Give me a break! Slippery slope indeed. You obviously think it's okay to attack minorities and degrade all kinds of people. Well, I recently went to a gun show (yes, I enjoy competitive shooting and guns...but, I can't cast my life and my vote based on one issue only like so many people in this country) and the friend I was with hit the roof when he saw a booth devoted to the Neo Nazi movement. Yes, they were there promoting their hateful beliefs but, they DON'T HAVE A NATIONAL FORUM SUCH AS A TALK SHOW TO INFECT THE MASSES WITH THEIR HATE! Plus, I talked to them and they seemed far more coherent and willing to talk to a gay man than most people posting on this site seem to be! We actually had a very intelligent exchange of ideas! See I think it's okay to have idea exchange...I just don't think it's okay for people in the public eye to set bad examples for the youth in our country and subliminally tell them that it's okay to hate and possibly even enact violence against minorities or anyone that doesn't agree with them. I'm not saying we take away the First Amendment you buffoon, I'm saying that common sense and a little sensitivity to others goes a long way in making this world a better place.

Wow! kindness and sensativity to others? Sounds like you need to practice what you preach?

Well, I'm not name calling people on here am I? I'm just fired up because I didn't know so many racists and bigots existed until I saw some of these posts!

CHANGE THE STATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You need to wake up and look around and see that this is the REAL world, not the rose-colored sunglasses world. Give ME a break!!!!

That's the problem! IT'S ON EVERY STATION IN THIS COUNTRY! IT'S SICKENING! YOU DON'T HEAR THIS CRAP ON THE BBC! ISN'T IT SAD WE HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OUR OWN COUNTRY TO HEAR THE VOICE OF REASON INSTEAD OF RACISM AND PROPAGANDA? WE SHOULD REALLY BE OUTRAGED ABOUT THIS!

The rap music broadcast on free radio is ok though right? Lots of healthy learning to be had from that stuff. I could think of maybe one or two other things to be outraged over? Signed a short jewish guy who has been persecuted his whole life, and still manages to wake up with a smile everyday.

Then I suggest they put a stop to all the rappers with their nasty filty music they produce about their own race of women. The music is worse than Imus's comment. How do you feel about Sharpton and Jackson getting three young WHITE male guys arrested for a rape they did not commit? Will the apologize? I am one who does not think he should have been fired and I am a white female.

That's a good point. Sharpton is just as tainted as the rest. I agree with you on that point. But, I think it's high time these tainted talk show hosts be removed from the air to make way for really balanced and impartial personalities. Your post is by far the most intelligent one I've read in response to mine so far...thank you.

Glad you agree with this, not only did he falsely accuse, but to this day he will not apologize or recant these accusations to the people involved with this case, check out his statements to the press during his so called attempted Presidential campaign. This is a supposed man of "God" that has repeatedly refused to acknowledge forgiveness for many, however, for some reason, he always expects it for his mistakes, actually, he refuses to admit they were mistakes or that he may have been wrong, he's far to arrogant to let that happen. This goes way beyond Imus, what he said was wrong, no question about it, until everyone is held to the same acountability though I can not agree with his firing. When CBS and the other companies involved refuse to have anything to do with the "music" that is sold today that is much more hateful to all races, genders, creeds, and even the jobs they hold (cops and firemen for example!) or the reverse discrimination that goes on by the likes of Sharpton and Jackson I may reconsider my opinion, but not before.

Here's the problem - we're all human - there is no such thing as impartiality. We all have biases and prejudices based on our experiences - and all of our experiences are different. No matter what happehs, there will always be someone/something that offends our own sensibilities. We all have choices - and the choice to make in this type of situation is to change the channel. By brewing up this huge media storm, all that has been accomplished is that his comment has now reached a larger audience - some who will agree with it and some who will be offended by it. I personally think that this country has bigger things to worry about than nasty name calling - I'm wondering why the healthcare crisis doesn't draw out this many people??

how about social security? the same reason Anna Nicole Smith is all we had (have) on the news for weeks, keep the important matters off of the air waves and out of print, at one point the Smith story accounted for more than 33% of the media news coverage. the fact is that far to many tie all they believe to what they read or see in one newspaper or one news program, either they don't want to know how (or care) to think for themselves or just do not know how, the drone effect if you will. I have for years found that if you truly want to know what is going on in OUR country without any bias one way or the other you need to read the foreign press or listen / watch the BBC and other news organizations originating overseas, this is truly a sad state of affairs. as I read in another post, a better description might be the ostrich approach, keep your head under the sand with no idea or care as to what is going on around you, to isolationist for me though.

