Don Imus fired

Absolutely astonishing. Simply astonishing.

I have nothing else to say.

Actually, on second thought, I do.

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, as stated earlier, is are hypocritical douchebags. You know we live in a fucked up society when a guy who refers to Jews as "bloodsucking" or another guy who degrades my city as "hymietown" is able to get someone fired for making racially insensitive remarks. The fact that CBS met with these two assclowns and allow said assclowns to dictate company policy regarding Imus's employment is astonishing.

What about the hordes of rappers who repeatedly refer to blacks as niggers and women as prostitutes among other things? Really, what they say is no different than what Imus said on a regular basis (his "nappy-headed hos" comment only sparked controversy for its racial implications... he regularly said worse of gays, Jews, and others with little public outcry). The only difference was that the comments were coming from an old white guy in a cowboy hat rather than a black kid in a music video. The argument that blacks should be able to joke about other blacks is inherently stupid - if a community cannot respect themselves, how can they expect other communities to respect them?

But even if you are an old white guy in a cowboy hat, you're allowed to make fun of the disprivileged, as long as the disprivileged group in question are not black. Just last year Don Imus pulled a Sharpton and used the phrase "thieving Jews" to describe book publishers Simon and Schuster! But nobody gave a shit, since it's ok to make fun of Jews! Don't make fun of blacks and you're golden :D

Absolutely fucking amazing.