This who Imus thing is a total affront to freedom of speech?

Question

It makes me sick
evil men like jesse jackson and al sharpton are only out to reverse the roles so that white people are the underdogs in a country where everyone is supposed to be equal and have freedom of speech regardless of its context

How the hell did it go too far?

Answer 1

No not really, yes he is free to exercise his right of free speech, however there is such a thing as going too far. Here in America there is a misconception when we throw around "free speech" as a carte blanche. There are things you cannot say, even under that amendment. In any case it simply went to far.

Answer 2

We are actually the underdogs and will be the minority soon. This will only be a problem if bitter men like Jesse Jackson and Al sharpton are not stopped. I find it interesting that I hear black men and women call their black friends hoe and nappy headed$###$(*&^$... And no one else is allowed to. It reminds me of the story of a brother who insults his brother, then beats up a classmate who insults his brother in the same manner.It's OK if I do it , but you can not. Where is the justice in that? I think we should boycott Imus's replacement!!! Shame on the radio executives for being so weak. This is America and we do have Freedom of Speech. He apologized. Didn't we forgive a presidents, congressmen and other national figures after they made huge mistakes (like going to a hotel with a prostitute and using crack) after they made public apologies. Yes we did! I'm sure AL and Jesse have long forgotten that incident. By the way did you see the black preacher (on the CBS nightly news), on his stage preaching the gospel and in the same breath saying, "We are gonna get him!" I do not remember Jesus or Buddha preaching about vengence...I must of missed that broadcast.

Answer 3

People like you make me sick. How do you figure that these men are trying to reverse the rolls and make white people the underdog in America? It will happen in about 50 to 100 years when the hispanics will be the majority in America and when more black men take white women from white men and make more black babies.

We have freedom of speech. That's why I can talk about our stupid *** president without going to jail. Imus has free speech. He can say whatever he wants to say but not on airways which are paid for by sponsors whose products are bought by women and blacks. Every action has a corresponding reaction. I'm sooooo sick and tired of people acting like sexism and racism doesn't exist anymore. You and I both know it does. Let's try to understand each other to make America a better country so that the rest of the world will stop looking down on us for being so racist and dumb!

Answer 4

I think it's a moral / personal issue and therefore the company can address it however they see fit.

You are confusing this with legal protections afforded to people from their government. The govt didn't tell Imus what to do, fine him, or send him to jail. This is a social issue, and society seems to be telling Imus that they disapprove. His detractors are trying to make sure that they hit him where it hurts- his pocketbook and his job. They are holding him responsible for what he says because due to his wide reach, the stakes are high for them. They want to raise the stakes for him and since he is a public figure, they can lash back at what he says.

I don't have a problem with people counterpunching. That's how speech can and should be controlled. It's when the government steps in and tells members of society what to say or what not to say that it becomes a "free speech" issue.

Imus just found out that he has freedom of speech, but that freedom isn't always free when you say stupid things.

Answer 5

Imus is known for speaking without thinking. It is what made him popular. He has a very odd sense of humor and probably felt he was being funny. Obviously no one else thought so. I think Isaiah Washington (Grey's Anatomy)should be fired for going off on gays on a number of occasions, but he wasn't. I think Imus is being made a scapegoat. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are media hogs. I do believe they want to down the Caucasian race. Anything to cause trouble. I think Imus was wrong to make the remarks.

Answer 6

If it was a team of male, predominantly white players, would he have said the same thing? I think not. The comment was both racist and sexist.
There is no such thing as "freedom of speech regardless of content". That's an egregious lie perpetuated by liberals.
With any type of freedom, it's practice is restricted only when its outcome is damaging.
Imus got what he deserved. In recent years, he has moved from the 'shock-jock' genre into mainstream. Does his past justify his use of racist/sexist remarks in a national forum? If you feel that what he did was okay, then I would dare to say that you are a racist/sexist as well.

Answer 7

As a Christian, I even have some extreme concerns relating to the difficulty in how that's worded in this question. i wish that quicker or later, human beings will comprehend that sexual identification and the call of enticing in sexual intercourse with yet another guy or woman are incredibly 2 separate subjects. it variety of feels that such assorted human beings choose to contemplate the two subjects one and an identical. That if a guy or woman says something against sexual intercourse, that they seem to be a hateful guy or woman? What saddens me the main are people who decry any style morals standards being made by using the Christians, exterior of the church we are additionally being informed by using activist communities that to set ethical standards is incorrect. That if we don't say stay and enable stay, we are hateful? yet, it is ideal for others to speak approximately ethical standards? How is this not a double widespread to purpose to place regulations on what's declared interior a church development? So, if we pass the form to assert that a team can censor what's declared interior the church partitions, are we not putting a double widespread in terms of loose speech? there are various communities that are constitutionally risk-free that maximum human beings might sense are particularly offensive. besides the undeniable fact that, i don't see a flow limiting those communities, that could positioned on hoods and burn crosses, besides the undeniable fact that, maximum human beings might say that they do have the best to freedom of speech, even even with the undeniable fact that their team is unacceptable to maximum human beings. So, why is there a flow without warning to violate the form on 2 of our rights: the best to loose speech, and the best to freedom of religion. Is it because of the fact some human beings do not purely like the belief of a team asserting some thing approximately sexual intercourse? .

Answer 8

Let me take a stab at this. Maybe because of numbnutz like yourself not understanding the difference in freedom of speech and just being a decent individual. Why don't you go ride the coat tails of another cause this ship has run it's course. Or maybe come up with an original cause of your own. Or did I just abuse my freedom of speech by calling a jackass a "Jackass"

Answer 9

Freedom of speech is a guaranteed first amendment right. I suspect Imus may have cause for action.
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Answer 10

Slandering others, by calling them names on the public airwaves isn't freedom of speech. Just slander. We can't allow that.

Would you like it if Imus insulted you that way?