I don’t know if there’s anything I can say about Don Imus’ ill-advised racial and sexist comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team that hasn’t already been said. To claim that he said what he did for comedic reasons is a bunch of B.S. I think if anything, his comments showed his true colors as a human being. I hope that when the Rutgers’ women meet with Imus, as they said they would do, they’ll use his head as a basketball.
It makes me wonder two things: 1) What kind of people would tune in to listen to this jerk? 2) How in heaven’s name did he get this gig?
Imus was suspended for two weeks for his comments. Frankly, I think that’s a bit too lenient. The shock jock has said many offensive things about people over the years (to my knowledge, he’s not on the airwaves in the Chicago market -- thankfully), and no one complained. Based on his comments, not just in this situation but over the years, it may be time to cut the mic on Imus for good.
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