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Originally Posted by Dakota
I was talking about all of the other "community leaders". I doubt any one of THEM was offended by the words, only by the idea of who said them.
Here is an exercise for you: do a comparison of all of the things the self-proclaimed "community leaders" have said about other groups with what Imus said and then convince yourself that these "community leaders" were actually offended by anything. They just saw an opportunity.
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Imus made a career, in part, using insulting language against public figures.
This practice is not without risk.
The fact that he was very successful and had a large following allowed many public figures to wink at his excesses.
But when he used his forum to degrade those not involved in public discourse he was left with no defense and no defenders.
Did this warrant firing him?
That was up to his bosses at CBS.
This is probably not the right forum to discuss this, but if you want to continue feel free to e-mail me at
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