This is true. Between the Duke University fiasco and the Imus insult, perhaps we as a nation need to examine what it means to be an American. It's time to close the door on racism and bigotry on all fronts. We can ill afford this kind of hostility when so many more important issuse lay before us. White, black, hispanic, asian, jew, christian, moslem, et al, men and women are dying in Iraq and around the world. The battlefield is the great equalizer when it comes to staus--no one is safe--anyone can get killed. When you're in a firefight, does it matter who is standing next to you--your comrade-in-arms? Our planet is sick and it's going to raically change the way we live if we don't wake up. Our priorities are really mixed up. There's been poor communication and mistrust between races in this country for centuries. But do we really have the luxury to indulge in this unfortunate handringing? We need to grow up as anation, as a society of civilized human beings and start being intelligent about the things we deem worth of our combined and individual energy. Let's get on with it.

Please, enlighten us with a few names of these 'balanced and impartial personalities'.

mickey mouse

Enlightenment as requested: ANYONE ON ANY BBC OR DEUTCH WELLE NEWSCAST! TAKE YOUR PICK! THE CURRENT OVERPAID AND EGOTISTICAL PERSONALITIES WE HAVE IN TODAY'S AMERICAN MEDIA ARE ALL CORRUPT AND IN BED WITH A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS AND POLITICIANS...WE ARE FED NOTHING BUT A RECONSTITUTED AND HOMOGENIZED SERVING OF SO-CALLED "NEWS" IN THIS COUNTRY. WE ARE TOLD WHAT THEY WANT US TO HEAR AND NOTHING MORE.

Just shut up. The more you talk, the more idiotic you sound. All I can say is, this is the straw that broke the camels back. I will live by NO double standard. ANY word that is good for a nappy headed goose is good for this straight haired gander. Offended? Too bad

I guess I need to spell it out for you because you obviously only respond in bitter, hateful replies: KISS OFF!

You said exactly what I wanted to say. You said it well. The most he could do was apologize. He did that over and over. That's all I can do if I say something dumb. They said this morning that his remarks would be influencing the young people. What about those "rappers" and the influence they have on all our young people...I'm sure more than those that watch Imus. I also am a white female. It would have been so special if they had met with Imus and forgave him and asked that people forgive him and not to take away his job. I would have really had a special love for their kindness and thought so much more of them.

Hello Everyone I have been reading everyones opinions and I must say that everyone has good points. I am a 24 yr old African American that listens to rap music. But before I go on I am a Christian that has respect for people of all races. I have graduated with a bachelors degree in biology, I have no children, and I have been in only one serious relationship. I am a woman with big dreams of becoming a Cancer biologist and helping the world by making better and cheaper medication for the sick. My point is that rap is real situations that people of my culture go threw everyday. I think it's really sad but true. I just wish that everyone could see that this issue is much more deeper than any of you could imagine. For example the does anyone think about some of these girls in the rap songs because I do and it saddens me that they only suffer from low self esteem and that is why they allow these men to treat them the way that they do. It also saddens me because where are these girls parents. More than likely they are drug abusers or the man of the family is in jail. Which is another reason why these young girls are letting these men mistreat them because they had no father to tell them their value in life. I also know that their are women of all races that let men mistreat them. The only difference is rap music shoves it in your face. I feel bad for those girls because they were pointed out and all they want to do is play basketball and get an education. This problem is bigger than any one person and it's sad to say but it may never change. As an African American, all I can do is raise little girls into women and raise my sons to be men and live life with respect for people. The comedy thing is also an issue to everyone, not just African Americans have family members that use drugs, have been molested or been neglected. I think that it is more dominant in the African American culture. And that is something we tend to laugh about rather than cry about. It is how we relate to one another. Again I enjoyed reading all of you opinions but I have to admit they're alot of close minded people in this world that don't look at why people are in the situations they are in.