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Instead of "Imus was a great guy who did lots of good things but, incidentally, (the racist stuff)" it should be "Imus was a racist radio host who, incidentally, did some good things."
Srkdqltr
(6,285 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)He was a complete ass in my opinion.
tblue37
(65,342 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,735 posts)Never watched or listened to him, much the way I've managed to avoid Rush Limbaugh and that group of wackos.
Wounded Bear
(58,654 posts)you are admitting that our country is basically a racist hell-hole, which is far closer to the truth than most RW snowflakes want to admit.
The fact is, of course, that his listeners tuned in because of that shit, not in spite of it. Much like Limbaugh's Ditto Heads, he trafficked in telling people what they wanted to hear.
The very fact that Imus was at all popular is a sad reflection on the state of our culture.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)irisblue
(32,974 posts)Their functional racism, misogyny, homophobia in themselves.
MineralMan
(146,308 posts)I'm still ignoring Imus.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,341 posts)ooky
(8,922 posts)radio and TV commentator who used his broadcasting celebrity to say very hurtful things.
And his morning show on MSNBC has to be the most boring show I have ever observed. MSNBC was fortunate in that anything they replaced him with (following his last racist remark) was bound to be an improvement. Watching him sitting in that studio mumbling with headphones on was like watching grass grow.
Blue Owl
(50,373 posts)n/t