"Nappy headed ho"? Sorry Imus, you gotta go...

[Odin]

When will white people ever learn?

Why dont you enlighten us Vladimir

[Adrian II]

My offer to come over and shoot Al Sharpton still stands.

[Vladimir]

Why dont you enlighten us Vladimir

Well my good deity I thought it was self-evident. You wouldn't have a race baiter like Sharpton going after Dave Chapell for the same thing. Of course, Dave is actually funny and worth watching.

[Odin]

Well my good deity I thought it was self-evident. You wouldn't have a race baiter like Sharpton going after Dave Chapell for the same thing. Of course, Dave is actually funny and worth watching.

I made an assumption of what you meant, but as I spend more and more time in the backroom assumptions are never safe here.

[Vladimir]

I made an assumption of what you meant, but as I spend more and more time in the backroom assumptions are never safe here.

Yes, welcome to the fun house

[Goofball]

What does "nappy-headed" mean?

[Devastatin Dave]

What does "nappy-headed" mean?

Its in reference to Blacks hair texture. Its very racists.
These young ladies are going to college, busting their asses on the court and this old closet racist calls them "nappy headed hos". What's he done with his life except sit behind a microphone being an idiot. I know the rap arguement and the free speech arguement but there has got to be stronger concequences for this sort of BS.

[doc_bean]

Its in reference to Blacks hair texture. Its very racists.
These young ladies are going to college, busting their asses on the court and this old closet racist calls them "nappy headed hos". What's he done with his life except sit behind a microphone being an idiot. I know the rap arguement and the free speech arguement but there has got to be stronger concequences for this sort of BS.

Well Dave, over here in communist Europabia we have laws against that sort of thing, but then we also have laws against denying the holocaust, insulting other heads of state (thankfully never applied) and a dozen or so other things. It is, for once, a real slippery slope, and i'm not sure I like where we're heading...

[Spino]

The biggest problem I have is the racial double standard at work. Imus is a comedian, he's a morning talk show shock jock that has made a career out of insensitive remarks and shocking chat. There's a big difference between a comedian known for making fun of anyone and everyone using the term 'nappy headed hos' to get a laugh than say, an evening news anchor using the same term in an off hand remark. On the other hand Dave Chappelle, who was notorious for casting a wide ethnic net, routinely singled out non-black ethnic groups and nobody thought twice about it.

Like Trent Lott Imus was a fool to apologize, let alone agree to go on Sharpton's turf and turn this into a pop culture 'incident'. A quick comeback or tirade using a 'voice of reason' could have diffused the entire situation and made Sharpton look like a bigger phony and fool than he already is. Imus apologizing just made things worse.

[Lemur]

Like Trent Lott Imus was a fool to apologize, let alone agree to go on Sharpton's turf and turn this into a pop culture 'incident'. A quick comeback or tirade using a 'voice of reason' could have diffused the entire situation and made Sharpton look like a bigger phony and fool than he already is. Imus apologizing just made things worse.

Agreed. For some reason, when I caught Imus apologizing on the nightly news, and I saw the predatory gleam in Sharpton's eyes, all I could picture was buckets of chum being tossed to a shark. Apologizing to Sharpton just feeds the frenzy.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

If only I weren't a Catholic....I'd buy him the ticket to visit Al.

Oh well, off to say a few Ave Marias for that thought.

[drone]

I'm sure in the end it will all come down to money. If his show starts losing advertisers or ratings, he will be fired. Is there a replacement show in mind?

Disclaimer: Never heard his show before, so my opinion is worthless (at least to the advertisers...).