"They could have said, `Ah, forget it. We hear those things in music, on radio, on cable. We won't dignify it with a response,"' Clinton said. "It would have been a perfectly justifiable reaction. But when do we say, `Enough?' This moment is that opportunity."
Shortly after the Rutgers event, Clinton was to head to New York City to speak at a convention of the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
Yep, Hill and Al will say "enough" over one stupid comment made on a radio show no one listens to, but let's overlook the rap industry.
2007-04-21 11:49:56 · 11 answers · asked by suzyq 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Exactly!!!!!
Imus, an idiot who for years has offended everyone, is now in a pit of boiling tar for his stupid comment. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton are grilling him and throwing a fit.
How come the two Rev's don't have the same distain for the Rap "artists"? This music is loaded with slurs, advocates violence upon women, celebrates drug use and criminal activity.
Wouldn't it seem that if the Rev's really cared about the community and wanted to end the inner city plight, they would go after the medium that has a wide audience and not worry about what a has been DJ is spewing?
I love you, Suz.
2007-04-21 11:54:24 · answer #1 · answered by Dog Lover 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
April 23, 2007 Issue of Time Magazine has Imus on the cover with a yellow post-it over Imus mouth that says "Who can say what?" The article "What the Imus implosion tells us about the boundaries of acceptable talk," is a must read and includes viewpoint pieces from Cynthia Tucker (AJC) and Debra Dickerson (Salon.com & author of "The End of Blackness").
This Time Magazine article also analyzes other infamous quotes by Mel Gibson, Ludacris, Rosy O'Donnell, Ann Coulter, Jimmy Synder, Chris Rock, Ted Danson, etc.
Well worth the $4.95 USA sticker price.
BTW: I don't think everyone is overlooking the rap industry. It depends on how multi-cultural the world you choose to live in is. In Atlanta, GA it has always been a hot topic. We have black colleges here, like Spellman, and this is the home of MLK, Jr Center, so maybe there is more awareness here than in standard "White-Bread" America.
However if your ears aren't open, you won't hear, regardless of where you are.
2007-04-21 12:12:58 · answer #2 · answered by ... 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There isn't too much I can say, except didn't Hillary attend a fundraiser with a Rap Star or that he performed in? Rap is not my type of music so I don't know who it was. The "Rap Industry" will be overlooked, we already know that, unless the artists were white, maybe???
2007-04-21 11:57:25 · answer #3 · answered by rosi l 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just like most protesters, they don't even have a reason to protest. Only very stupid liberals will even pay any attention to Hillary or Al (I defamed the NY cops) Sharpton. Both of them are opportunists looking for fools to support them!
2007-04-21 12:00:26 · answer #4 · answered by Delphi 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They have both criticized the rap lyrics. Al Sharpton's organization has sought to get the rap industry to clean up their act for years.
2007-04-21 11:56:32 · answer #5 · answered by Raven 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yep! Hypocrisy reigns supreme in the land of the free.
How about we say "enough" of Greasehead Al and Hypocrite Hillary and First Lady Bill?
2007-04-21 12:00:32 · answer #6 · answered by Tiberius 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hill and Al have said enough. And Americans have had enough. They are both done!
2007-04-21 11:57:22 · answer #7 · answered by thewindywest 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=al+sharpton+and+rap&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ans&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%3ASearch&p=al+sharpton+and+rap
Here's a link to dozens of articles about Al Sharpton's tought campaign against Rap Music.
Do you just parrot things right wing radio gives you to talk about? Don't you research for yourself at all?
2007-04-21 16:22:55 · answer #8 · answered by cassandra 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
'Biscuit' is corruption of Olde English for 'share the nutrients'...... It replaced into general, while baking unlevened bread, to share it with your neighbours as an indication of freindship (additionally slightly of one upmanship in case you actual had flour to bake with) To 'bisect' or cut back in 0.5 the perplexing bread enabled the sharing of the nutrients, with whomever did the slicing regularly getting the bigger '0.5'. for this reason to bisect it.....or 'Biscuit' F*** me, I almost believed myself then, lmao :o)
2016-10-28 15:48:07 · answer #9 · answered by hric 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah... those hypoctries... we all know how much Tipper Gore loves modern music...
*wink*
Just because Fox News doesn't report it... it doesn't mean they all condone rap lyrics...
2007-04-21 11:56:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