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Apr17
Don Imus, "Blah, blah...nappy headed hoes...blah, blah blah..."

If I were to judge Don Imus on his appearance the way he judged the girls of Tennessee and Rutgers, I would venture to say his mouth is usually engaged while his brain is in neutral. I have been accused of that myself.

At one of the KnowMoreMedia sister sites, Kimberlee Morrison and Tanya Payne give an excellent analysis from their perspective regardiing the the idiocy of his remarks.

What concerns me is that the controversy surrrounds two first rate universities.

Schools should be a place where students are confronted with different view points, even bias, bigotry, prejudice and then learn how to deal with it. Harmful words are not acceptable but they exist...and sometimes (often?) on the national media. So, now what are you going to do, dear student?

Imus is a knothead and now he is out of a job.

When I was a kid, I was called fat, slow and stupid. I cried wee! wee! wee! all the way home to my dad. He responded with an old diddy..."Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me." I faced the world not caring what people said as much and that attitude has served me well.

I don't dispute the analysis of Kimberlee and Tanya. They were hurt.

Still, I think we could all do to have a bit thicker skin...let stupid people be stupid...and get on with life.

Maybe this white guy hasn't experienced enough bites of thoughtless morons. Hardly...I have lived 20+ years as a foreigner and endured my kids being call mutts, and worse by the countrymen of 'kindhearted, sensitive' Japan.

Yup...I know what it feels like to be hurt by words and worse yet to see those I love hurt by them. When my kids asked me about it..."Sticks and stones..."

However, I do think we could ALL use some thicker skin.

Words are just words...let 'em go and get on with life.

What do you think about Imus' words? 


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I wish that I could view the world in such simplistic way. Unfortunately I am all too aware of the fact that words have meaning in sociological context and they do sometimes hurt. I agree though that we should all work not to be offended, just as people should hard not to offend.

Einstein once said that everything should be made as simple as possible...but not simpler.

» Don Imus: A Good Person Who Says a Bad Thing? from CustomersAreAlways
Open mouth, insert foot. That’s what Don Imus has done on more than one occasion - so I’ve heard. (Personally, I've never heard of him until this past week). Imus has gained notoriety as the one who has called black... [Read More]

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