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[aether8m]

I've always disliked Don Imus, and could never stand to hear his show even as a coworker's background noise.
...but the idea of someone getting canned under such circumstances runs counter to my idea of civil society on so many levels.

• Truth: Coarseness is a form of honesty, or at very least honesty about one's own views. It should be punishable

Comments

[myonlyanodyne]

But but but racism is bad, so companies have to protect their stakeholders (in this case, media network must protect it's advertising customers) by exercising due diligence in making certain that nobody offends anyone anywhere, ever.

And I believe there are pansies out there: I remember listening to call-in radio shows, where people decried the "wardrobe malfunction" as occurring during "family programming time" on network TV.

Just as the U.S. Constitution makes not guarantees to a person's privacy (although it's implied by the Bill of Rights), so too does the U.S. Constitution offer no protection from being offended, having your feelings hurt or any other such nonsense. If people wanted to offer the proper feedback, then do this: TURN OFF MSNBC RADIO. The drop in listeners will damage their numbers, and they'll link it to Imus and fire him. Of course, nobody knows what's "good" anymore.

Personally, I think we all need to tune out the bullshit and just listen to each other... not the crap that's broadcast.

[aether8m]

Agreed. I was particularly annoyed by the implicit competition between advertisers to make each denounciation for forcefull than the last as they dropped the show: "vile" from one turned into "disgusting" from another which was followed by "nauseating" from the next, and so forth.

As if they didn't know what they were getting when they chose to advertise there....

[lilmoe]

I feel like I've been living in a cave because I had never heard of this guy till this incident.

Also, I agree with you. It seems like outrage for the sake of outrage. If a black radio host had said something similar about white women one wonders if there would be this much drama.