Why Are So Many People Mad Because Don Imus Got Fired?

Question

I don't get why they're upset he got fired. Apparently he is always saying rude or racist things. Sounds like it was his time to be put in place. This is my first Imus question so please be gentle.

Answer 1

i know i do not get it

Answer 2

I never watched Imus anyway. If he is a racist he needs to be fired. If he's just stupid he probably still needs to go. People get fired for less all the time. I think a lot of people are upset about some of the people getting media attention over this that also are racist.

Answer 3

Well yes Imus was rude but that was no need for Jesse Jackson to press the issue....Jesse Jackson has been out of the scene for awhile ... so he thought it would be a good idea to have his face back in.....And what about Howard stern he is 10X's worse than Imus...... it just proves there is still racism within our country but you don't see white people getting all upset because we are called crackers, or hicks, No they don't... Just when things started to calm down with the racism Jesse Jackson had to open his mouth and start problems.....

Hopefully i was easy..... you get a star for this question

Answer 4

They are upset because they do not think the infraction that he committed warranted being fired. They feel that many others have made similar or worse comments and have not even been taken to task for them. They feel that the decision to fire him was at least partially due to the rantings of two hypocritical charlatans who have themselves been guilty of racial slurs, most notably, anti-Semitic comments. They believe that equality is not just for certain people but for everyone and they feel that in Mr. Imus;s case, he has not received a fair deal.

Answer 5

"Please be gentle..." Good thing you said that. Hope everybody listens. =P

Don Imus raises tons of money for charity, and even has a working ranch for children cancer patients. A few days after the "incident," he apologized, saying, "I want to take a moment to apologize for an insensitive and ill-conceived remark we made the other morning regarding the Rutgers women's basketball team, which lost to Tennessee in the NCAA championship game on Tuesday. It was completely inappropriate and we can understand why people were offended. Our characterization was thoughtless and stupid, and we are sorry."
But even though he apologized he was fired. Lots of people loved his show, and like I said, he did a lot for charity. Because of this a lot of people think he shouldn't have been fired (my family included).

Answer 6

Because there are a lot of people that have been saying rude or racist things. Honestly, if he was a different race, I don't think he would've gotten in trouble. I'm not saying that what he said isn't bad, it is. But I think firing him is taking it a little too far. If he got fired, then all the rappers should get fired for putting that type of thing in their music. There's just too much double standard in society.

Answer 7

The issue is that what he said was wrong, BUT he was paid to be controversial and taking a man's career away because he went over the line almost sets a precedent that if you don't like what someone says, you can get them fired. I am NOT saying he was right, but I think it's wrong he got fired for it and that's why. The thing is, some people enjoy listening to that extremely discriminatory language, and one listener all of a sudden got offended and all hell breaks loose. If nobody liked him, he would have been fired long ago.

Answer 8

Double standard- These people believe that it is only racism if it goes against the blacks. Any other slanderous remarks are OK. What do you think their response would be to say, "The United Caucasian College Fund?" This Would be racist in their eyes, while they would continue to fully support the "United ***** College Fund!" Or, how about that NHH in North Carolina that cost a college La Cross team far more grief that a comment made on the radio? She's OK in their eyes, no foul because the victims were white. Try as we may, people like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Chris Rock, Etc. make it impossible for the racial blockades to be abolished.

Answer 9

I don't care about Imus, and neither does any serious person. As a radio host the guy stinks on ice, and many of my friends were surprised that the guy was even still on the air.

What I do care about is the double-standard that exists with respect to racially offensive humor. Dave Chapelle spent his whole show cracking racial jokes and people called him a genius. Some old fart on the radio calls some basketball players "nappy-headed hos" and he gets excoriated and fired. What gives?

Answer 10

yeah

I mean, I guess he was sort of likable in a fake cowboy sort of way.

He DID say them things, now let him answer for it. Let him say exactly what he meant by that. If he was just joking, why is it a problem. I suspect it was a window on something deeper in his mind. Same for Michael Richards and for Mel Gibson.

Ok, then the best we could do then, after taking away public speaking chances, is to let em heal it. MLK would agree I think. Therapy, make then spend some serious time with the ones he was dissin, maybe make Imus ride the bus with that bball team for a year or something.

Answer 11

I don't think it has to do with Imus particularly. But the fact that, that was freedom of speech. And he got fired for saying what was on his mind. I don't agree with what he said, but he shouldn't have been fired. That was a little drastic. Thumbs me down all you want!