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| Thu, 04-12-2007 - 6:22pm |
I've been thinking about the recent discussion about "opinions" and the Imus case comes to mind as an example, an extreme example for sure...but an example none the less.
Here's a link to one of the many stories about this issue
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/09/imus.ap/index.html?eref=ew?cid=CNN+Showbiz+Feed
So is it true, if someone

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Okay, done that.
Here is the statement, can you explain what you meant about it being a behavior?
PumpkinAngel
Again, I never stated that.
PumpkinAngel
So it was a mom2fourgrls
PumpkinAngel
So where do you draw the line about what to make fun of and not?
PumpkinAngel
Let me try to explain this in the same way I would to my children. One child commits a punishable offense and gets caught, as I'm doling his punishment, he indignantly speaks up that his bother did it too. I explain that I when I see his brother commit the offense, he will be held to the same standard, and he will a receive his just punishment; the events are unrelated, though the punishment may be similar because they are based on my standards. If you want to propose a subthread on the language of rappers, I may engage in it based on the merit of that debate. Otherwise, it is still not part of the Imus debate. Please establish a context other than "well, he said it, too."
I believe the public airways censor most of the racially explicit and misogynistic content.
How many children vote? How many young black men vote? I believe the voting statistics for any race under 25 is quite astonishing.
Imus rebranded himself in the 90s as a political pundit.
So you would never,ever find yourself in a position to apologize? You've never hurt someone's feelings by being unwitting truthful? You've never had to concede an argument in the interest of compromise? I guess I'm just remarkably accommodating in the interest of peace and tranquility in my life and social interaction.
I know a lot of people who care about the feelings of others. Racism, like everything else, exists in a broad spectrum, from a white child repeating harsh racial epithets learned from their parents on the playground, to Imus' racial slur against the Rutgers women, to the burning crosses of the KKK.
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