deep, that was crossing the tasteful sarcasm line...
Justin24 said:
Can you please explain to me why Isaih Washington from Grey's Anatomy was not fired for calling a fellow actor a fag, and later apologized, but Imus says this and boom he is hound to the point he lost his job? Is it because he is black??
Can you please explain why Imus was
not fired for the several times
he called someone "faggot" or "lesbo", the many times he called Arabs "ragheads", for snickeringly envisioning out loud Al Sharpton being put in prison so he could get "porked in the heinie", for calling Oprah Winfrey a "fat flatulent cow", Gloria Estefan a "Chihuahua ho", Howard Kurtz a "boner-nosed beanie-wearing Jew boy", CNN's anchorwomen "dyke broads", Paul McCartney's (amputee) wife a "pogo stick", Contessa Brewer a "fat-assed skank", and many many more such niceties? I'm not for firing people over one comment either, but Imus has been drawing sharp criticism and protest for years now--why do you suppose CBS and their sponsors opted to look the other way so many times, before finally deciding this was one embarrassing liability too many? Is it because he is white??
Does Isaiah Washington have that kind of history with slurring people from a public platform?
Justin24 said:
And Forgivness is BS now. Imus Apologizes and the stripper does not and neither does Jackson and sharpton.
While it would definitely be the right thing for Crystal Mangum to apologize, she has no incentive beyond that, as Imus did, to do so: she had no high-paying position of influence to lose and no credibility left to protect either; for the rest of her life she will be ' that pathetic drunk black stripper who slandered those poor Duke boys' and most likely nothing else. Sharpton was not involved with her case, and Jackson's only involvement was to offer to pay her college tuition "regardless of the outcome of the case" rather than have her continue to support herself by stripping, which she declined. They have nothing more to publically apologize for than the millions of people who initially reckoned the Duke lacrosse players were probably guilty would.
At least Prosecutor Nifong did offer an apology, though it was not a very impressive one. The other connections you're drawing here are misplaced.