It’s nice to see someone enjoy the great talent of Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. Amy of Books, Words, and Writing points out a couple YouTube uploads from the Laurie and Fry show some years back.
I point to this in part because I keep wondering if the firing of Don Imus was our good society at work or the result of misdirected rage. Seriously, how many things has Imus said that he has not been fired for? Why has he gotten so much attention when apparently he didn’t have a large audience? Why in the world did the Rutgers team believe Imus had stolen the joy of their accomplishments? I don’t understand.
His biggest mistake was apologizing multiple times and being “willing to meet and discuss”. They smelled blood in the water…
I know that Ann Coulter is not always popular in Christian circles, but she hits this one right on the head in her “How to talk to a Liberal” book.
Oh! And we LOVE those two in the Jeeves & Wooster series. We have the whole set…
I personally think Imus was mysogynist until. He compounded racist behavior (I think).
The Hood Company
Imus has been contemptible for a long time, from what little I know of him. He’s more a man of the left than the right, but he gave the racial shakedown people an opportunity to play the victim card, and they took it, in the spirit of the times.
I heard the “blood in the water” critique today too, but I disagree. I think Imus’ situation would not have changed significantly even if he had said, “It was a joke. Get over it.”
I never could understand why anyone would listen to him in the first place.
We do have the same hair though.
I’m sad for both of us.
I wonder…
Next year, will Santa Claus still be able to say “HO, Ho, ho”?
OMG Judy, you’re a hoot!
Oh and let me clarify – I’m not an Imus fan. Never heard the guy – though I have heard of him. But I’m a lot more worried about the erosion of our freedom of speech than I am about the fact that someone may have views I find repugnant or that someone might have their feelings hurt once in awhile.
How come hurt feelings have become the golden ticket?
Because, once you have declared reason and objective morality invalid, feelings are all that’s left. In that economy, all offenses are equal, and so the person best able to dramatize their complaint wins the biggest prize.