Hate Imus or else

[skooooo]

HATE HATE HATE

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. I hated Imus before it was cool.

:evilgrin:

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. I hated him before you hated him.

:7

[Rosemary2205]

2. spoken like a real Imus hater.

[skooooo]

5. hate's the only way evidentally

anything else and you're as bad as him

[Lex]

9. You don't have to hate him to disagree with him.

nt

[Lex]

3. Me, I hate racists, homophobes, wife-beaters, fascists,

and others I could come up with if I gave it a thought or two.

[Connie_Corleone]

4. It's not about hating Imus. It's about holding him accountable for his actions.

He has a history of spewing racist filth.

If you don't like the fact that some people here find his remarks offensive and he should be fired for it, then that's your problem.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. ..

:thumbsup:

[bleedingheart]

7. he ain't even worth the effort to hate...in fact it fuels him..

he is a pathetic person.

[AlCzervik]

actually M$NBC should be drawn and quartered here, Imus has always been an asshole

and so is Michael Weiner Savage but M$NBC employed both.

[Squatch]

8. Sir, yes sir!

Sending Mark 1 Supercruise Hate Projectile, now!

[William769]

10. I don't hate anyone!

I just like some people better than others. :evilgrin:

[youthere]

11. Hating Imus requires entirely too much energy..

quite frankly he's not worth the effort. I'd rather focus myself toward hating something REALLY vile...like MIMES.

[seabeyond]

12. bend her over and show her what is......

this was said on one of his shows about pelosi, or sheehan, or 9/11 lady or some woman who dared to speak out. when i heard one of his "guys" say this on the show, basically saying fuck (rape) her and show her how it is.... i went from the ignore him column to the hate him column.

[cgrindley]

13. He's a boring old fart, and can be offensive, but doesn't his ranch

do something good for kids with cancer?

[walldude]

14. I am the hater Bill O'Reilly keeps talking about

I fucking hate Imus, I hate O'Reilly, I hate Hannity, I hate Limbaugh, I hate Coulter, I hate Savage, Beck and Malkin, I also hate Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Gonzalez, Rice(ok well maybe Rice is just intense dislike), I could go on all day about the people I hate and the reasons I hate them. I never understood why people would feel ashamed for hating something that is inherently wrong.

[SemperEadem]

15. In order to hate him, one would have to know him

what most sane people are saying is that he doesn't deserve nor has a right to a distribution deal for him to spew his filth. He needs to be off the air. This time, he may have gone too far--the toothpaste is out of the tube now and can't be put back in. He can't apologize enough because HE DOESN'T MEAN IT. He's been chastized before and claimed to want to make amends, but he can't because he is who he is and can't be who he isn't.

His whole show needs to be shut down. and if you don't like that, then you need to find someplace else to worship him.

[skooooo]

16. Worship? wtf?

You make my point, which is if someone doesn't agree with the "hatred of Imus" then they are accused of "worshipping" him. That's BS and shows exactly the irrationality I'm pointing out.

[durrrty libby]

17. There are plenty of irrational comments about Imus

He helped raise millions for Vets with amputations, but that means nothing to

irrational hate-mongers calling for his head

They are more hateful than he is. I wonder how much thay have helped kids
with cancer and Vets missing their limbs?

[Catherine Vincent]

25. That's great that Imus did all that.

He's still a sexist/racist. Sorry.

[durrrty libby]

30. Irrational hate-mongers need to get a reality check. sorry

Unlike your gratuitous "sorry," I am very, very sorry for the irrational blind with hate mongers here.

[Catherine Vincent]

33. Call me what you want.

Imus is still a racist and a sexist.

[BronxBoy]

27. The Nation of Islam

does a lot of good in the Black community.

Should we then overlook the reprehensible things that sometimes comes out of the mouths of the leaders of that organization because of the good that they do.

[stirlingsliver]

45. And Mussolini Made The Trains Run on Time

and Hitler built the Autobahn.

And George Bush loves his mother.

Imus is a hateful racist misogynist.

[SemperEadem]

59. what he has done for charity is non sequitur to the fact

that he has no right to distrubution/dissemination of his speech--that is what you and the rest of the like-minded people eager to give him a pass keep getting caught on. No one has a right to disseminate derrogatory speech.

