The Rocky Mountain Collegian

April 18th, 2007

Kerry has a silver lining

Kerry appears to be the first high ranking Democrat out there that is actually opposed to the firing of Don Imus. For once, I agree with him.

Rappers are denigrating to women and glamorize violence all the time in their music, and they get off the hook because they claim it to be freedom of speech. Al Sharpton makes racist and anti-semitic remarks, and he still has his radio show, arguing that it’s freedom of speech. Rosie O’Donnell is spreading racist, offensive, and anti-American hatred on both her blog and The View, and she gets off the hook because it’s freedom of speech.

Imus calls the Rutger’s women’s basketball team “nappy headed hoes” (ho’s/hos/hoes, pick a correct spelling), makes the subsequent apology, the Rutger’s women’s basketball team accepts his apology, and he still gets the ax. Not to mention that his type of radio show (he’s been known as a shock jock) should prepare us for these comments things he makes (so nappy headed hoes doesn’t sound completely out of the ordinary).

Freedom of speech for some.

One can experience worse language just by walking around on campus…

Anyway, getting back to Senator Kerry, here’s a snippet from what he had to say about the firing of Don Imus:

“I think that the… you know the punishment has to fit the crime so to speak. I think a long suspension, or a strong suspension met with his appropriate level, given that the team forgave him. To me it was in the hands of the young women. They made the judgment that they thought he was genuine and they felt they could forgive him. And I think it was appropriate to pay a price on the airwaves but I’m not sure that it was appropriate to say you’re off forever.”

I never knew Kerry had it in him. We finally agree on something for the most part: I would have let him keep the radio show without suspension, though. Rosie is more deserving of an ax than Imus.

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