Why isn't sharpton held to the same standards imus was?

Question

sharpton made a bigotted remark about romney and mormons....(cnn today)

Answer 1

What did sharpton say?

By the way, I think it's just hilarious the way these talk show hosts are all freaking over suddenly being held accountable for the garbage they spew

Answer 2

Talking about standards: it is hard for me to take Sharpton serious. He is the biggest joke and the standards he made should apply to him more than any other person. Imus was accountable and saw that he crossed a line, so he apologized. Sharpton is slick and now the public will see the man he is. Will he apologize and step down from the position he has placed himself in? Will he be the bigger man? I think he has crossed the line and in his own words should loose his place of honor among blacks of this country. He is lower than low. Nobody should come to the aid of a bigot. He has shown his colors. His motivation was just to bring down a big name and make a name for himself. His name is dirt to me for doing that. He has no honor and is no religious leader to me. His morality has put a whole different spin on the stuff he said about Imus.

Answer 3

because of the fact Fox information and the protesters used the term "Teabagging" first. CNN, MSNBC and Comedy considered necessary in basic terms jumped on the possibility to show out that it became right into a unfavorable determination of words, consistent with modern-day slang. supply me a ruin. before everything, Don Imus became into fried for asserting "nappy-headed hos" whilst conversing approximately black Rutgers athletes. on a similar time as I do think of that it became into over-reactionary, how are you able to learn that to Anderson Cooper? if you're going to pretend to be mad approximately it, the place is your outrage for the laundry checklist of Rush Limbaugh's slurs and offensive hate-speech? If we ought to hold absolutely everyone to a similar standards as have been held to Don Imus, Anderson Cooper is particularly a techniques down the checklist of offenders.....relatively in the back of relatively some the Republican-Conservative mouthpieces like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter.

Answer 4

He has never had to account for all of his wrong doings. After the Tawana Brawley incident, he should have went to jail. He is a hateful, evil liar. There must be a special place in hell for him. Anyone who gets behind him has something very wrong with them. I do not understand why Sean Bell's widow and family stand with Al Sharpton. Do they not understand that he is a lying piece of ****. There surely have to be better role models than Al Sharpton.

Answer 5

You give no indication of what he said, or a link, so I can't say whether it was as bad as what Imus said.

Does Sharpton have a particular position?

(I hear about him all the time, and have seen him, but don't know what it is he does, exactly.)

IF what he said was comparable, and he has a radio or TV show, then he should also be fired.

But since you give no indication of what he said, I can't really say.

Answer 6

Sharpton has been getting away with so much for so long that no one tries anymore. It's futile. Racial tensions in this country will disappear when Sharpton and Jackson do.

Answer 7

Hes got soul and Imus can not dance to save his career. Imus will get a book deal or figure something out.

Answer 8

I guess blacks are not held to the same standards of racism.

Answer 9

He is being held to the same standards. That's ridiculous. And what about that oxycontin, draft dodging racist Rush Limbaugh and his Obama "the magic *****" bit??? Al gets plenty of grief...

Answer 10

apparently black people can not be racist .. i dont really understand it because if a black person called me white trash or something it wouldnt be considered racism .. whatever i guess theyre making up for all those years of slavery but its really time to give it a rest