheap to produce, and MSNBC managers have known about his proclivity to say things that could cast a shadow on the cable channel, yet they proceeded. But that still doesn’t free Imus from the responsibility of saying something blatantly stupid and racially inflammatory.

I, for one, have had enough of shock cable-TV-news-as-radio — and I have no patience for racist comments, even in jest. As a former NBC News employee myself, I believe he cheapens the channel and is a liability for the NBC News brand.

There, I feel better.

White man steals from the black man yet again…