All the good in the world he's done does not erase the fact that he has on MANY occasions said disparaging things about jews, blacks and women---has apologized before and said he wouldn't do it again and went ahead and did it again. He's false and insincere. And he's quite confused if he thinks that his right to free speech means that he gets to continue to be monitarily compensated for making disparaging, degrading remarks about people that he doesn't even know.

I don't even know the man to hate him. What I DO know is that he willingly engages in destructive behavior and is incapable of checking himself before he does--and it's his ACTION which I hate. Learn the difference.

[jobycom]

18. Never step in front of a steamroller unless you want your face imprinted in asphalt.

Even if you are right, the steamroller is going to win.

I don't even know him enough to hate him. I have no idea whether he's a racist or a saint, I don't know if his comment was sarcastic, satirical, or filled with racial bigotry. I'm just standing here, watching the parade out of the corner of my eye as it passes, while I head off to other destinations. If Imus mattered at all to me I might bother looking up his comments to judge them in context, but even then, since I've never watched him, I wouldn't know how to judge them. So I am leaving it to those who know more about the person. If society is outraged enough, he will be gone, and if not, he won't be. I haven't watched MSNBC in years, and only assume he's on that channel because someone in this thread mentioned that network.

There are lots of people like me, who are disgusted by the comments, but don't know the host well enough to judge him. We aren't going to bother hating, but we aren't going to defend him or think nice thoughts about him for any reason. So you won't see us. The ones you do see will be standing on that steamroller, heading right at you. Good luck.

I will say I'll feel better about the world if Sharpton wins. I don't hate Imus, but if he doesn't know better than to make such comments, he's probably doomed, anyway. And it seems to me that racism and sexism are becoming too chic again. I'd love to see society redraw that line and smack anyone who tries to cross it. I know it's PC to be anti-PC these days, but I'm just non-PC enough to like some good old fashioned PC.

[GenDem]

19. He needs to take responsibility for his racist comments

and that may mean that he is done spewing on the airwaves.

On the other hand he has a line of ecologically friendly cleaning products (profits go to charity), has the ranch for kids with cancer, has fought for autism research, raised millions of dollars for the Intrepid amputee center, and fights hard for veterans rights.

He's such a contrast. The bottom line is he can't have it both ways.

[Catherine Vincent]

20. No one is asking you to hate Imus.

Love him if you want, that's your problem.

[qanda]

21. Get a life or else

GET GET GET

[Bluebear]

24. ...

:spray:

[Pathwalker]

22. Or else what? I don't hate him - he's just another racist

talk show host whom I wouldn't watch or listen to if you paid me to do it. Fox has Rush and O'Really, CNN and ABC have Glen Beck, and msNBC has Imus. I made the mistake of having him on one day before my morning tea - ruined my morning. Why anyone would voluntarily watch these cretins is beyond me, but I won't give him the importance of expending any emotion towards him at all - he isn't worth it.

[camero]

23. I never really liked him anyway

At least Howard Stern could be funny. This bozo has no sense of humor.

[stanwyck]

26. Don't you get it?

Imus wants the hate. It's the lazy person with no talent way of getting rich. Works for Imus, Limbaugh, Coulter, Hannity, O'Reilly and all the others who very make very calculated "hate-speech" comments which get them veiwers. Hate is the new hard work. You use the hate to get the numbers which get you the dollars.
I hate Imus because he damages our collective soul. Yet, my hate is his fuel. He exists on my hate.
But the most lost are those who simply shrug and don't even feel outrage over racist and sexist remarks. Hate is beyond them. They're so numb they're useless to everyone.

[durrrty libby]

32. No...you don't get it

Imus is already a gazillionaire. He can't spend all the money he has

"he damages our collective soul" That is complete Bull-Shit

He has helped more people than you could even dream of.

[stanwyck]

34. if you don't consider

calling young women "nappy headed hos" damaging, then you are lost.
And does his helping people buy him a free pass? Does his "gazillion" dollars give him free license to be racist and sexist? Is that your world? Money buys the right to spread poison? And that's what it is. Poison. You should be calling the guy out. He called these wonderful young women "hos" for absolutely no reason. Or, maybe you can tell me his reason. What is it? Why did he say that about these women? I'd really like to know.
(by the way, there have always been horrid people who "helped more people than you could even dream of". However, they also hurt more people than you could even dream of, too. Words have consequences. Think of how people will feel entitled to treat young women just like "hos". Think of young girls playing basketball, achieving at school, who are denigrated to "nappy headed hos".
This is evil. And you can't buy your way out of evil.

