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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:22 PM Original message |
Would Imus still have his job if he'd just called them HOES? |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. The comment was just as sexist as it was racist |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Duckie...you are correct.... |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. If he had said it about a group of white chicks... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. It's not okay to refer to women this way ever... |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. No you're not alone on this. It's true, that if Imus just called them "hoes," he |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. is nappy haired a racial slur? not to stevie wonder.... |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It's different when he says it... |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. a BETTER question would be- |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Nope. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. It pisses me off, too |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes he would have |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Would some rappers be selling cd's if they just called them |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You're not alone. I'm bothered by the climate today, period. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Will Smith does ok. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. And he speaks out about the lyrics in some of today's music as well. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Hip hop and rap music are all together ignorant and stupid. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. and Sharpton called Cosby |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. How could he be a racist against his own people? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I hate to say "all" of any genre of music is void of value. And, misogyny |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I beg to differ, namely because there's a lot of rap that doesn't have that mentality. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. And those aren't the ones I'm talking about. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Well, you did say "all together." |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Also, I haven't seen a lot of positives in today's rap... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Here's an example by Common: |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yup.... he knows he doesn't need to in order to be "heard" or |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. Considering how many in the media sided with Ludacris when Oprah addressed |
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Venus Dog (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. It is my firm belief that we will see a Black male President in this country |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. I don't know, I think the real outrage stems from the fact |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Not a chance. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. That is the main gist |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. No, Duckie you are not alone |
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