[durrrty libby]

39. No, you are lost in a sea of hate blown out of proportion

But that is always a problem of group(no)think

[stanwyck]

44. I'll stand by my hate of racism

and sexism and hope that someday, with help from the people here at DU, you'll come up to our level instead of wallowing in the depths with those who denigrate young women and spread hate based on race and gender. You really have no defense for his words or your own endorsement.
And you didn't answer the question. What was the purpose of his term "nappy headed hos" for these accomplished young women?
We're waiting.
Just give us the answer.

[durrrty libby]

47. Sorry your comprehension level is so low

Nowhere did I defend his words.

No one has defended his words


I refuse to ever wallow in the sewer of simpleton presumption, where you reside

[stanwyck]

49. No answer to my question

I win.
Debate over.

[durrrty libby]

54. You tell me genius. Where did the phrase Imus used come from?

Is that something he made up?

What is the history of said phrase? hmmm?

[donco6]

43. Thanks for flushing out another member of my ignore list.

How anyone can defend that statement is just beyond me. I don't care how much ill-gotten gain he's given away. As she said herself, "He's a gazillionaire." I seriously doubt any of his "giving" has hurt - or even been NOTICED - by him.

[stanwyck]

48. It's Imus' dance

like drug dealers going into neighborhoods to start youth centers. They give. And they take away. People commit horrible acts and then point at their church activities, their gifts to charities. See? It all evens out. Imus gets to demean young black women..because he gave money to vets. Yeah. That makes sense.

[donco6]

50. The only appropriate punishment for him is to

have him lose what he cherishes most: his voice on the public airwaves. No amount of "sensitivity visits" to black colleges or whatever else they'll come up with will do the job. The problem is, there are enough people who think like he does who will be clamoring to have him back. It's all too sickening to think about too long.

[donco6]

35. You forgot the sarcasm thingy - right? eom

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

28. Like Imus/ or like, respect black people.

It's not a hard choice, at least not for me.

[trumad]

29. I hate dumb threads

[live love laugh]

31. What you said. nt

[Bluebear]

36. DUMB DUMB DUMB

:)

[skooooo]

55. then don't read them trumad

[senseandsensibility]

38. No one on DU has said anything like that.

If you're feeling guilty for liking Imus, that's your problem I think.

[alcibiades_mystery]

42. No, it works like this

Skoo: "I still like Imus and think he should be forgiven. But everyone else thinks he's a racist, which must mean that I'm a racist. Since I'm NOT a racist (this i know), then it must be everyone else who is trying to oppress Imus and anyone else who likes Imus. So, instead of thinking through what imus said and its implications, I'm going to accuse everyone else of being a fascist trying to silent my precious dissent! Now I'm a good progressive again, because now i am fighting fascism rather than supporting racism! Hooray!"

[senseandsensibility]

51. I get it now.

Thanks for clearing that up.:-)

[Name removed]

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[alcibiades_mystery]

56. I only put accurate words

in the mouths of douchebags. Now, did I put words in your mouth?

:rofl:

[alcibiades_mystery]

40. Yeah...it's a big conspiracy to force you to hate Imus

You are the victim, and Imus is the victim.

You right.

:sarcasm:

[skooooo]

53. I don't think he should lose his job....

SO DEAL WITH IT. SOME PEOPLE ON HERE LIKE HIM - -- THE SAME PEOPLE WHO VOTE DEMOCRAT AND AGREE WITH YOU ON PROBABLY 99% OF THE ISSUES. THE GLEEFUL PILING ON AND CALL FOR HIM TO LOSE HIS JOB - ESPECIALLY FROM THE LIKES OF HIMEYTOWN SHARPTON ARE JUST HYPOCRITICAL PUBLICITY.

[alcibiades_mystery]

57. You vbote "Democrat"

Oh my....

[Forkboy]

58. Wasn't it Jesse Jackson who used the term Hymietown?

[wryter2000]

41. I don't hate him

I don't even know him. But I think that crap doesn't belong on the people's airwaves. And I think it's just as much my right to say that as it is anyone else's right to defend him.

[Kelly Rupert]

46. Else or Imus hate else or.

Hate else or Imus hate Imus or or else or Imus.